more supermarket news & analysis – Page 125
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Aldi celebrates donating 30 million meals to good causes
More than 4,000 good causes have benefited from Aldi’s partnership with food redistribution platform Neighbourly, according to the discounter
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Morrisons sales fall 4.2% but CEO Potts claims fightback is working
Group revenue for the year was up 2.2% from £18bn last year to £18.4bn, and Potts said sales had been on a “steadily improving trend”
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CMA to crack down on food and drink greenwashing claims
The watchdog said it would “examine the accuracy of ‘green’ claims made about household essentials” such as food, toothpaste and laundry detergent
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Waitrose launches plastic-free range of Easter bunnies and cakes
Waitrose is preparing to face its first Easter since the introduction of HFSS rules
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McVitie’s BN moves into cake with two-strong Mini Rolls range
Raspberry and Chocolate BN Mini Rolls come in a pack of five, individually wrapped, 35g bars
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Asda to give loyalty card holders more time to spend vouchers
Asda revealed almost £20m worth of Rewards vouchers were spent in store during December
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Asda slashes night shifts in cost-cutting move affecting thousands
A consultation with staff began this week and Asda stressed the overall level of store hours would be unaffected, though it could not rule out redundancies
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M&S chairman warns government against separate labelling for goods sold in NI
In a letter to foreign secretary James Cleverly, M&S chairman Archie Norman said the requirement would add ‘overbearing and prohibitive costs to exporting businesses’
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Iceland’s over-60s discount set to hit the 8 million transaction mark this month
Iceland claimed a supermarket first when it introduced the discount day in May 2022
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Tesco shuns Prime energy drink (for now) over supply concerns
Consumer demand for Prime has reached fever-pitch over the past few months, with the sporadic nature of supply seemingly fuelling the hype
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Aldi lays on free bus service from Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda stores
The discounter placed ‘bus stops’ outside Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda stores in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, where a Routemaster stopped to take shoppers to the nearby Aldi
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Ellers Farm Distillery hires Jamie Munro as marketing manager
Munro will focus on developing brand positioning for the distillery in the UK and overseas
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Sainsbury’s launches drive-through to showcase new Flourish range
The supermarket launched the nutritional range in January
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Noble Foods joins Courtauld Water Roadmap to protect water resources
The agreement is supposed to help businesses move beyond water management to water stewardship
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Tesco challenges tech experts to take Clubcard loyalty to next level
Global Hackathon will see companies from the UK, Central Europe and India compete to see how coding can find solutions to retail issues
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Sustainable seafood on UK shelves on the rise, new MSC report finds
The new report showed there were 49 different sustainably sourced species available to UK and Irish consumers compared to 45 last year
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Grenade and Oreo launch co-branded protein bar
The NPD contains 21g of protein and 1g of sugar, and can be purchased from Grenade’s webstore
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Hundreds of jobs to go as Central Co-op closes Leicester DCs
The society is moving operations to Co-op Group-managed distribution network LIDIA
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Tesco to use waste ocean plastic for fresh fish packaging
From next week, many of the supermarket’s fresh salmon, haddock, cod and sea bass lines will be sold in trays that contain at least 30% recycled coastal plastic
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Comment & Opinion
Is there any truth to Tesco chairman John Allan’s inflammatory inflation claims?
Are suppliers really profiteering from inflation?