Latest supermarket news – Page 219
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Iceland to trial plastic alternative packaging for 38 fresh fruit & veg lines
Overall the measure reduces plastic packaging used on the lines by 93%, according to Iceland
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Sainsbury’s named highest-ranking retailer for LGBT inclusion
The supermarket was ranked by Stonewall as the 71st most LGBT-inclusive employer
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John Lewis to second staff to FareShare for up to six months
The company is celebrating 20 years of its volunteer programme, the Golden Jubilee Trust
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John Lewis to stop reporting weekly sales figures as part of board restructure
The business said it would now only publish details on its financial performance every six months, in its half-year and full-year results
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Supermarkets and suppliers agree to simplified recycling label system
The simplified system will tell consumers to either ‘recycle’ or ‘don’t recycle’ products
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Asda changes shape of its Easter eggs to cut plastic
The retailer says the move will use 98% less plastic without losing any amount of chocolate
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Sainsbury’s invests £1bn in 2040 carbon neutral target
The retailer plans to use the cash to implement a programme of changes
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Asda escalates war on plastic with fish supplier waste collection scheme
The ‘Fishing for Plastic’ initiative aims to get Asda’s fish suppliers to scoop up plastic found at sea
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Aldi claims UK’s cheapest Valentine’s dinner
Aldi is offering two starters, mains, sides and desserts for only £9.66
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Waitrose to roll out book swap trial to more store cafés
Shoppers can leave books in dedicated areas of the cafés for other customers to read
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Tesco pushes loyalty scheme with Clubcard credit card
The new card features no foreign exchange fees and 0% interest on purchases for up to 18 months
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Retailers greet Veganuary with increased number of fruit & veg promotions
Asda, Co-op, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose have all upped their number of fresh produce deals
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UK retail food waste increases despite overall levels dropping
A progress report for the Courtauld Commitment 2025 showed retail waste went up between 2015-18
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Tesco to remove plastic from branded and own-label tinned multipacks
The supermarket will replace tinned multipacks with plastic-free multibuys
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Morrisons to axe 3,000 manager roles in push for frontline staff
Morrisons said around six management positions per store would go, but on average 14 new frontline roles would be created
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Number of shoppers using Aldi and Lidl rises by a half in four years, claims survey
Shoppercentric’s latest consumer trends survey found 67% of 1,000 respondents had shopped in Aldi or Lidl in the past month
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Tesco teams up with Ocado tech partner for warehouse robots
The supermarket is working with Swisslog on an automated pallet retrieval and storage system
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Sainsbury’s slashes hundreds of management roles in Argos integration
CEO Mike Coupe said the senior leadership team had been reduced by more than 20% since the start of the financial year in March 2019
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Aldi to swap plastic applicators for cardboard across own-label tampons
The move follows campaigning by Ella Daish, who founded the grassroots movement #EndPeriodPlastic
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Asda holds talks with suppliers over plastic reduction
Hundreds of suppliers took part in Asda’s conference on how to accelerate the war on plastic