more supermarket news & analysis – Page 210
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Grocer 33
Asda Chesser, Edinburgh: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘Halloween and Bonfire Night drove sales really early and customers are doing the same for Christmas’
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Analysis & Features
Aggressive but inexperienced: perils of the new breed of supermarket buyers
The new cohort of UK supermarket buyers are young, inexperienced and verging on confrontational, according to YouGov data from suppliers. So what’s really going on – and is youth always a bad thing?
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Grocer 33
Aldi comes out bottom as ‘beautiful’ Asda store snags win
With 91 points, this “beautiful, clean and spacious” branch delivered on all main fronts
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Grocer 33
Aldi is cheapest despite inflation and Asda can only manage fourth
The return of guest retailer Aldi was always likely to end Asda’s seven-week Grocer 33 pricing winning streak
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News
Tesco aims for plastic reduction with new refillable cleaning products line
The supermarket said it hoped the refillable sprays and concentrates would change the way people bought cleaning product
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Comment & Opinion
Why the Costa Coffee and M&S tie-up is a match made in heaven
Under the none-more-literal banner Costa Coffee Now Serving M&S Food, Brits will “be able to choose from over 30 delicious, great-quality M&S products”
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Comment & Opinion
Retailers must stop demanding 12 weeks’ notice on cost price increases
While they may claim the lengthy notice period is necessary, retailers have no legal right to it, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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News
M&S Food to supply Costa Coffee stores from next year
More than 2,500 Costa outlets will sell around 30 M&S products
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News
Aquaculture report slams supermarkets over sustainability of supply chains
A study by the Changing Markets Foundation accused 49 supermarkets in the UK and Europe “failing to address” the “unsustainable nature” of the sector
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News
Scottish government confirms VAT bombshell for DRS scheme deposits
No.11 informs Scottish Government the tax will apply on top of the 20p deposits on products
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Comment & Opinion
Morrisons must ensure McColl’s availability woes are a blip if it is to succeed as a supplier
Morrisons is clearly looking to court more independent retailers to switch to its wholesale supply arm
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News
Asda creates hundreds of tech roles to untangle IT systems from Walmart’s
The programme – dubbed Future – is described as ‘probably the largest retail/IT transformation in the UK right now’
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News
Tesco signs up with online platform RangeMe to source suppliers
The platform enables suppliers to showcase their ranges and link with retail buyers
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News
Midcounties Co-op saves 20,000 meals with Too Good To Go in five months
The waste saved equates to the same CO2 emissions produced from charging a smartphone 8.8 million times
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News
Sainsbury’s to launch checkout-free ‘shop and walk out’ store in London
Customers will scan in at entry gates using a QR code displayed in their SmartShop app
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Harj Dhasee to convert independent convenience stores to Morrisons Daily format
Dhasee told The Grocer he expected to officially open under the Morrisons Daily fascia after Christmas.
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News
Waitrose to trial sustainable farming at Leckford Estate to promote ‘new best practice’
The supermarket chain pledged last year that its UK farm-supplier network would be net zero by 2035
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News
Crisp packets and chocolate wrappers can add recycling label
OPRL announced the move would come in on 1 January
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News
Online grocery sales in decline as Brits get out to shop for Christmas
In-store visits at UK supermarkets increased 6.5% in the four weeks to 6 November, according to the latest NielsenIQ data
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News
City Snapshot: Premier Foods suffers declines as shoppers eat out once more
Revenues and profits have fallen at Premier Foods as the group lapped figures from a year ago when demand was elevated during the ongoing lockdown. Plus, the latest NielsenIQ grocery data, full-year results at Imperial Brands, new growth ambitions at Diageo and interim CFO appointment at Domino’s.