Latest supermarket news – Page 163
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NewsIceland offering 10% discount for NHS staff
The discount is available until 2 May to those who present an NHS ID card at checkouts, in Iceland and The Food Warehouse stores
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NewsUber Eats announces it can now reach 90% of UK population
Grocery delivery has become one of the app’s ’fastest-growing sectors’ in the UK, according to a trading update for quarter one of 2021
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NewsTesco brand director McEttrick to leave after ‘completing turnaround’
Michelle McEttrick was hired by former CEO Dave Lewis to revamp the Tesco brand
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NewsAsda rolls out stair climbing machines for high-rise deliveries
Demand for Asda’s home shopping service has seen the supermarket increase capacity from 400,000 to 850,000 slots per week
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NewsAldi taunts M&S with relaunch of Cuthbert the Caterpillar cake
The discounter has said some of the profits will be donated to M&S’s partner charity Macmillan Cancer Support
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NewsCMA finds Issa brothers’ £6.8bn Asda deal could hike petrol prices
Watchdog has given the brothers and private equity firm TDR Capital five days to offer “binding proposals” to tackle its concerns
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NewsTesco fined £7.5m for selling out-of-date food in Birmingham stores
Tesco pleaded guilty to a total of 22 offences across three stores
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NewsRetailers urge customers to ‘ShopKind’ as they return to high street
The Home Office, Crimestoppers, trade bodies and a host of UK retailers launched the campaign today
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NewsBuyout funds eyeing ‘undervalued’ UK supermarkets
Global buyout funds are eyeing the opportunity to take more UK supermarkets back into private hands after Covid left the major grocers undervalued
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NewsAsda ready to slash range by up to 40% in End2End reset
Stores will be transformed into a simplified “discount model”, reducing ranges to prioritise availability of key SKUs
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NewsAsda appoints John Fallon as new CFO ahead of Issa brothers takeover
Fallon will replace Rob McWilliam who is returning to a portfolio career
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NewsCity snapshot: Ocado invests in AI firm Oxbotica to develop vehicle fleet
Ocado has announced a partnership, including a £10m investment, with Oxford based autonomous vehicle software company Oxbotica to develop a range of vehicles
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NewsM&S sues Aldi over Cuthbert the Caterpillar cake’s similarities to Colin
M&S claims Cuthbert amounts to trademark infringement and is demanding Aldi remove the product from sale
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NewsHundreds of businesses call for environmental responsibility to be added to company law
The proposed new legislation, dubbed ‘The Better Business Act’, would require directors to advance shareholders’ interests ‘alongside those of wider society and the environment’
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NewsAsda ends in-store scratch baking putting 1,200 jobs at risk
The move comes just over a year after Tesco announced a similar shake-up of its in-store bakeries
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NewsKen Murphy: Tesco in ‘no hurry’ to end social distancing
Tesco predicted it would face at least another £200m of pandemic costs in the current financial year
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NewsTesco says it is finding it ‘challenging’ to roll out Covid tests for staff
Tesco chief people officer Natasha Adams has written to staff, encouraging them to take up the offer of free testing by local authorities
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NewsCity snapshot: Tesco profits sink by 28% as Covid costs bite
Profits at Tesco have plunged by more than £700m despite sales rocketing as the supermarket incurred Covid-related costs of almost £900m. Plus, Tesco appoints the CEO of Kingfisher and a former Sainsbury’s chief digital and marketing officer to its board.
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NewsBooths secures supply deal with Forest Holidays at Cheshire park
The retailer will be supplying more than 300 lines to the on-location shop
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NewsCode issues plummet in Adjudicator supplier survey despite ‘brutal’ Covid delists
The proportion of suppliers experiencing issues at any stage has fallen to an all-time low