Latest supermarket news – Page 165
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NewsEmma Isaac joins Waitrose as head of marketing
Isaac moved to the retailer this week, following four years at the Natwest Group
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NewsRetailers and suppliers to foot ‘sky-rocketing’ packaging waste bill, new documents reveal
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is due to come into force from 2024 and the official estimate of the cost in its first full year has shot up
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NewsKellyDeli launches Asian food concession into seven Asdas
The counters offer a range of healthy meals, snacks and comfort food
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NewsRapid Covid home testing kits to be provided to businesses
So far, 60,000 businesses across the UK have registered for regular work-based testing
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NewsCity snapshot: Grocery sales fall in March as industry laps 2020 lockdown
Grocery sales growth fell back in March as the industry lapped last year’s record-breaking spending during the first coronavirus lockdown,
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NewsWaitrose claims first with home compostable coffee capsules
Previous capsules were made from polypropylene with an aluminium lid, which were difficult to separate for recycling
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NewsAsda appoints chief information officer to oversee Walmart separation
Carl Dawson will join the retailer next month having held the same role at M&S for the past six years
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NewsWaitrose launches ‘UK first’ MSC-certified yellowfin & albacore tuna products
The retailer said it had taken more than a decade of work to launch the NPD
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NewsAsda loses Supreme Court appeal over equal pay
Store workers brought an equal pay claim after complaining staff working in distribution depots got more money than those on the shop floor
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NewsSainsbury’s drops plastic straws from own-label drinks cartons
The retailer said it was also currently working to replace the plastic sleeve for the straws
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NewsDRS proposals: the industry and environmental campaigners react
Here is how the industry and environmental campaigners reacted to news of a second consultation on plans for a deposit return scheme
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NewsGovernment says no DRS until 2024 as industry launches ‘game-changer’ management company
The move to delay the rollout of a DRS until at least 2024 has been met with fury from environmental campaigners
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NewsFareShare scours supply chain for new head of food as Jo Dyson steps down
Dyson, who joined FareShare in 2018, began her career as a buyer for Sainsbury’s
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NewsMorrisons brings back bagless deliveries after pause during pandemic
Bags will no longer be used for any products picked in store for deliveries or click & collect orders from 1 April
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NewsOver 200 Iceland stores ideal for Swift conversion, says study
Shopper and location data specialist CACI analysed Iceland’s estate and identified stores most suitable for the new convenience format
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NewsFood for Good network raises £2m for Farm Africa
Food for Good was established in 2011 to unite global food and farming businesses behind the power of food to change lives
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NewsWaitrose bans kids’ magazines with free plastic toys
The supermarket is calling on publishers to replace the plastic toys with more sustainable alternatives
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NewsMorrisons to donate 100,000 Easter eggs to vulnerable people
Morrisons Community Champions will work with local food banks, schools and community groups
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NewsSupermarket prices in deflation despite fall in imports from EU
The Grocer Price Index found that overall the big four’s prices fell back 0.2% year on year across February
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NewsRoger Burnley: running Asda during Covid and takeover like ‘spinning two plates at once’
The Asda CEO announced yesterday he would be standing down next year