more supermarket news & analysis – Page 220
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Grocer 33
Tesco Abbeydale, Sheffield: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘Over the past 18 months, it’s been brilliant to see how the team in Abbeydale has really come together’
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British pork sector needs supermarket support to clear pig backlog says NPA
Supermarkets are decreasing British pork facings while the industry is in crisis
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GCA Mark White tackles supermarket audits concerns with new retailer-backed guidance
The GCA also warned retailers against fixed notices for delistsngs
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Fish Said Fred marks first year success with major listings and TV deal
The chilled fish brand has rolled a raft of its products into Sainsbury’s and added to its listings in other leading grocers
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Transport minister’s ‘call to arms’ drops on to doormats of a million HGV licensees
Letter is part of government’s plan to address 100,000 shortfall in the number of HGV drivers in the UK
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Comment & Opinion
Natasha’s Law will make a real difference. Now we need an allergy tsar
The role would provide a champion for people with allergies to ensure they receive correct and appropriate support, including joined-up healthcare, say Nadim and Tanya Ednan-Laperouse
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John Lewis Partnership scores highest for UK businesses in WWF’s sustainable palm oil use ranking
WWF has warned that many major brands are still “failing to truly clean up their act on palm oil”
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Deliveroo launches rapid grocery delivery service Hop
Deliveroo Hop is the courier company’s first move to compete with spate of rapid delivery grocery players like Getir, Jiffy and Weezy
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Tesco rolling out InPost parcel collection lockers to hundreds of stores
The lockers have already been installed at 200 Tesco stores and up to 300 more are set to gain them by the end of November
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M&S announces new carbon emission targets with Plan A revamp
The target would see M&S hit full net zero 10 years ahead of the government’s national strategy
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Major supermarkets and suppliers promote diversity and inclusion through ‘reverse mentoring’
Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Tesco, Morrisons, Mondelēz International and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners are among the 12 backing the initiative
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Inflation hits food industry as rising costs and supply chain pressures bite
Food prices have jumped up for the first time in six months as the barrage of cost pressures and supply chain challenges started to filter through to consumers.
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EU HGV drivers granted temporary visas unlikely to hit UK roads until mid-November
The industry is expecting to fork out up to 20% more for an EU HGV driver compared to the average UK trucker’s wage
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Employment tribunal rules against Morrisons in shopfloor workers’ equal pay battle
The employment tribunal ruled shopfloor workers can be compared to distribution centre staff in their claim for equal pay
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Morrisons axing store picking from 50 branches as online demand eases
The supermarket is offering the roughly 1,400 affected staff the choice of either an alternative role or voluntary redundancy
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Halal meats brand Najma aims for top spot with NPD and rebrand
The brand will launch five new products into Asda next month. It follows a glut of NPD and a packaging redesign in recent months
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Asda to extend musicMagpie kiosk partnership to nearly 300 stores nationwide
Asda said Around 3,000 smartphones have been traded in through musicMagpie’s kiosks so far
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Boris Johnson prepares to call in the troops to help deliver fuel
Fifty to 85% of independent service stations are now out of fuel
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Sainsbury’s relaunches Habitat online and in stores after brand overhaul
Sainsbury’s also announced a new children’s furniture line as part of the wider relaunch
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Sainsbury’s launches new in-aisle concept with over 20 lunch meals
Trial kicks off in selected stores across the UK