All articles by Maria Gonçalves – Page 31
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News
M&S launches new job support package for Ukrainian refugees
The package includes a new careers platform with translated job descriptions to encourage refugees to apply for jobs at M&S
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M&S ‘bewildered’ after Michael Gove calls in Marble Arch development plan
The retailer plans to demolish the current 92-year-old building on 458 Oxford Street and replace it with a modern retail and office complex
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FareShare partners with KFC to distribute millions of meals
Move follows a successful eight-month trial at 20 KFC restaurants in the Midlands, the north east and Essex
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Comment & Opinion
Can new M&S Food MD Alex Freudmann fill Stuart Machin’s shoes?
Who exactly is the man entrusted with the task of taking the retailer’s strongest-performing category for years to the next level?
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M&S calls for changes to government’s Apprenticeship Levy to tackle labour shortages
Operations director Sacha Berendji criticised the programme’s ‘one size fits all’ approach
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Grocer 33
Customer service and store standards slump at supermarkets as supply chain crisis hits home
There was no change in the winners of the 2022 Grocer 33 awards for price, service and availability, but our annual review reflects significant disruption
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Grocer 33
Morrisons Denton, Manchester: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘One of my first challenges in this store was to look at how we could run improved availability, while making sure we made the right decisions for our price-sensitive customers’
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Grocer 33
Morrisons on top in ‘Super 33’ mystery shop with both discounters
To kick off the new Grocer 33 year, we’ve pitted Aldi and Lidl against the usual traditional grocers for the first time
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Sainsbury’s launches handwash refill range
As well as more sustainable, the refill pouches are 35% cheaper than equivalent bottles, Sainsbury’s said
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Planet Organic grows Deliveroo range as it eyes online expansion
The specialist retailer has added more health and wellness lines to its range on the Deliveroo app and plans to offer the service from more stores
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Sainsbury’s ramps up value campaign with more Aldi Price Match cuts
The supermarket has added its 20 highest volume lines to its Aldi Price Match campaign
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Shoppers forced to start saving now to afford Christmas amid soaring living costs
Consumers are having to make “impossible choices” as living costs increase Shoppers are facing “impossible choices” as the cost of living crisis is forcing households with children to start saving now in order to afford Christmas. Nearly half of shoppers with children at home claimed they were ...
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M&S Food marketing director Sharry Cramond to also oversee hospitality
Cramond, who has been the food division’s marketing chief for over four years, will now also oversee all 330 of M&S’s in-store coffee shops
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Grocer 33
Waitrose Saltash, Cornwall: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We’re very much a tourist destination shop, particularly at this time of year as people are coming down to Cornwall’
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Grocer 33
Waitrose takes the lead with final Jubilee efforts, Asda flops
Waitrose in Saltash, Cornwall had an ‘enticing’ display of offers celebrating the Jubilee
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News
Waitrose stores in London first to take part in John Lewis rental housing project
Waitrose’s parent company is set to build new housing at three proposed locations, including over the supermarket’s shops in Bromley and West Ealing, in London
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Supermarkets must make sustainable shopping affordable, says IGD
The group’s CEO, Susan Barratt, told industry leaders grocery had a key role to play in keeping sustainability high on the shopper agenda amid the cost of living crisis
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M&S launches sustainability innovation challenge for startups
The retailer is looking for ideas and technologies that can drive sustainability both in the supply chain and in customer-facing operations
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Tesco rapped for ‘misleading’ vegan burger environmental claims
The watchdog found Tesco had failed to back up its claims that switching to Plant Chef burgers would ’positively affect the environment’