more supermarket news & analysis – Page 173
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Organix adds baby meals and kids’ snacks in ‘biggest shake-up’ to date
The innovations set ‘new standards in the babyfood category, with flavours and textures designed to spark a love of great food’, claimed Organix
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Comment & Opinion
Supplier relationships are souring, GCA activity shows. Do the supermarkets care?
Supermarkets and suppliers are locked in a series of disputes over negotiations on passing on inflation, which has given rise to a raft of short-notice delistings across a range of sectors
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Comment & Opinion
Shoppers want more from home delivery than speed – transparency and reliability are paramount
Getting home delivery right for modern shoppers is crucial in today’s landscape, says Alex Buckley, general manager at DispatchTrack for EMEA & APAC operations
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Four pints of milk up to 17% more expensive since start of the year
Soaring farmgate milk prices appear to be driving further price hikes at the supermarket tills
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Time to tackle cost of living crisis, says Potts, as £7bn Morrisons takeover clears final hurdle
The Competition & Markets Authority announced today the deal was clear to proceed
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Co-op and Microsoft team up to create new food redistribution platform
Called Caboodle, it is already being trialled in 100 Co-op stores and is also to be made available to other retailers
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GSCOP arbitrations set to soar over cost price increase disputes
Adjudicator Mark White told The Grocer the ‘avalanche’ of CPI requests in recent months had resulted in a series of short notice delistings
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Aldi teases M&S again over the return of Cuthbert the Caterpillar
Using the hashtag #Cuthback, Aldi’s social media team has been tweeting pictures of vans parked outside M&S stores bearing billboards with pictures of Cuthbert and messages such as ’Aisle be back’
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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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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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Comment & Opinion
ASA’s Tesco ruling shows the complexity of promoting plant-based environmental credentials
The ASA said it would expect to see evidence that switching to products in the Plant Chef range would positively affect the environment
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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’
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Comment & Opinion
Is criticism of supermarket bosses’ exorbitant bonuses amid cost of living crisis justified?
Because profits (and other more complex metrics) have exploded in the past year, performance compensations tied to those financial metrics ultimately grew at a higher rate too
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Minor Figures launches new oat milk duo into Waitrose chiller cabinets
The new range is available now in 250 Waitrose stores, and will be rolled out into all Holland & Barrett locations later this month
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Asda and Uber Eats expand partnership to more than 400 stores
Asda was the first supermarket to join forces with Uber Eats, in 2020
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Outgoing M&S CEO Steve Rowe bags final £1.6m bonus
His total pay packet was £2.6m, up from £1.1m in 2020/2021
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Rapeseed oil prices surge by up to 100% amid ongoing Ukraine conflict
Ambient giant Princes confirmed it had faced ’significant inflationary pressures’ after products from two of its cooking oil brands doubled in price
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One in four shoppers visit supermarkets based on their online search function
In a sign of the importance of the ‘hybrid shopping experience’, 39% of those surveyed said they would consider switching their usual supermarket if another one had a better online search facility
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Jubilee weekend brings boost to retail, with footfall up 6.9%
The biggest surge of the weekend came on Thursday, when footfall was up 45.6% on the average for May