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John Lewis Partnership to donate £2m to charities as extension of Christmas fundraiser
It follows the Partnership raising over £3m for the charities through its Give a Little Love campaign
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Comment & Opinion
Supermarkets are in an impossible position on face masks
When it comes to face mask enforcement, retailers are being told to go left, go right and stay where they are, all at the same time
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Range Preview
Range preview: Asda Veganuary 2021
Here’s are the latest meat, egg and dairy-free products landing on Asda shelves this month
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Analysis & Features
Christmas trading: how do all the supermarket performances measure up?
Unpicking the results of a festive grocery battle like none before
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Grocer 33
Waitrose Buxton: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We’ve had mixed feedback around enforcing mask wearing, but most customers have been understanding and say they feel more comfortable’
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Asda to donate 7,000 laptops to children to help isolation learning
The retailer said it wanted to help children lacking the technology to take part in online lessons during lockdown
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Morrisons rolls out food waste plan with The Bread and Butter Thing
Morrisons revealed plans to redistribute surplus food to 30,000 families in need through TBBT in 2021
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City Snapshot: EG Group names former M&S CEO Lord Rose as chairman
Future Asda owner EG Group has appointed former M&S CEO and current Ocado chairman Lord Stuart Rose as non-executive chairman with immediate effect
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Morrisons ramps up production of free school meals boxes
The supermarket said it had upped capacity so it could produce “tens of thousands” of boxes each week
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Supermarket bosses complain of ‘draconian’ Covid clampdown by health inspectors
Councils have been sending in inspectors across the UK after being urged by ministers to enforce safety measures
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Retailers welcome new legal protections for shopworkers in Scotland
Scottish Parliament yesterday voted to support a bill to create a new statutory offence of assaulting, threatening or abusing a retail worker
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Covid outbreak forces Waitrose to close Cheadle Hulme branch
The store closed on Monday and will not reopen until Tuesday 26 January
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Rural rapid delivery startup launches with Cockermouth Sainsbury’s products
HyperLocal is the brainchild of software engineer Ross Walker, who launched it during the first lockdown
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Iceland renews XPO storage and distribution deal
The contract covers six Iceland warehouses in Warrington, Deeside, Enfield, Livingston and two in Swindon
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Supermarkets ‘at risk of discriminating against disabled people’ over face masks
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has written to supermarket CEOs warning they could be breaking the law
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Aldi raises minimum hourly pay to £9.55 nationally and £11.07 in London
All Aldi’s 30,000 store assistants are to benefit from the new pay rate, which exceeds the Living Wage Foundation’s recommended ‘real living wage’
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Tesco mobile payment app Pay+ tops £1bn mark
Tesco said it now had 1.2 million registered users signed up
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Sainsbury’s Northampton warehouse employees test positive for Covid-19
t follows Sainsbury’s neighbouring freezer warehouse being hit with its own outbreak last week
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John Lewis Partnership launches 100 virtual events for customers
The events include food and drink, fashion, crafting, and home and garden classes led by JLP partners
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GroceryAid gives out awards to supporters in bumper year
The number of companies extending support to the charity in 2020 has increased by 24% compared to the previous year