more supermarket news & analysis – Page 314
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Morrisons extends Deliveroo deal to start delivering from 130+ stores
The service will start today with a range of 70 essential household items
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M&S doubles checkout-free smartphone shopping enabled stores
Further 50 stores see Mobile Pay Go option implemented, bringing total to 100
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Analysis & Features
Coronavirus information ads: who did it best?
Supermarkets haven’t just fed us during the pandemic – they’ve also scrambled to produce ads reassuring the public. So how do their efforts compare?
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Sainsbury’s to ease buying restrictions on most products
Sainsbury’s will also introduce a volunteer gift card and online voucher to help those shopping for others
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Supermarkets contact ‘shield list’ to offer priority delivery
Major mults received a portion of the government’s ‘shield list’ last week
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Waitrose offers home delivery to vulnerable locals from Leckford Estate
The service from the farm shop will be providing food to those in self-isolation in the villages of Longstock and Leckford
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City snapshot: Tesco boss Dave Lewis warns of coronavirus costs as he defends dividend payout
Tesco boss Dave Lewis today defended plans to award a £900m dividend to shareholders, as he warned the cost of the coronavirus crisis could be as much as £1.2bn for the retailer if it drags on beyond October.
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Waitrose launches e-gift card to help NHS volunteers buy food
Move follows the government’s recruitment drive for NHS volunteers to help those in self-isolation
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Comment & Opinion
Will Tesco push ahead with its dividend payment and risk a PR storm?
Tesco is reportedly set to press ahead with a £550m dividend payment to shareholders this week
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Tesco to build pop-up stores at NHS Nightingale Hospitals
Tesco’s first Nightingale Hospital pop-up store will open in Birmingham
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Central England Co-op offers all NHS workers a 10% discount
NHS workers will receive the discount on food and other essentials at all 242 of the society’s food stores
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Policy U-turn in Wales hits supermarkets with £80m business rates bills
The Welsh government changed its mind on replicating Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s plans
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Tesco teams up with former Formula 1 boss on meals for frontline workers initiative
The Dennis family is donating £1m to seed-fund the initiative through its Dream Chasing Foundation
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Waitrose staff to get bonus in recognition of coronavirus ‘sacrifices’
John Lewis Partnership is the latest retailer to announce a bonus for workers battling to keep supermarket shelves stocked
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New data shows shoppers still ‘frequently’ visiting grocery stores
12% of all shoppers said their primary motive for visiting a shop was to ‘stock up for the longer term’
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Comment & Opinion
Support, don’t sacrifice, UK food & drink startups in these unprecedented times
Entrepreneurial, nimble brands can move quickly and have stock to keep shelves full in any supermarket within days
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Analysis & Features
What is happening to UK supermarket sales during the coronavirus crisis?
As the dust settles on panic buying – for now at least – how have categories performed, and how are consumers’ habits changing?
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Sainsbury’s revives Chop Chop delivery service from closed c-store
The supermarket had suspended its on-demand service, which guaranteed the delivery of up to 20 items in less than 60 minutes, to focus all efforts on stocking stores and meeting surging demand for online
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Asda and M&S create new payment cards for volunteers shopping for those self-isolating
The cards are aimed at shoppers relying on friends, neighbours and volunteers to get their groceries for them
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Comment & Opinion
Retiree Dave Bailey begins again at Central England Co-op
It’s not just retired medical staff who are returning to work to help fight the virus