Latest supermarket news – Page 214
-
NewsCoronavirus: most supermarkets to enact restrictions to curb panic buying
Initial curbs look set to be a four-product limit on all skus
-
NewsCoronavirus: supermarkets hope to co-operate on store closures and food supplies
Retail leaders today repeated a call for calm after shopper stockpiling saw many shelves left bare
-
NewsCity News: Analysts welcome hefty price tag for Tesco’s Asian arm
Tesco’s long-shelved plans for global domination were further unwound this week with the sale of its Asian arm for £8bn, as it continues to refocus on its core business.
-
NewsCoronavirus: Government plans extension to Sunday trading hours
It is understood that the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is considering the measure to allow supermarkets to cope with a huge spike in demand
-
NewsTesco records grocery’s biggest advertising budget of 2019 as Sainsbury’s hikes spend
Meanwhile Morrisons dropped from fourth to seventh after its spend fell by more than 21.2%
-
NewsTesco seeking new sites for Jack’s discount stores
The supermarket is seeking new locations that minimise cannibalisation of its existing estate, The Grocer understands…
-
NewsMorrisons looks to ease small supplier cashflow problems with faster payments
Farmers, local food makers and many more small businesses will be paid early
-
NewsTesco’s Aldi Price Match: a third of products stay at same price, analysis finds
About two-thirds of the products in Tesco’s new push to match Aldi on price have stayed at exactly the same price as before, analysis shows
-
NewsCoronavirus: Ocado delivering no further than doorstep
Drivers will no longer enter customers’ homes to carry in deliveries
-
NewsCoronavirus: Emergency measures will give supermarkets a ‘key role’ in fighting virus
Ministers are set to press the button on changes including allowing supermarkets to share data to try to avoid food shortages
-
NewsMorrisons announces swathe of price cuts across 500+ products
It comes after market leader Tesco launched an Aldi Price Match campaign last week
-
NewsMorrisons to recruit ex-services personnel in vow to be ‘forces-friendly employer’
The supermarket said it already employed many ex-servicemen and women across its business
-
NewsCoronavirus: Morrisons postpones Harrogate supplier conference
The supermarket was due to address suppliers in Harrogate on 24 March
-
NewsCoronavirus: Ocado pleads for supplier help to cope with demand
A pleading communication from Ocado Retail CEO Mel Smith warned suppliers to expect ‘volatility in orders placed’
-
NewsSainsbury’s joins major supermarkets rationing sales of hygiene products
The retailer is now limiting purchases of handwash, tissues, cleaning products and pain relief
-
NewsCalls for carrier bag charge to be dropped as part of coronavirus fight
The Grocer understands the proposal was made by a leading supermarket boss yesterday
-
NewsCoronavirus: New emergency plans could use army to deliver food to shops
Ministers have stepped up their talks with the industry on how to tackle the crisis
-
NewsCoronavirus: government agrees to temporarily scrap delivery curfews
It said the move would help ease temporary shortages caused by panic buying
-
NewsAldi reacts to Tesco’s Price Match marketing with counter-offensive
Aldi has hit back with direct price comparisons in a series of press and social media ads
-
NewsSupermarkets call for lifting of delivery curfews to safeguard supply from panic buying
A raft of retailers have introduced rationing on some items in response to the crisis