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Analysis & Features
Coronavirus: statements from the supermarket bosses
Supermarket bosses have penned letters to let customers know they’re keeping warehouses fully stocked, restricting bulk purchases and that they shouldn’t be buying more than they need
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City News: Analysts welcome hefty price tag for Tesco’s Asian arm
Tesco’s long-shelved plans for global domination were further unwound this week with the sale of its Asian arm for £8bn, as it continues to refocus on its core business.
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Coronavirus: Government plans extension to Sunday trading hours
It is understood that the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is considering the measure to allow supermarkets to cope with a huge spike in demand
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Tesco records grocery’s biggest advertising budget of 2019 as Sainsbury’s hikes spend
Meanwhile Morrisons dropped from fourth to seventh after its spend fell by more than 21.2%
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Tesco seeking new sites for Jack’s discount stores
The supermarket is seeking new locations that minimise cannibalisation of its existing estate, The Grocer understands…
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Morrisons looks to ease small supplier cashflow problems with faster payments
Farmers, local food makers and many more small businesses will be paid early
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Analysis & Features
How is the food and drink supply chain coping with coronavirus?
The impact of Covid-19 is only getting worse. Can the industry cope, and what needs to be done?
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Tesco’s Aldi Price Match: a third of products stay at same price, analysis finds
About two-thirds of the products in Tesco’s new push to match Aldi on price have stayed at exactly the same price as before, analysis shows
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Comment & Opinion
Food and drink is doing a great job, keeping calm and carrying on amidst the panic buying
Shoppers have been voting with their feet and their fingers as panic has set in
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Analysis & Features
M&S Plant Kitchen Tofish & Chips: acid test
This vegan dish comprises crispy battered tofu goujons, chips and a vegan tartare sauce
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Coronavirus: Emergency measures will give supermarkets a ‘key role’ in fighting virus
Ministers are set to press the button on changes including allowing supermarkets to share data to try to avoid food shortages
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Analysis & Features
Do supermarket meat and fish counters have a future?
Meat counters are going out of fashion in UK supermarkets. But with some insisting they’re ‘vitally important’, can they evolve to survive?
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Morrisons announces swathe of price cuts across 500+ products
It comes after market leader Tesco launched an Aldi Price Match campaign last week
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Morrisons to recruit ex-services personnel in vow to be ‘forces-friendly employer’
The supermarket said it already employed many ex-servicemen and women across its business
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Coronavirus: Morrisons postpones Harrogate supplier conference
The supermarket was due to address suppliers in Harrogate on 24 March
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Sainsbury’s joins major supermarkets rationing sales of hygiene products
The retailer is now limiting purchases of handwash, tissues, cleaning products and pain relief
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Calls for carrier bag charge to be dropped as part of coronavirus fight
The Grocer understands the proposal was made by a leading supermarket boss yesterday
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Coronavirus: New emergency plans could use army to deliver food to shops
Ministers have stepped up their talks with the industry on how to tackle the crisis
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Coronavirus: government agrees to temporarily scrap delivery curfews
It said the move would help ease temporary shortages caused by panic buying
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Aldi reacts to Tesco’s Price Match marketing with counter-offensive
Aldi has hit back with direct price comparisons in a series of press and social media ads