more supermarket news & analysis – Page 215
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Comment & Opinion
Supermarkets are ramping up net zero efforts – but is it enough?
COP26 is just the time for governments and companies alike to give greater thought and action to their net zero efforts
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News
Aldi price war on bananas ‘takes advantage’ of family farms, unions claim
The calls come with negotiations now underway for next year’s banana supply
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News
Sainsbury’s brings net zero target forward to 2035 ahead of COP26
The retailer will be using 100% renewable electricity across its entire estate by the end of the year
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News
Waitrose 2021/2022 Food & Drink report: top trends, facts and findings
This year’s Food & Drink report provides a glimpse into how consumer habits shifted as we emerged from the pandemic
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco cyberattack is a reminder for all food and drink businesses to be vigilant
This latest attempt to hack the supermarket suggests the criminals will simply keep coming
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News
Tesco commits to closing living wage gaps in its UK banana supply chain
Though half of its banana suppliers already paid a living wage to workers, the remainder had gaps ranging between 2% and 18%, Tesco said
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News
Former Sainsbury’s boss David Tyler joins retail tech startup Imagr
Imagr, which was founded four years ago, is a privately funded autonomous checkout startup
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Comment & Opinion
Why a soy roadmap could disconnect European meat consumption from South American deforestation
The Retail Soy Group roadmap must have buy-in from companies to effect real change, says Robin Willoughby, UK director, Mighty Earth
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News
SimplyFresh pauses search for partner to replace Sainsbury’s
COO Michael O’Loughlin is to step down from the role later this year
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News
Co-op joins carbon reduction campaign in run-up to COP26
Co-op has already pledged to become a net zero business by 2040
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Analysis & Features
Watch: We followed a shopper around Tesco’s new GetGo store
Unlike my first trip to Amazon’s checkout-free store, Tesco GetGo charged our shopper correctly for her purchases
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News
Tesco partners with Faerch to launch PET recycling initiative
PET shelf-ready packaging is typically used once and downcycled into other non-food applications.
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News
Morrisons, NFU and McDonald’s partner with Harper Adams for new sustainable farming school
The partnership has been described as a UK first and is designed to equip the food sector workforce with new skills to produce food more sustainably
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Grocer 33
Tesco, Amesbury: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘I’m fully confident in our supply chain. We’ve done a great job as a business and it gives me the confidence to deliver an excellent Christmas’
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Grocer 33
Tesco wins with perfect availability, guest retailer Iceland takes last spot
Availability improved across the board this week
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Grocer 33
Asda wins but Clubcard helps Tesco compete
Tesco’s Clubcard Prices would have made it only 35p more expensive than Asda this week
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News
Tesco calls on suppliers to share GHG data and target net zero
In a letter from chief product officer Ashwin Prasad, Tesco detailed four key actions it wants suppliers to take
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Analysis & Features
What is the grocery industry doing to improve diversity & inclusion?
Industry leaders shared strategies at GroceryAid’s live event in Wembley
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News
City snapshot: Sainsbury’s scraps £200m sales process for banking arm
Sainsbury’s has announced it has halted talks around a possible £200m sale of its financial services arm. Plus, UK retail sales fall in September and Rémy Cointreau sales bounce back.
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News
Iceland giving away free food on last day of shelf life
The products will be added to customers’ online shopping where a fresher item is not available, and they will not be charged for them