Latest supermarket news – Page 118
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NewsSainsbury’s focusing on value as customers ‘watch every penny’ amid rampant inflation
Sainsbury’s warned profitability would fall back this coming year amid rising food and fuel costs and growing inflation
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NewsCrosta & Mollica adds HFSS-compliant plant-based Vegana Pizza
The NPD features the brand’s ‘signature sourdough base’ covered with a tomato and caramelised balsamic onion sauce
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NewsCity snapshot: Sainsbury’s warns of inflation impact despite soaring profits
Sainsbury’s has posted a strong surge in annual profits, but warned that profitability will fall back this year amid soaring inflation. Plus, on a busy morning, updates from Unilever, DS Smith, Carlsberg and more.
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NewsTesco to switch to loose fruit & veg and refillables in major new move on plastic
Tesco said it was urging suppliers to “accelerate progress” and to “go further and faster in removing plastic”
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NewsHealth groups step up calls for mandatory salt targets
250 medical experts have written to Boris Johnson urging the government to bring in mandatory salt reduction target
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NewsWaitrose rolls out parking payment app Flowbird to 14 stores
Waitrose customers can redeem their parking fee when their shopping exceeds the in-store spend
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NewsRapid grocer Jiffy price-matching Tesco.com on 150 products
Price-matched items will be branded and sit across all categories. Matching will be done weekly
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NewsHolland & Barrett appoints April Preston as new global product director
Preston, who has over 30 years of experience in retail, will be responsible for leading H&B’s product and services strategy
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NewsCity snapshot: Grocery sales plunge as inflation hits 11-year high
Supermarket sales plunged by 5.9% in the 12 weeks to 17 April, according to the latest market share data from Kantar, as consumers prioritised value amid soaring inflation
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NewsWaitrose pushes value Essential range with major Piccadilly Circus campaign
The campaign is running from 25 April to 1 May and is expected to reach an audience of over a million people over the course of the week
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NewsM&S brings back Fresh Market Update ad campaign highlighting farmers
Fresh Market Update will run across ITV, Channel 4 and YouTube. M&S also has an online hub containing farmer stories and recipes
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NewsPrice wars as new owners of Asda and Morrisons throw millions at cuts
Asda also announced 120,000 hourly paid shop floor colleagues would see their pay increase to £10.10 per hour from July
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NewsMr Kipling launches Deliciously Good non-HFSS cakes range
The cakes are the result of three years’ development and owner Premier Foods’ first full range of non-HFSS branded cakes
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NewsCity snapshot: McColl’s trading slows as rescue talks continue
McColl’s has issued a profits warning after slower than expected Easter trading, while it remains locked in talks with its lenders and Morrisons over a financing package to enable its ongoing trading
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NewsScottish Sea Farms commits to pay above living wage to help with cost of living
The M&S Food Select Farm salmon supplier has committed to pay a minimum wage of £10.40 per hour
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NewsFinnebrogue launches new plant-based Better Naked sauces into Tesco
The flavoured sauces include two mayonnaises and two ketchups
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NewsClarence Court owner launches new Enriched egg range
Enriched eggs will come in three types of eggs; Energise, Defence and Multi Vit
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NewsSainsbury’s offers £2.8m to support pork farmers in ‘volatile market’
The supermarket is offering pork producers the opportunity to align all pigs to a fixed price from 13 March to 5 June
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NewsAsda rolls out new digital technology to cut in-store food waste
The supermarket has set a goal of reducing food waste by at least 50% by 2030
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NewsBold Bean Co launches jarred beans range into Waitrose
‘We are delighted to be the first jarred beans to enter a major supermarket in the UK,’ said the brand