Latest supermarket news – Page 112
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Shoppers forced to start saving now to afford Christmas amid soaring living costs
Consumers are having to make “impossible choices” as living costs increase Shoppers are facing “impossible choices” as the cost of living crisis is forcing households with children to start saving now in order to afford Christmas. Nearly half of shoppers with children at home claimed they were ...
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Lidl accuses Tesco of copying its logo to ‘ride on discounter coat-tails’
In a High Court dispute, Lidl has claimed Tesco’s Clubcard Prices logo, featuring a yellow circle on a blue background, is too similar to its own
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Meghan Farren to leave as Asda chief customer officer after less than a year
Farren is returning to KFC to become its general manager for the UK
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M&S Food marketing director Sharry Cramond to also oversee hospitality
Cramond, who has been the food division’s marketing chief for over four years, will now also oversee all 330 of M&S’s in-store coffee shops
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City snapshot: Inflation to drive double-digit grocery growth by 2027
The UK grocery market is set for double-digit growth over the next five years, largely driven by inflation.
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Discounters forecast to be fastest-growing grocery channel over next five years
The UK grocery market as a whole will grow 11.3% to £241.3bn, according to analysis by IGD
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Sainsbury’s and Tesco respond to cost of production crisis with further milk price increases
The move follows growing farmer unrest that supermarket-aligned milk pools are not keeping up with market averages
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Lidl strives to increase nutritional variety of donations as more people turn to food banks
The discounter has selected 30 long-life food lines, modelled using the NHS Eatwell Guide to a balanced diet, and signposted them as ‘Good to Give’
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British food & drink gets major boost during Jubilee
According to British Berry Growers, UK consumers bought 4,900 tonnes of strawberries over the Jubilee week of 30 May to 5 June
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Morrisons increases pay for shop floor staff to £10.20 an hour
The supermarket said it was a minimum 2% increase in its base rate
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Organix adds baby meals and kids’ snacks in ‘biggest shake-up’ to date
The innovations set ‘new standards in the babyfood category, with flavours and textures designed to spark a love of great food’, claimed Organix
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Four pints of milk up to 17% more expensive since start of the year
Soaring farmgate milk prices appear to be driving further price hikes at the supermarket tills
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Soft plastics fund calls for more co-operation, as Ocado, McCain and KP pledge support
Ocado, KP Snacks, McCain and United biscuits are among new members signed up to the The Flexible Plastic Fund
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Time to tackle cost of living crisis, says Potts, as £7bn Morrisons takeover clears final hurdle
The Competition & Markets Authority announced today the deal was clear to proceed
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GSCOP arbitrations set to soar over cost price increase disputes
Adjudicator Mark White told The Grocer the ‘avalanche’ of CPI requests in recent months had resulted in a series of short notice delistings
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Aldi teases M&S again over the return of Cuthbert the Caterpillar
Using the hashtag #Cuthback, Aldi’s social media team has been tweeting pictures of vans parked outside M&S stores bearing billboards with pictures of Cuthbert and messages such as ’Aisle be back’
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Supermarkets must make sustainable shopping affordable, says IGD
The group’s CEO, Susan Barratt, told industry leaders grocery had a key role to play in keeping sustainability high on the shopper agenda amid the cost of living crisis
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Waitrose stores in London first to take part in John Lewis rental housing project
Waitrose’s parent company is set to build new housing at three proposed locations, including over the supermarket’s shops in Bromley and West Ealing, in London
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M&S launches sustainability innovation challenge for startups
The retailer is looking for ideas and technologies that can drive sustainability both in the supply chain and in customer-facing operations
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Tesco rapped for ‘misleading’ vegan burger environmental claims
The watchdog found Tesco had failed to back up its claims that switching to Plant Chef burgers would ’positively affect the environment’