more supermarket news & analysis – Page 266
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City unconvinced by Tesco’s Christmas numbers as Booker struggles
The UK’s largest supermarket group announced like-for-like sales growth of 6.7% for the 13 weeks to 28 November 2020
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco M&A might sound like a wild prediction, but supermarkets are in play for all sorts
If anyone had predicted last January that Tesco would grow at double Aldi’s rate in 2020 you would have laughed
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M&S to bolster free school meal vouchers with extra £5
The additional funds are designed to feed two children rather than the one the vouchers are catered towards, as well as to cover both breakfast and lunch
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Morrisons launches major reset across 170 product categories
Its new strategy will include ‘fewer deals and further wide-ranging price cuts’
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Supermarkets take urgent action to stop spread of Covid
Supermarkets insist stores are safe and defend themselves in new talks on coronavirus transmission
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‘Excellent’ customer service helps Waitrose claim victory
Waitrose’s winning store had just one out-of-stock and one not-stocked item this week
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Waitrose Swindon: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘When you factor everything in with the Covid challenges it was a very smooth Christmas and I was really pleased with how it went’
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M&S shoppers targeted by ‘free groceries’ scam on Facebook
The scam has been published by a fake Facebook page called ‘M&S shop’
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Analysis & Features
How will Covid shape food and drink trends in 2021?
Will we see a return to normal, or will shoppers persist with the new habits they formed under lockdown?
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Analysis & Features
Can new GCA tackle supplier fears over confidentiality?
New adjudicator Mark White wants written guarantees from CCOs
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Analysis & Features
What are the tariffs causing disruption to UK products?
Businesses are grappling to maintain ‘continuity of supply’ to Ireland as exports are hit with new tariffs. What can be done?
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City snapshot: Supermarket prices return to inflation amid new lockdowns and Brexit
Supermarket price inflation escalated to its highest level for five months in December as coronavirus restrictions and the UK’s imminent exit from the EU reversed deflationary trends in grocery.
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Media Bites 15 Jan: Tesco, ABF/Primark, Scottish seafood
A boom in online grocery shopping delivered £1bn of extra sales for Tesco over the holiday period as the supermarket group toasted a record Christmas
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Analysis & Features
Can the vegan eating boom continue at pace?
With each Veganuary comes yet more momentum for the plant-based movement. But the vegan market is still small fry compared with meat and dairy – and questions remain over its long-term potential
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Jimmy’s shifts its iced coffee from Tetra Pak to 'infinitely recyclable' cans
The move from Tetra Pak cartons to ‘infinitely recyclable’ cans was ‘crucial’ for the brand, it said
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Aldi swaps plastic shrink-wrap for cardboard on soft drink multipacks
The shrink-wrap has been replaced with 100% recyclable FSC-certified cardboard, saving a claimed 90 tonnes of plastic a year
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Tesco to employ ‘tens of thousands’ part-time to cope with impact of Covid on workforce
CEO Ken Murphy said the UK’s biggest retailer currently had around 30,000 staff absent because of Covid
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M&S human rights survey reveals concerns of supply chain workers
The report was commisioned by the retailer and carried out by Oxfam
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Comment & Opinion
How supermarkets can get people to ‘mask up’ to stop the spread of Covid-19
Clarity is vital, as is empathy, and making it easy for customers to wear masks, says Total Media’s William Hanmer Lloyd
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City Snapshot: Tesco posts Christmas sales growth of 8.1% as Covid costs mount
Tesco has reported a “strong” sales performance in its third quarter and Christmas period, although new coronavirus restrictions have added a further £85m to existing Covid costs. Plus, trading updates from ABF, Bakkavor, Hilton Food Group, Finsbury Food Group and Science in Sport