more supermarket news & analysis – Page 273
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco’s business rates refund power play puts rivals in an awkward position
Tesco’s decision to refund its controversial business rates windfall has been widely interpreted as a masterstroke
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News
Report lifts lid on chaos over controversial school meal vouchers system
NAO found the decision by ministers to award a £234m contract, without tender, to French provider Edenred, led to schools and parents facing delays
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M&S could be asked to share some of Ocado online sales profits under new lease terms
Shopping centre owner Benson Elliot is planning to adopt the new lease model, which factors in a store’s ‘online halo effect’
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Analysis & Features
Tesco business rates payback: the industry reacts
Industry and City analysts respond to Tesco’s repayment of £585m in government BR relief
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News
Sainsbury’s opens environmentally-friendly supermarket in Northamptonshire
Sainsbury’s currently has a target to be net zero across its operations by 2040
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Tesco repays £585m in business rates relief
Tesco has bowed to growing pressure to repay a huge business rates relief windfall from the government
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Waitrose expands Deliveroo trial to 40 branches in total
The service will be rolled out to 16 additional branches within the next week
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Singing brothers channel Oasis in new Co-op Christmas advert
The first advert appeared in mid-November, highlighting the retailer’s pledge of doubling the amount of money it gives back to communities
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News
Morrisons offers £20 Christmas dinner in a box deliveries
The supermarket said the offer was aimed at self-isolating customers and other vulnerable groups
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Analysis & Features
When are the UK’s supermarkets open this Christmas?
Several supermarkets are extending their festive trading hours in a bid to give customers more time to do their Christmas shopping safely through the Covid-19 crisis
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News
Asda to allow kids to eat free in cafés to help pandemic-affected families
Asda said it expected to serve around 215,000 free meals to children from its cafes during December
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News
Sainsbury’s delivery drivers to strike over £12,000 pay disparity
The action would affect about 100 Sainsbury’s branches, according to Unite
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News
Central England Co-op trials scan, pay and go app
If successful, the app will be rolled out across all the retailer’s 262 locations
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News
Iceland boosts online capacity for Christmas with 250 new vans
The Mercedes Sprinter 314 refrigerated vans are being supplied to help Iceland meet the expected high Christmas demand for online shopping
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News
Morrisons extends For Farmers range with new free-range egg line
Money raised from the price premium on the new Chuckle Eggs will be ploughed into animal welfare improvements
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Analysis & Features
Can online grocery deliver the goods this Christmas?
Supermarkets have ramped up online delivery capacity this year. But Christmas is coming, and slots are already selling out
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News
Sainsbury’s adds Patisserie Valerie cakes to 250 bakery counters
The selection consists of Patisserie Valerie’s 14 top-selling products
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News
Tesco signs up to Lifebuoy Soaper Heroes hand hygiene campaign
It hopes to educate two million primary school children on hand hygiene
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News
Sainsbury’s and Asda push rollout of virtual queueing systems
Source: Sainsbury’s The tech was first trialled in July at five branches Sainsbury’s has rolled out its virtual queueing system to 42 further stores in a bid to minimise the wait outside of branches under its coronavirus safety protocols. A total of 55 stores will now use ...
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News
Co-op could take on ‘hundreds more’ with changes to Apprenticeship Levy
Co-op reserach found the number of retail apprentices has fallen by about a quarter since 2014/15