more supermarket news & analysis – Page 234
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News
Sainsbury’s adds fully electric carbon-friendly trailers to its fleet
The five new electric fridges don’t release carbon emissions or particulate matter such as dirt and smoke
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Co-op eyeing 40 franchise stores by the end of the year
Co-op opened 14 franchise stores over an 11-week period from mid-March
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Tesco to offer job support to young people as survey reveals decline in optimism
Tesco has committed to helping over 45,000 youngsters build essential skills to be able to access job opportunitie
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Comment & Opinion
Online is the new convenience. Mults have to keep up with the 10-minute delivery model
The major supermarkets need to work fast to succeed as shoppers shift to less profitable online sales, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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News
Lidl encourages shoppers to make 'healthier swaps'
The trial involved on-shelf signage pointing customers to ‘a range of healthier alternative products that are easy to make and at the same price or less’
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Government considering relaxation of EU immigration rules to tackle driver shortage
The government is understood to be edging closer to adding HGV drivers to the post-Brexit skills shortage occupation list
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Henry Dimbleby: Food industry ‘disappointed’ by lack of National Food Strategy briefing
Dimbleby was expected to deliver a 40-minute presentation on the contents of the report at the FDSC meeting
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Tesco suppliers face new costs due to driver shortage
Tesco wrote to suppliers to say an additional 14% surcharge will apply on distribution rates
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KFC’s Meghan Farren to join Asda as chief customer officer
Farren will join Asda in October and is replacing Anna-Maree Shaw, who left in January
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City snapshot: Sainsbury’s upgrades earnings on strong Q1 sales
Sainsbury’s has raised its full year profits expectations after posting growth in its first quarter despite ’exceptionally tough comparatives’.
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Comment & Opinion
Asda’s ‘hybrid’ working could unite rather than divide employees
The new flexibility at its Leeds HQ could allow head office staff to make more store and depot visits
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Comment & Opinion
How retailers should respond to the 'hybrid store' challenge
Online fulfilment puts pressure on stores’ IT systems, digital platforms and logistics networks, says TLT’s Perran Jervis
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News
Southern Co-op tops up Healthy Start vouchers with extra £1
Southern Co-op’s extra boost will bring the total value of the vouchers to £5.25
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M&S to sell 25p banana bundles to reduce food waste
Boxes will contain extra ripe three bananas and two recipe cards
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Sainsbury’s to invest £50m in cutting prices across fresh, meat and dairy
The retailer said 60 of its core popular products are set to drop in price by the end of the month
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Co-op asks MPs to back new offence of assaulting shopworkers as Crime Bill debated
In the first quarter of 2021, Co-op saw almost 400 incidents where weapons were used against shopworkers
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News
Mowi posts strong performance since Sainsbury’s launch, new data suggests
The global seafood company’s consumer brand launched a trio of Scottish-farmed salmon products into Sainsbury’s back in March
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News
City snapshot: Morrisons shares surge on prospect of bidding war
Morrisons shares have jumped more than 11% this morning on the prospect of a bidding war for the UK’s fourth largest grocer after it accepted a £6.3bn offer over the weekend.
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Analysis & Features
Protection vs plundering: why Morrisons is backing the Fortress bid
The Morrisons board has announced its support for a £6.3bn cash offer from Majestic Wine owner Fortress Investment Group. Here’s why
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury’s Barnwood, Gloucester: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘A lot of customers talk to us about all things Nectar. It allows us to engage with our customers and offer personalised products’