more supermarket news & analysis – Page 291
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Morrisons latest to slash prices as supermarkets plan for Covid recession
The retailer has reduced the price of a range of products by an average of 23%
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Tesco clearing stocks of panic-bought flour
Twitter was flooded with pictures of huge bags of flour on clearance sales across the country this week
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Tesco set to drop Indian Ocean tuna due to failures to manage overfishing
The supermarket said it will stop sourcing tuna and billfish from the region unless an effective recovery plan to end overfishing is put in place
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Grocer 33
‘Clean and well-ordered’ atmosphere at winning Waitrose
Waitrose continued its impressive form in service and availability this week
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Waitrose Bagshot, Surrey: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘It’s about rewarding staff for their hard work and empowering them to do the right thing for customers’
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Online Grocer 33: Tesco wins as Ocado is second from bottom
Tesco scored with an impressive 90 points
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Co-op trials zero-emission app-based deliveries via Pinga
The retailer is offering a range of 500 products on a smartphone app called Pinga from five of its London stores
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Asda trials use of recyclable plastic fruit & veg bags at nine stores
The alternative reusable Veggio bags will be priced at 30p each
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Waitrose launches new Heston Blumenthal gin to be served with olive oil
It was created with Heston Blumenthal for the Heston from Waitrose range
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Lidl rolls out app-based loyalty scheme offering discounts and more
The app-based rewards scheme give users discounts on shopping as well as partner services including Sky TV
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Sainsbury’s adds online donation scheme with FareShare
Customers can donate as little as £1 after making their online grocery delivery orders with Sainsbury’s
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Asda ‘pocket tap’ ads return to promote thousands of new price reductions
The move is aimed at helping shoppers hit by the economic impact of the coronavirus
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Comment & Opinion
How UK supermarkets can maintain online share in the face of Amazon Fresh
Amazon’s entry into fast grocery delivery means UK supermarkets need to step up their game, says Chris Carter, CEO of Melody
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Cross-party MP group joins the BRC in demanding new laws to protect shopworkers
The 11 MPs have signed a new ‘Shopworkers’ Protection Pledge’ launched by the BRC
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Comment & Opinion
To successfully cut plastic, encourage shoppers to learn, not boycott
Shoppers say plastic waste is important – but they don’t always put their money where their mouths are
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Marcus Rashford’s food poverty taskforce: supermarkets and suppliers sign up
Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Deliveroo, Iceland, Kellogg’s, Lidl, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose have all joined the taskforce
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Morrisons to install 60 more florists in stores this autumn
The new shops will provide 180 additional roles for qualified professional florists.
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Ocado reveals 40% capacity growth target as M&S partnership goes live
The online retailer wants to increase its capacity through ’significant’ investment next year, and is looking to boost it even further in the coming years
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Greenpeace sets supermarkets a 50% plastic reduction target by 2025
A 35% reduction could be achieved by focusing on just 13 of the worst-offending categories, the report claims
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White striping disease affects majority of basic own-label chicken, report claims
The disease reduces both the nutritional value and texture of chicken breast fillets