more supermarket news & analysis – Page 200
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News
Inflation and supply chain disruption lead to wave of profit warnings in 2021
Profit warnings at retailers and food & drink suppliers accounted for a third of all warnings issued by UK listed companies in 2021 as supply chain disruption and spiralling inflation hit at the back end of the year
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M&S to sell Choc on Choc matchsticks following copycat allegation
Choc on Choc claimed M&S’s Valentine’s Day-themed Perfect Match box of chocolate matchsticks was a near identical copy
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News
Wicked Kitchen to expand UK offering while also moving into Northern Europe
The vegan brand has gone on sale in Finnish grocer S Group across both Finland and Estonia
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Comment & Opinion
Is Sir Terry Leahy about to make the same mistake at Morrisons as he made at Tesco?
Terry Leahy downplayed the danger of the discounters in a bullish interview with the FT
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News
Calls for tax on salt as research shows some sliced meat saltier than the ocean
Action on Salt is calling for mandatory, comprehensive salt reduction targets to be enforced with penalties for food manufacturers
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Coffee prices surging in the supermarkets as inflation takes hold
Exclusive data reveals that a mass of branded and private-label coffee products have been subject to price hikes in the mults since the new year
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Lidl opens 900th British store with new Liverpool site
The 900th British Lidl is one of six set to open this month, creating nearly 250 jobs between them, according to the discounter
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Morrisons insiders deny CEO David Potts is preparing to step down
It follows reports the supermarket’s new owners Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) have employed headhunters to begin a search for a successor
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News
Glebe Farm adds two new oat drinks to PureOaty range
The Cambridgeshire-based supplier has launched Barista and Creamy & Enriched NPD into Morrisons this week
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Sainsbury’s initiative lets shoppers donate Nectar points to charity
Each donated Nectar point will be converted into funding that goes directly to the customer’s chosen charitable organisation
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Groceries Code Adjudicator reads supermarkets the riot act over inflation
The Adjudicator today published a new set of ’golden rules’ for retailers
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Comment & Opinion
Just walk out could be a game-changer for Aldi’s stores
Aldi’s ‘just walk out’ move seems unlikely for a no-frills discounter. But if it works it makes total sense
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Grocer 33
Waitrose snags win with tidy shop and excellent availability
Waitrose was far out in front this week with a gap of 17 points to runner-up Sainsbury’s
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Grocer 33
Asda is cheapest supermarket for Veganuary shop
Promotions helped to offset inflation, earning Asda its third consecutive win
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Grocer 33
Waitrose Meanwood, Leeds: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘There was always a plan to grow e-commerce before Covid, but we’ve seen our numbers absolutely skyrocket up to capacity since the beginning of the pandemic’
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News
Thousands of Asda workers to be balloted on pay offer
Asda put a higher offer to workers at the end of last week
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Profiles and QandAs
A giant of the industry: Lord Sainsbury obituary
John Sainsbury was a towering figure, dominating and defining the most important period in the rise of the supermarkets through his vision and attention to detail
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Comment & Opinion
M&S’s letter to the PM has some good ideas… and some optimistic ones
In some of Machin’s proposals to Boris Johnson, pragmatism gives way to optimism
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News
Waitrose appoints Barry Dick MW to its drinks buying team
This newly created role will focus on managing the global importation and UK packing of wines and spirits
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Comment & Opinion
Marks & Spencer COO Stuart Machin’s letter to PM Boris Johnson: in full
M&S COO Stuart Machin has written to the PM asking for the government’s support in building a “thriving, sustainable” food sector