Latest supermarket news – Page 275
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NewsTesco ditches ‘best before end’ dates on ‘robust’ fruit and veg
The supermarket rolled out its first SKUs without BBE dates last week, with 70 of its “more robust” items no longer carrying the dates
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NewsM&S launches full review of its food business
Stuart Machin will oversee the review, which will take ‘around two quarters to complete’
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NewsSainsbury's confirms increase to hourly base pay rate
The retailer said the move will give 121,000 store colleagues an average pay rise of 9.3%
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NewsSainsbury’s looks to smaller brands in babyfood shake-up
Heinz and Hipp dropped for Kiddylicious, For Aisha and Piccolo, as well as Sainsbury’s own Little Ones
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NewsLabour intervenes in proposed Asda-Sainsbury's merger
Rebecca Long-Bailey, shadow secretary of state for business, said the merger ‘could spell disaster’ for suppliers
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NewsTesco steps up war on plastic with packaging ban
Tesco said it wanted to work with the supply chain and the government to boost the national recycling infrastructure
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NewsGS1 UK appoints Sainsbury's commercial ops director Biggart
His appointment comes as GS1 UK works with retailers and suppliers to introduce productDNA, which manages product data
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NewsM&S profits plunge 62% amid store closure costs
Marks and Spencer’s pre-tax profits have plunged by 62.1% to £66.8m for the year, with performance hit by tightening food margins and the cost of store closures.
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NewsClosure of Tesco Direct non-food website puts 500 jobs at risk
New CEO Charles Wilson said Tesco Direct will cease trading on 9 July. The Fenny Lock fulfilment centre will also close
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NewsHotel Chocolat extends swap offer in Waitrose 'copycat' row
An HC spokeswoman said more than 200 of the £2 Waitrose bars had been swapped for its own £3.95 slabs over the weekend
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NewsFormer Dixons chief Bickerstaffe to join M&S board
Bickerstaffe has previously held senior roles at Somerfield and Kwik Save
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NewsMarks & Spencer to close more than 100 stores by 2022
M&S said the closures were in line with its target to take at least a third of sales online and here will also be 15 fewer Simply Food stores opening this year as it scales back its Food business plans
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NewsBurnley shakes up Asda management with Nick Jones appointment
The move will allow CMO Jesús Lorente to focus on the food side of the business
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NewsWaitrose trialling black plastic alternatives this month
Retailer is switching the black plastic on ready meals, drinks bottles and meat
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NewsTesco Asia boss Hoggett returns as UK COO in shakeup at top
Former chief people officer Alison Horner takes over as Asia CEO, and Natasha Adams is promoted to chief people officer
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NewsSupermarkets appeal against extra ATM rates demands
Case is being brought by retailers including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and the Co-op
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NewsM&S store closures could rise from 60 to 100, reports suggest
Like-for-like food sales are set to be down 0.2%, with clothing and home like-for-likes down 1.1%
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NewsHotel Chocolat offers Waitrose customers chocolate slab swaps
Shoppers can trade in £2 Waitrose ‘copycat’ bars for the original £3.95 version
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NewsSainsbury's bows to pressure on pay rate proposals
The supermarket announced an increase to its base pay rate from £8 an hour to £9.20