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City snapshot: Grocery growth slumps amid wet weather and falling inflation
Take-home grocery sales rose by just 1% over the four weeks to 9 June 2024, marking the slowest increase since June 2022, as poor weather and falling inflation hit supermarket sales
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Darren Blackhurst quits Morrisons with Rachel Eyre set to return
Retail veteran Blackhurst rejoined Morrisons in March as cover for Rachel Eyre, who is on maternity leave
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Sainsbury’s partners with Cheesegeek for artisan cheese range
The new exclusive range would bring UK artisan cheese to a mainstream market
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Aldi claims UK supermarket first with recycled content in own label crisp packets
The change will eliminate about 78 tonnes of virgin plastic from use annually, according to Aldi
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Morrisons marks 125-year anniversary with special TV ad
The 40-second long ad called ‘Over the counter, over the years’ tracks a conversation between Morrisons staff and shoppers across different time periods
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Aldi planning to upgrade 100 stores in 2024
The £90m-plus investment will include 30 refurbishments this summer
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Waitrose relaunches premium own label No.1
’It’s probably one of the biggest brand relaunches in UK grocery this year,’ Waitrose customer director Nathan Ansell told The Grocer
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City snapshot: Tesco continues to grow UK grocery market share and volumes
Tesco has announced another ‘strong’ quarterly performance ahead of its AGM today, with UK market share gains and strengthening volumes
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Burnt Faith brandy seals supermarket debut with Tesco
Burnt Faith is the UK’s first dedicated brandy house
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ShareAction calls on Tesco to justify Ken Murphy’s £10m pay package
Murphy’s pay more than doubled last year, despite his fixed pay falling from £1.7m to £1.6m, with a bonus of £3.38m and shares worth £9.91m
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Morrisons sets 70% target for More Card transactions
The Morrisons More scheme was relaunched in May 2023 with a promise of a “radical” overhaul, featuring the latest personalised tech.
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Sainsbury’s to offer loyalty points on EV chargers
The addition of loyalty points marks the opening of Sainsbury’s 50th Smart Charge hub
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Denmark recalls Korean noodle brand Samyang for ‘poisoning’ risk
Consuming large quantities of chilli poses a particular risk to children and frail adults
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Aldi promoting weekly ‘price drops’ on scores of products
Over 80 products were dropped in price this week, in a promotion supported by Hotmail ads
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JLP to lodge appeal over delay to Waitrose buy to let property plans
The partnership will lodge a non-determination over delays to a planning application to build homes above a Waitrose in west Ealing
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Tesco’s marketplace boosts SKU count by more than a third
The supermarket’s total online SKU count has risen from 28,018 to 38,070: an increase of 36%
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Retailers ‘in limbo’ as deforestation laws put on pause ahead of election
The UK’s anti-deforestation proposals linked to food commodities were on track to receive parliamentary approval
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Biotiful Gut Health launches range of dessert-inspired kefir drinks
The Delightful Kefir Drinks range includes three SKUs: Banoffee Pie, Caramelised Biscuit and Lemon Drizzle
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Asda staff stabbed, spat on and threatened with syringes
Asda workers revealed they had been spat at, suffered broken bones, been hit with bottles and even faced death threats against them and their children
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Labour to ban energy drinks sales to under 16s
The Labour leader will say energy drinks, often packed with high levels of caffeine, are harming children’s health as well as their education