Latest supermarket news – Page 141
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Sainsbury’s brings net zero target forward to 2035 ahead of COP26
The retailer will be using 100% renewable electricity across its entire estate by the end of the year
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Waitrose 2021/2022 Food & Drink report: top trends, facts and findings
This year’s Food & Drink report provides a glimpse into how consumer habits shifted as we emerged from the pandemic
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Tesco commits to closing living wage gaps in its UK banana supply chain
Though half of its banana suppliers already paid a living wage to workers, the remainder had gaps ranging between 2% and 18%, Tesco said
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Former Sainsbury’s boss David Tyler joins retail tech startup Imagr
Imagr, which was founded four years ago, is a privately funded autonomous checkout startup
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SimplyFresh pauses search for partner to replace Sainsbury’s
COO Michael O’Loughlin is to step down from the role later this year
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Tesco partners with Faerch to launch PET recycling initiative
PET shelf-ready packaging is typically used once and downcycled into other non-food applications.
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Morrisons, NFU and McDonald’s partner with Harper Adams for new sustainable farming school
The partnership has been described as a UK first and is designed to equip the food sector workforce with new skills to produce food more sustainably
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Tesco calls on suppliers to share GHG data and target net zero
In a letter from chief product officer Ashwin Prasad, Tesco detailed four key actions it wants suppliers to take
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City snapshot: Sainsbury’s scraps £200m sales process for banking arm
Sainsbury’s has announced it has halted talks around a possible £200m sale of its financial services arm. Plus, UK retail sales fall in September and Rémy Cointreau sales bounce back.
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Iceland giving away free food on last day of shelf life
The products will be added to customers’ online shopping where a fresher item is not available, and they will not be charged for them
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Food Foundation demands more transparency from supermarket over plant-based food sales
The Food Foundation is demanding supermarkets disclose plant-based and healthy food sales data and targets in the interest of meeting the UK’s net zero targets
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Asda launches first customer loyalty rewards scheme
The move follows a pilot for 2,000 staff in 16 stores
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Waitrose becomes largest retailer to sign up to the Organic Potato Pledge
The supermarket will stop the use of copper-based fungicides on its organic fresh potatoe
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Ocado says robotic picking system will soon work in ‘very small warehouses’
Matthews indicated the debut of this smaller format automated warehouse would first be seen in the US
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Sainsbury’s store closure in Northern Ireland triggers Brexit concerns
Sainsbury’s said the decision was ‘not taken lightly and is based on a range of factors’
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Morrisons £7.1bn CD&R takeover wins backing from shareholders
Shareholders in Morrisons have given the all-clear for the £7.1bn takeover by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) takeover to go ahead at a general meeting
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Asda recruiting 15,000 temporary Christmas staff
Some will be offered the chance to stay on into the new year, the supermarket said
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Tesco launches checkout-free store GetGo in central London
The Tesco Express is fitted with cameras on the ceiling and on-shelf weight sensors that monitor customer movements and product picks
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Sale of Asda forecourts to EG Group terminated
Asda said the sharing of commercial information had resulted in several changes to the financial evaluation of the deal
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M&S to hire 12,000 seasonal workers for Christmas
The new roles will span food, clothing and home, with jobs available in stores across the UK