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Asda staff take part in litter pick along Leeds & Liverpool Canal
Volunteers will aim to cover a 10-mile stretch of the canal in the next five days
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Sainsbury’s shoppers ‘not ready’ for till-free store as trial ends
The supermarket went live with the refurbished checkout-free Sainsbury’s Local in London’s Holborn on 29 April
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Iceland unveils 550 new or improved frozen lines in ‘ambitious’ shake-up
The new or improved lines, rolling out from today, account for 53% of Iceland’s frozen range
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Tesco to launch ‘more affordable’ ethically farmed chicken by early 2020
The announcement came as 25 animal welfare specialists called on the supermarket to ditch its ‘intensive’ farming practices
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Morrisons to offer its cafés as free spaces for community groups
The supermarket is offering the facilities to groups such as new parents, charities, book clubs and craft groups
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Tesco, Asda and Poundland caught selling knives to children
Test purchases found retailers failed to prevent the sale of a knife to a child on 15% of occasions
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Online grocer 8Dol targets 25 UK cities with expansion plan
8Dol uses its own warehouses and cycle couriers to offer a range of up to 600 products
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Lidl reassures suppliers over extra costs of no-deal Brexit
Lidl’s UK chief commercial officer Ryan McDonnell has written to British suppliers following reports they would be expected to pau EU import tariffs
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Christine Tacon urges government to stick with ‘collaborative’ GCA approach
Tacon was responding to a statutory review of the adjudicator role by Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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Sainsbury’s begins deposit return scheme trial with glass bottles
The Scottish government has already vowed to push ahead with an all-in system as early as 2020
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Waitrose wins ‘Fine to Flush’ certification for own-label wet wipes
Two plastic-free products are available from today
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Sainsbury’s staff given day to help local communities
The latest Sainsbury’s Living Well Index revealed a decline in social connections among the over-65s
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Tesco announces four-step second phase of war on plastic
The Remove, Reduce, Reuse & Recycle plan was first launched last year
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Morrisons to close four stores, risking hundreds of jobs
The supermarket said the decision had been taken after a review of the performance of its existing estate
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City snapshot: Tesco threatens to ban products that use excessive packaging
Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis has pledged to ban brands that use excessive and hard to recycle packaging from its shelves. Ocado reports ‘small fire’ at its customer fulfilment centre in Erith and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Waitrose delays home compostable coffee pod range indefinitely
The compostable coffee pod range had been due to hit shelves last December
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Booths encourages reusable containers in anti-plastic move
The northern supermarket has been working to phase out single-use plastic in its stores
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Sainsbury’s outperforms rivals in flat grocery market
Grocery sales flatlined in the 12 weeks to 11 August 2019 as the tough comparisons with 2018’s strong summer continue to hamper food and drink sales growth.
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Tesco and Red Tractor suspend pig farm after ‘distressing’ abuse
Undercover footage appeared to show pigs squealing as workers hit them with metal rods and slammed gates into them
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Supermarkets suffer decline in home entertainment share
The total physical home entertainment market fell 19% as retailers felt the impact of falling shopper numbers