Latest supermarket news – Page 74
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Graham’s The Family Dairy to tether caps to its cartons in recycling push
The new cap will be applied to the Graham’s 500ml carton range including standard and organic milk, from 6 March
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M&S drops Ella’s Kitchen babyfood in favour of deal with Piccolo
The move comes just under five years after M&S axed its entire range of own-label babyfood, replacing it with Ella’s
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Media Bites 9 March: Morrisons, Hotel Chocolat, The Restaurant Group
Morrisons racked up £1.5bn of losses in the year after being bought by US firm Clayton, Dubilier and Rice.
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Child food poverty: supermarkets slammed over lack of ‘meaningful’ action
Food Foundation is calling for discounted fruit & veg ranges, promotions on bread and milk, and reduced prices for the healthiest ranges of products
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Asda launches 150 new product lines for Ramadan
The supermarket will also be launching dedicated Ramadan aisles in 150 stores
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Tesco donates 4,000 coats to keep families warm in big freeze
With temperatures across the UK plunging this week, the supermarket is giving 2,000 coats to the Salvation Army and 1,000 to food redistribution charity FareShare
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Discounters continue to grab market share as shoppers chase lowest prices
Shoppers have continued to flock to the discounters to cope with soaring grocery bills as volumes in supermarkets tumble, according to latest market data
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Pleese launches trio of frozen cheesecake desserts into retail
The NPD, which is ‘not ice cream’ comprises ‘at least 35% cream cheese’, mixed with biscuit pieces and flavoured sauces
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Poundland launches price comparison campaign
The variety discounter has been comparing its prices to those of Asda, Morrisons and Wilko on in-store posters
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Aldi on verge of overtaking Tesco as biggest seller of British apples
Data from British Apples & Pears shows the discounter sold just 95 fewer tonnes of British apples in January than its bigger rival
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Lidl to halve the environmental impact of a shopping basket
The supermarket has signed the WWF’s Retailers’ Commitment for Nature, joining Co-op, M&S, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose
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Guinness launches pocket-sized perfect pour device Nitrosurge
The USB-charged device – sold exclusively at selected Tesco stores for £22 – holds enough power for about 100 pints
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City snapshot: Lloyds Pharmacy reviews future of 1,300 sites
Lloyds Pharmacy has put all its UK store base up for “strategic review”.
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Media Bites 6 March: Waitrose/John Lewis, food shortages, Gousto, Morrisons
A round up of all the food and drink news in the papers over the weekend, with John Lewis and Waitrose in focus.
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Iceland agrees solar power deal for 150 stores in push to reduce energy costs
The deal will secure 14% of Iceland’s energy needs until 2033 and will help the supermarket cut its CO2 emissions by an estimated 23,000 tonnes
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Sainsbury’s to expand convenience store network after hitting £3bn in sales
Sales across its more than 800 c-stores grew 10% last year and were up 7% on pre-pandemic levels
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Cost of living crisis sees Sainsbury’s reach meal donation ‘milestone’ in just 18 months
Sainsbury’s has donated 10 million meals since it’s partnership with Neighbourly began in 2021
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Aldi ‘stepping up search’ for new store sites as part of £400m push
It is Aldi’s third announcement of expansion ambitions in as many weeks since The Grocer revealed Lidl was dramatically scaling back store openings this year
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Landmark food waste roadmap relaunched after failing to hit key targets
Wrap told The Grocer the industry needed to act “much further and much faster” if it was to achieve its target of halving food waste by 2030
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Waitrose to turn surplus food waste into animal feed as part of new trial
Staff will sort surplus food, which then be backhauled to Waitrose depots