Latest supermarket news – Page 231
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Morrisons raises prices as cost pressures take effect
The supermarket has increased prices on more than 1,000 food and drink lines across its ambient, chilled and frozen aisles
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Waitrose split with new online partner TDP followed ‘culture clash’
Expectations differed over what could be achieved and how quickly
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City snapshot: Sainsbury’s pledges to halve plastic packaging by 2025
Sainsbury’s has announced a commitment to cut its plastic packaging by 50% by 2025, becoming what it claims is the first retailer to outline plans of this scale.
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Sainsbury’s raises prices across raft of own label spirits
The retailer has increased prices by an average of 4% across a swathe of drinks
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Morrisons to expand Amazon Prime Now delivery partnership across UK
The retailer announced today (12 September) it had signed an undisclosed multi-year deal with the online giant, to replace its previous rolling relationship
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M&S brings Infarm vertical farms to seven London stores
Customers will be able to pick fresh herbs from the in-store ‘farms’, which are the first of their kind in the UK
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Waitrose pulls out of online deal with Today Development Partners
TDP and Waitrose.com had planned to work together to develop three automated customer fulfilment centres
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City snapshot: Morrisons first half profits rise 5.3% despite first quarterly sales dip since 2016
Morrisons has posted a 5.3% rise in first half pre-tax profits despite recording a second quarter sales fall of 1.9%. Plus, The John Lewis Partnership has posted a £25.9m loss in the first six months of the year, British American Tobacco has announced it is to cut 2,300 jobs globally and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Rhian Bartlett to return to Sainsbury’s as fresh food director
Bartlett will rejoin the company in November, replacing Adrian Cook who left the business at the end of July
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Government plans for ‘all-in’ deposit return scheme branded ‘total nightmare’
Yesterday (10 September) the Scottish government published draft legislation for a national rollout from 1 April 2021
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Iceland rapped by ASA over Tesco price comparison ads
Tesco complained the prices dated from five weeks before the ad was published
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Asda Altrincham site sold for £22m in ‘signal of confidence in supermarket property’
Avison Young, who advised on the deal for buyer Greater Manchester Pension Fund, described the site as a “defence stock”
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Asda trials new coating technology to increase fruit shelf life
Asda claimed the link-up with Apeel Sciences could “drastically reduce food waste” and potentially cut the use of plastic
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Tesco rolls out third phase of price cuts on over 100 products
Launching today, the cuts follow previous phases of the campaign in January and May, as Tesco continues to fight competition from the discounters
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Tap2Drop eyes ‘local shops’ as it launches service in London
The new on-demand takeaway and grocery ordering business has a similar model to Just Eat
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Asda faces pay deal protests at stores in London and East Anglia
GMB London Region said it would be holding a number of demonstrations this month across London and the east of England
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Asda trials pop-up charity clothes shop to push sustainable fashion
The retailer has opened the pop-up charity outlet at its Milton Keynes store
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Tesco to launch Google Assistant-integrated voice shopping
The service will be the first from Tesco capable of automatically integrating customers’ online accounts with Google Assistant
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Aldi launches prize draw for schools to win £20k for sports equipment
To be entered in the draw, schools must collect 300 Aldi Team GB stickers to complete a sticker chart
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Asda legal chief Alex Simpson to leave
Simpson is reported to have taken on a similar role with Amazon as it continues to make inroads into UK grocery