more supermarket news & analysis – Page 185
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One Stop adds ‘Selected by Tesco’ to 160 own-label fresh products in packaging revamp
Source: One Stop (For illustrative purposes only. Not final pack shots) The overhaul is set to launch this summer across all company-owned stores and franchises One Stop has revamped the packaging across its chilled range by stamping ‘Selected by Tesco’ on approximately 160 own-brand lines. The business ...
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Waitrose forced to change Plantlife range name over trademark issues
The supermarket is relaunching the vegan range with a new name
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City snapshot: Waitrose and Deliveroo extend partnership to 70 more stores
Waitrose and Deliveroo are expanding their partnership to meet ’strong customer demand’ by adding more than 70 new Waitrose locations by the summer
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Waitrose to roll out dry-aged beef cabinets to more stores across the country
The supermarket is launching the dry-aged beef counters in 14 stores throughout this year
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Aldi new supplier contest to be Channel 4 reality series
‘Grow with Aldi’ will be a six-part series, with a winner from each hour-long episode awarded a contract to supply the discounter’s 950 UK stores
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Asda DC workers vote on support for industrial action amid sick pay row
In February an overwhelming majority voted to reject base rate increases to warehouse and clerical staff
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Waitrose moves to free-range milk with new grazing commitment
The move follows work by the retailer’s dairy farming group to monitor the emotional wellbeing of cows
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Ad watchdog deems Lidl's Tesco price comparison ads misleading
The Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint from Aldi that the ads did not make sufficiently clear the claimed savings related only to the specific selection of products shown
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Morrisons’ results put CD&R under pressure with refinancing mission
Clayton Dubilier & Rice must show they can invest enough to stop the retailer being left behind by its rivals
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M&S partners with secondhand kids’ clothing platform Dotte
M&S is launching a trial with the peer-to-peer marketplace where users can buy, sell, donate and recycle outgrown kidswear
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Sainsbury’s becomes first UK supermarket to offer 100% ASC certified Scottish salmon
In Scotland less than 5% of Scottish salmon farms have been certified with ASC status
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Morrisons new owners look to speed up refinancing despite profits warning
Sources said despite the gloomy predictions in the update given yesterday, it had “cleared the way” for CD&R to seek bank support to refinance more than £6bn of short-term borrowing
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Morrisons warns on impact of inflation and ‘geopolitical environment’
Private equity owned Morrisons has warned its profits will come under pressure from mounting inflation and the situation in Ukraine.
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Asda comes bottom in Oxfam’s fourth and final supermarket human rights scorecard
As well as dropping down the table, Asda is the only supermarket whose score has fallen since the last time Oxfam carried out the exercise, in 2020
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VFC lands Sainsbury’s listing for two vegan chicken products
The Original Recipe Vegan Fried Chick*n Fillets and Vegan Fried Popcorn Chick*n will be stocked in the freezer aisle
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The Butterworks launches new premium spreadable SKU into Waitrose
The Butterworks’ West Country Spreadable is churned and hand salted to produce spreadable butter straight from the fridge.
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Galipette Cidre launches rosé cider into Waitrose
The drink was made with ‘rare red-flesh apples’ from Brittany and Normandy, which gave it its ‘authentic rosé character, taste and deep amber colour’, said Galipette
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Mindful Chef launches chilled ready meals quartet into Waitrose
The brand said it hoped to “carve a space within the burgeoning category as the go-to healthier option, in turn shifting consumer perception of the prepared meal market”
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XPO secures chilled distribution deal with Tesco
Under the new agreement XPO will handle temperature-controlled transport using its own fleet and drivers
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Discounters win share from big four as shoppers prioritise value
The discounters are once again rapidly taking market share from mainstream grocers as soaring food prices push consumers to prioritise value and own-label products