All Community articles – Page 14
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NewsACS launches new age-restricted sales guidance for home delivery drivers
The trade body has designed the guide so it can be viewed on mobile phones as a quick reference
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NewsTesco to donate money to FareShare from sales of fruit & veg
The campaign will see cash from each sale donated to Tesco’s food redistribution charity partner from this week until 3 April
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NewsSouthern Co-op tackles food waste with new markdown technology
A rollout of the solution, created by Retail Insight, took place in January across Southern Co-op’s 210-strong estate
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NewsFamilies humiliated at tills as IT chaos blights Healthy Start scheme
Campaigners are calling for urgent intervention from health secretary Sajid Javid
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NewsC-stores make record investment of £246m into crime prevention measures
Each store spent an average of £5,239 on crime deterrents such as security staff, CCTV and intruder alarms
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NewsAsda sends £1m aid package to Ukraine as refugee crisis escalates
Asda is also enabling customers to make cash donations in-store and via grocery home shopping
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Analysis & FeaturesThe unfortunate rise of social supermarkets: saving surplus food for those in need
The UK’s cost of living crisis is pushing more and more Brits into food insecurity. Social supermarkets and other surplus food redistributors have sprung up to get good food into the hands of those in need
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NewsCentral England and Southern Co-op societies expand home delivery services
Central England Co-op has teamed up with Just Eat to bolster its home delivery reach
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Comment & OpinionWhy we’re researching the impact of supermarkets on community wellbeing
The Covid crisis appeared to stimulate a more agile response from supermarkets to local needs, says Caroline Lee and Catherine Hammant, researchers at University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
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NewsRetailers having to pause delivery services to counteract inflationary pressures
ACS says retailers are looking ”down the barrel” at rising energy costs and staff wages
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NewsCo-op extends pop-up shop supply agreement with Rapid Retail
The walk-in pop-up shops – which are up to 290 sq ft – typically run for one to four months
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NewsCreed Foodservice sets out to achieve net zero by 2035
Creed has been working with corporate climate action organisation Climate Partner
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NewsEG Group to offer 500 apprenticeships over three years
There are already around 200 apprentices signed up to the business for this year,
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NewsHeart of England Co-op reports 6.5% boost in Christmas sales
The protein category, including turkeys, beef joints and legs of lamb, saw sales increase by 3%
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NewsJisp to launch in website format to attract wider age groups
Jisp is also making its discount tool, Scan & Save, available on the new website
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NewsGroceryAid reveals headline acts for Barcode Festival 2022
The festival will take place on Thursday 7 July at Magazine London
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NewsACS urges government for rural convenience stores to be part of levelling up agenda
2022 Rural Shop Report highlights the vital role that these businesses play in their local communities and to the economy
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NewsSouthern Co-op selling food beyond best before in 100 stores to cut waste
The society initially kicked off the anti-food waste initiative with two Hampshire stores in December 2019 and February 2020, and has now expanded it to more than 100 stores
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NewsACS launches campaign to boost Challenge25 scheme
The campaign will encourage retailers to adopt the long-running policy on all age-restricted products
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NewsIGD appoints Naomi Kissman as new social impact director
Kissman will work on areas including people, health, sustainability and economics, across nearly 5,000 companies engaged with IGD
