more supermarket news & analysis – Page 187
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Comment & Opinion
Supermarkets must not let cost pressures prevent them from paying staff fairly
With consumer expectations around customer service still high, and everyone struggling to attract staff at the moment, investor pressure isn’t the only reason to review wages
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News
Asda like-for-likes down 2.9% in quarter four of 2021 against tough comparatives
The supermarket is also launching a new value range called Just Essentials, as first revealed by The Grocer
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News
Benecol hopes to reach new consumers with plant-based range
Benecol Oat products are plant-based alternatives made of oats and enriched with plant stanols to ‘help lower cholesterol’
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Asda launches speedy personal shopper app with Buymie
In Leeds, Asda’s full online range will be available on a new ‘Asda Express powered by Buymie’ app
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News
City snapshot: Investors call on Sainsbury’s to pay living wage
An investor coalition managing £2.2trn in funds has filed a shareholder resolution to demand Sainsbury’s to pay a living wage to all its workers. Plus, Heineken to pull out of Russia and take €400m writedown and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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News
Plastic-free babycare startup Pura makes supermarket debut in Asda
The fast-growing brand will see 11 SKUs roll into all Asda stores from 9 April
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Sainsbury’s hit with shareholder resolution to become a Living Wage employer
In January this year, Sainsbury’s announced it was upping hourly pay for staff to at least £10 per hour
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Sainsbury’s expands world foods offering to become ‘more inclusive’
The move will also see over 500 stores dedicate more space to world foods
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Comment & Opinion
Has anyone told Asda’s Issa brothers there’s an existential supply crisis going on?
Asda’s plans for its new Just Essentials range make it look out of touch
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News
Steve Murrells to leave Co-op as Shirine Khoury-Haq becomes its first female CEO
Murrells joined the Co-op in 2012, heading up its food business. He was named group CEO in March 2017
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Analysis & Features
Can Asda’s new Just Essentials budget own-label range do what Smart Price couldn’t?
Asda has unveiled plans for a 300-strong essentials range to recapture its reputation for budget. But suppliers are calling it ‘impossible’
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News
Rapid grocer Gopuff strikes multi-year supply deal with Morrisons
Source: Gopuff/Morrisons Rapid grocer Gopuff has struck a multi-year supply deal with Morrisons. From this week “thousands” of Morrisons grocery items will be available on the Gopuff platform, and supplied to its network of dark stores. The “instant commerce platform” – which launched in the UK in ...
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury’s Heaton, Newcastle: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘I’m in my 35th year at Sainsbury’s – I’ve worked 16 years in London and the rest of it in the north-east – and this is my fourth Grocer 33 win’
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury’s snags Grocer 33 win in average week for rivals
Our Sainsbury’s shopper noted the shop floor was very clean and orderly while other supermarkets struggled on service this week
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Grocer 33
Asda back on top as it readies Just Essentials launch
Asda was the retailer most affected by inflation in this week’s 33
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News
Lidl becomes latest supermarket to contact government over jobs for Ukrainian refugees
The discounter said it had 3,000 live vacancies across the business, with 1,200 more jobs in warehouses to be created by the end of 2025
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News
Aunt Bessie’s launches ‘gigantic’ Yorkshire pudding and veg sides into Sainsbury’s
The brand said it was “now seeing a renewed focus on show-stopping roast dinners” following two years of restricted celebrations
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News
Vita Coco launches CBD-infused cola drink into Sainsbury’s
The drink combined coconut water health benefits alongside CBD, which had been claimed to reduce anxiety, said Vita Coco
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News
Asda lists first brands in Nurture programme to boost small suppliers
The move will see customers at 100 stores offered 46 lines from small suppliers across the UK.
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News
Morrisons takeover risks higher fuel prices, finds competition watchdog probe
CD&R, owner of the Motor Fuel Group now has five days to offer concessions to the CMA