more supermarket news & analysis – Page 282
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Tesco chairman warns of short-term food shortages after Brexit
In an interview with Bloomberg Television on Friday, John Allan said ‘there may be some things we have to learn to do without for a few weeks, possibly a few months’
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Supermarkets’ NI trusted trader scheme branded ‘anti-competitive’
The government is in discussions with the EU about a ‘trusted trader scheme’ for supermarkets in Northern Ireland
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Waitrose extends Deliveroo trial to further 24 stores
The supermarket has also added an extra 150 products to the range available via the delivery platform
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Wrap to become ‘harder hitting’ with food waste campaigning
Wrap said unlike the war on plastic, the campaign against consumer food waste had failed to properly connect with younger people
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Morrisons and John Lewis Partnership ditch glitter
JLP and Morrisons said they have made the commitment due to glitter taking hundreds of years to degrade
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City snapshot: John Lewis pledges to move ‘beyond retail’ to boost profits
John Lewis Partnership is to launch a host of new services to move the group “beyond retail” as it seeks to reach £400m profit within five years
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Asda’s sweeping price cuts could change the game for free-from shoppers
If Asda can sell a kilo of gluten-free flour for 33p, why can’t the other retailers?
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Morrisons launches wholesale bulk food box service for lockdown aid
Morrisons aid it had been approached by a raft of public sector and charity organisations who needed to source groceries quickly
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Groundbreaking trial shows supermarkets can nudge consumers towards healthier food
Trial was carried out across more than 100 stores in Lambeth and Southwark
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Booths reports sales surge thanks to staycation boom
The retailer enjoyed a strong performance at its seven Lake District stores over the summer
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Waitrose to shut cafes at Christmas
The retailer said it would shut all the facilities from 13 December with a gradual re-opening from mid-January
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Booths expands concession offerings with chocolate counter
The upmarket grocer has partnered with British bespoke chocolate brand Montezuma’s
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Plant-based brands figure strongly in Tesco’s latest list of Incubator brands
The brands will benefit from a year’s programme of support and expertise
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Asda launches ‘store within store’ concept with toy retailer The Entertainer
The concepts will launch early next year, with The Entertainer having responsibility for range, pricing and merchandising
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Morrisons unveils hassle-free £50 Christmas dinner box
The retailer said the box would ‘take the stress out of festive food shopping’
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Asda invests £6m into lowering free-from essentials prices
Prices have been reduced by as much as 78% across a range of free-from staples
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Media Bites 14 Oct: Grocery market share, Amazon, Tesco
Alcohol sales at supermarkets soared in recent weeks after the Government imposed a 10pm curfew on pubs and bars
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Panic buying didn’t happen? Efra report shows government rewriting history
The scale of the government’s buck-passing and lack of lessons learned beggars belief
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Waitrose launches grocery deliveries website for UAE shoppers
The move comes as an extension of the retailer’s presence in the UAE, currently compromising 12 branches
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City snapshot: Shoppers spend an extra £260m on supermarket alcohol in preparation for new lockdown
Grocery sales jumped almost 11% in September as shoppers prepared for new lockdown restrictions, with consumers spending an extra £261m. Plus, the latest figures from Nielsen, BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor and Barclaycard spending report.