Latest supermarket news – Page 283
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Sainsbury's to boost wages of in-store staff
The supermarket proposes to introduce the new base national pay rate from September, trumping Aldi’s £8.85ph….
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Stores returning to normal after Beast from the East chaos
The Co-op said it had to close 10 stores for ’a short period’ as supermarkets and convenience stores return to normal trading
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Tesco Oldham site sold for more than £50m
The 149,000 sq ft Extra store in Oldham has been bought and leased back by Rosette Merchant Bank
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Soft drinks sugar levels slashed by 15% as levy looms
Supermarkets and suppliers have slashed sugar levels in soft drinks by more than 15% to escape the looming sugar tax
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Morrisons hits 100,000 meals FareShare milestone
FareShare first received products from Morrisons in April 2017
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Asda wins again but Tesco is able to apply pressure
Asda offered the lowest price for 20 products this week, nine of these exclusively
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Asda pledges to appoint more women senior managers
Asda’s median pay difference between all men and women employed by the company was 8.9%, the Walmart-owned supermarket revealed in its Gender Pay Gap report
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Planet Organic rolls out Unpackaged to two more stores
The London organic chain has now rolled out Unpackaged dispensers to Torrington Place, Bloomsbury and to Westbourne Grove
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Tesco 'to trial discounter brand in mothballed stores'
The plans are said to be being spearheaded by Tesco retail director Lawrence Harvey, a former Aldi exec who has been given a large team to take on his former company and Lidl
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Animal Aid calls for clear labelling for own-brand vegan products
The animal rights group has launched a petition calling on Waitrose, Marks & Spencer, Iceland and Lidl to signpost vegan-friendly grocery items
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Asda takes first service and availability win of 2018
Asda has been hammering its main supermarket rivals on price in the past months
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Waitrose the second major retailer to cut back its property team
A restructure will see the merger of the previously separate property functions of Waitrose and its parent company John Lewis
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Asda reports fourth consecutive sales increase after a strong Christmas
Like-for-like sales rose just 0.5 per cent in the last three months of 2017, as the supermarket fights off competition from the discounters
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Tesco staff praised for preventing iTunes fraud
Scammers prey on victims by cold-calling them and impersonating HMRC officials
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Supermarkets losing share of games, DVDs and music to online
Morrisons was the biggest loser in terms of market share
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Morrisons buys Yorkshire egg supplier Chippindale Foods
The deal will allow Morrisons to bring forward the date at which all its eggs will come from non-caged hens
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Waitrose Foundation invests in Costa Rican pineapple supplier
The Waitrose Foundation currently invests in farm workers’ community projects in Ghana, Kenya and South Africa
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GCA role will not be extended to cover primary producers
More retailers with sales of more than £1bn could be added to the code remit, but announcement will be a huge blow for campaigners who have long called for an extension of the powers
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New poll reveals 'extreme' shopper concern over plastic
In a survey of more than 5,000 UK consumers, 24.6% expressed ‘extreme concern’ about plastic packaging in grocery
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Asda in talks over pension cuts protest by 2,000 NI workers
Shopworkers union Usdaw is to urge Asda to think again after staff signed a petition against proposed pension cuts….