Latest supermarket news – Page 174
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership launches 100 virtual events for customers
The events include food and drink, fashion, crafting, and home and garden classes led by JLP partners
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NewsGroceryAid gives out awards to supporters in bumper year
The number of companies extending support to the charity in 2020 has increased by 24% compared to the previous year
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NewsCity unconvinced by Tesco’s Christmas numbers as Booker struggles
The UK’s largest supermarket group announced like-for-like sales growth of 6.7% for the 13 weeks to 28 November 2020
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NewsM&S to bolster free school meal vouchers with extra £5
The additional funds are designed to feed two children rather than the one the vouchers are catered towards, as well as to cover both breakfast and lunch
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NewsMorrisons launches major reset across 170 product categories
Its new strategy will include ‘fewer deals and further wide-ranging price cuts’
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NewsSupermarkets take urgent action to stop spread of Covid
Supermarkets insist stores are safe and defend themselves in new talks on coronavirus transmission
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NewsM&S shoppers targeted by ‘free groceries’ scam on Facebook
The scam has been published by a fake Facebook page called ‘M&S shop’
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NewsCity snapshot: Supermarket prices return to inflation amid new lockdowns and Brexit
Supermarket price inflation escalated to its highest level for five months in December as coronavirus restrictions and the UK’s imminent exit from the EU reversed deflationary trends in grocery.
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NewsMedia Bites 15 Jan: Tesco, ABF/Primark, Scottish seafood
A boom in online grocery shopping delivered £1bn of extra sales for Tesco over the holiday period as the supermarket group toasted a record Christmas
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NewsAldi swaps plastic shrink-wrap for cardboard on soft drink multipacks
The shrink-wrap has been replaced with 100% recyclable FSC-certified cardboard, saving a claimed 90 tonnes of plastic a year
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NewsTesco to employ ‘tens of thousands’ part-time to cope with impact of Covid on workforce
CEO Ken Murphy said the UK’s biggest retailer currently had around 30,000 staff absent because of Covid
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NewsM&S human rights survey reveals concerns of supply chain workers
The report was commisioned by the retailer and carried out by Oxfam
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NewsOcado goes from green to ‘grape’ in major brand overhaul
The move is aimed at making Ocado easier to distinguish from supermarket rivals
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NewsCity Snapshot: Tesco posts Christmas sales growth of 8.1% as Covid costs mount
Tesco has reported a “strong” sales performance in its third quarter and Christmas period, although new coronavirus restrictions have added a further £85m to existing Covid costs. Plus, trading updates from ABF, Bakkavor, Hilton Food Group, Finsbury Food Group and Science in Sport
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NewsGovernment set to prioritise supermarkets at EU border to avoid food shortages
Supermarket lorries returning to the EU to restock will be prioritised at the border under the proposals
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NewsPetition launched to prioritise shopworkers in Covid vaccine rollout
The petition was created by Sarah Green, understood to be a shopworker
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NewsSainsbury’s criticised for phasing out receipts for online shoppers
Only shoppers who order their groceries over the phone will be able to request a physical receipt
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NewsM&S signs call to action on China human rights abuses
The move comes as part of its relaunched Plan A sustainability programme
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NewsSainsbury’s seeks bacteria detection tech for ready to eat products
Sainsbury’s said at present bacteria detection could only be achieved through “destructive testing or inadvertent consumption”
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NewsAsda to open in-store Covid vaccination centres
Qualified Asda pharmacy staff will administer jabs, starting with priority groups