more supermarket news & analysis – Page 136
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Tesco supermarket-convenience price gap wider than rival Sainsbury’s
The price gap between Tesco’s larger stores and its Express format was 10.4% in November
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Filippo Berio victim of £5k olive oil theft from distribution lorry
The business has asked for anyone who is offered its Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil under suspicious circumstances to get in touch
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Grocer 33
Waitrose Daventry: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘I’ve been with the partnership for nearly five years now and I’ve worked in three different branches’
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Waitrose store is ‘a pleasure’ with ‘helpful, polite’ team
Waitrose stormed to victory with its second win in a row this week
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Christmas deals keeping a lid on inflation as Asda comes in cheapest
Pre-Christmas discounts and deals appear to be stemming the inflationary tide
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M&S back in court over Swizzels Percy Pig ‘copycat’
The retailer has filed a joint copyrights infringement claim with German manufacturer Katjes against sweetmaker Swizzels
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Analysis & Features
Supermarket opening times over Christmas and New Year’s Day
Check out the festive opening times of your supermarket between Christmas and New Year here
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News
Marks & Spencer trials paper carrier bags in bid to tackle plastic usage
Each paper carrier bag, which is able to hold 15kg, has been independently developed and tested to ensure strength and durability
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Tesco revamps Clubcard coupons offer
It said more than four million customers using the Tesco Clubcard & Grocery app would now receive personalised coupons every two weeks, rather than every six
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M&S Food promotes Kathryn Turner to product development director
Turner has worked in product development at the grocer for 27 years – including the past six years as head of product
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Rapid grocer Gopuff launches DC with Wincanton
The site allows Gopuff to accept bigger volumes directly from suppliers, rather than require them to distribute to each dark store or rely on wholesalers
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War on plastic at risk of failure as recycling levels slump
A Wrap report revealing progress on the industry’s Plastics Pact shows it is on course to fall well short of some of its 2025 targets
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Brexit and Covid spark 100,000-tonne increase in food waste
The UK’s exit from the EU is cited, along with disruption to the supply chain caused by the impact of the pandemic, as key factors in a spike in waste in 2021
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Comment & Opinion
Is the world ready for Christmas dinner from Poundland?
The 2022 frozen Christmas dinner wars have a surpise new contender
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News
Tesco launches surplus marketplace for suppliers to tackle food waste
The service will allow suppliers to advertise surplus stock for sale on Tesco Exchange, post requests for suppliers they need, and agree sales between each other
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Compostable plastics have public support, finds survey
A YouGov survey of 1,734 UK adults found widespread support for compostable packaging, with 85% backing a ban on any conventional plastic it could replace
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M&S’s Katharine Haenelt to join meat supplier OSI Group as UK MD
OSI Group supplies protein items and other food products to foodservice and retail brands including McDonald’s
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Waitrose expands bakery offer with trial of new Gail’s fixture in three stores
Waitrose said it had a ”great range” of its own breads as well as Gail’s, including sourdoughs and fresh bloomers, but that it wanted to “further elevate” the offering
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Sainsbury’s to extend £2 Healthy Start top-up to Wales and Northern Ireland
The announcement follows Sainsbury’s decision last month to reintroduce the £2 coupon over the next six months to customers using a Healthy Start card in England
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Comment & Opinion
Why supermarkets must help fix the plastic recycling process
The solution must be simplified and demystified, says professor Edward Kosior of Nextek and Nextloopp