Latest supermarket news – Page 191
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M&S introduces recyclable packaging for bakery products
The new packaging is made from translucent paper or paper with a small plastic window
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Asda to trial in-store B&Q concessions
The concessions will offer a range of B&Q products in-store as well as click and collect
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City News: Ocado enjoys another share price surge following summer sales surge
Ocado’s market capitalisation broke through the £20bn barrier this week
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John Lewis and Waitrose to roll out joint loyalty scheme
It follows a pilot in which 60,000 MyWaitrose and My John Lewis loyalty cardholders received a combined card in September 2018
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Sainsbury’s clearing foodservice cans of Brakes baked beans
The retailer was spotted selling the 2.5kg tubs of beans for as low as 63p in some cases
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Booths makes southern move with Essex electric forecourt store plan
Booths has teamed up with Gridserve, the company behind the UK’s first electric forecourt, in Braintree
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Lidl makes new pledge to cut own-label plastic by 40% by 2025
The discounter claims to be close to hitting an earlier target two years ahead of schedule
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Tesco’s Clubcard price undercuts rivals as it takes fight to discounters
The supermarket is seeking to use its 19 million loyalty cards customers as a point of difference against rivals
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Shopworkers slam government over lack of action to stem abuse
Government rejected an Usdaw petition that called for a specific offence of abusing, threatening or assaulting a retail worker
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Tesco lists more low & no in overhaul of beer and cider range
It has also given fresh space to craft beers from the likes of Gipsy Hill, BrewDog & Magic Rock
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Tesco ‘affecting competition’ as it secures exclusive NPD deals for Booker, say wholesalers
One senior wholesale source described the move as “anti-competitive”
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Morrisons pledges Covid store deep clean to make shoppers feel safer
The retailer is ordering new equipment and employing thousands of additional cleaning staff for the task
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Soaring food sales boost Co-op first half performance
Total revenues in the 26 weeks to 4 July were up 7.6% to £5.8bn driven by the strong performance of its food and wholesale arms
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City Snapshot: John Lewis Partnership scraps staff bonus as it suffers £635m loss
The John Lewis Partnership has scrapped its annual staff bonus as it suffered a first half loss of £635m amid restructuring costs and heavy writedowns of its John Lewis store estate. Plus, grocery sales boom at Co-op, update from Hilton Food Group and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Waitrose to sell Wolverhampton store to Tesco as four branches close
The 140 partners at the Waitrose Wolverhampton branch will move to Tesco under TUPE provisions
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Grocery sales growth slows in August
Fewer meals eaten at home due to the popularity of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme meant consumers spent £155m less in supermarkets
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Iceland challenges other retailers to reveal their total plastic use
The frozen food specialist has published its own figures, including primary product packaging as well as packaging used in deliveries to stores
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Supermarkets puzzled over Poundstretcher selling their own-label products
Products including Aldi and Co-op own-label soy sauce and Tesco and Morrisons toothpaste have turned up in Poundstretcher stores
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Morrisons snaps up Sainsbury’s brand mentor Rachel Eyre as new marketing chief
Eyre will join the retailer in early 2021
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Ocado suffers ‘no loss of customers’ following M&S switchover
Ocado Retail CFO Duncan Tatton-Brown told The Grocer any movement from Ocado.com shoppers to rivals had been ‘very, very low’