more supermarket news & analysis – Page 349
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M&S launches ‘Fresh Market Specials’ offers on fresh produce
The ‘Fresh Market Specials’ arrived in stores this week, including a twin-pack of avocados, a five-pack of doughnut peache…
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City snapshot: Sainsbury’s first quarter sales slide amid non-food slump
Sainsbury’s like-for-like sales fell by a further 1.6% in the 16 weeks to 29 June to put further pressure on CEO Mike Coupe after its failed merger with Asda. Plus, PureCircle issues profits warning, shop prices drop but food inflation holds steady and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Supermarkets making slow progress on human rights, reports Oxfam
For the second year, the charity ranked Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons, Aldi and Lidl for human rights in the supply …
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Tesco suspends farm over chicken welfare standards
Undercover footage showed ‘shocking’ abuse of chickens at two farms in Suffolk
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Sainsbury’s trials WH Smith drinks supply in wholesale move
About 50 products will be available for customers to purchase from WH Smith at Victoria railway station
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Aldi to trial removing plastic packaging from toilet roll
The discounter will sell four-packs of Luxury Toilet Tissue packaged in paper in a trial across 174 stores
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Explainer: what is Sainsbury’s Taste of the Future initiative?
Taste of the Future is the latest phase of Sainsbury’s Future Brands programme, designed to identify ‘distinctive’ disruptor brands. So how does it work?
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B&M to favour ‘Express’ banner in Heron Foods expansion
B&M began adding ‘Express’ to its name to rebrand Heron Foods stores last year
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Sainsbury’s kicks off Taste of the Future startup brand trials
The project went live in 69 Sainsbury’s stores this week with 30 SKUs from 11 small challenger brands
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Tacon’s plans add to uncertainty over GCA’s future role
Can the supermarkets be trusted to self-police the Groceries Code?
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Tesco and Nestlé trial anti-diabetes weight management trial
According to Nestlé, more than 3.2 million people in the UK have type 2 diabetes
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Apathy could lead to disappearance of Grocery Code Adjudicator role, suppliers warned
Adjudicator Christine Tacon this week announced she is to step down from the job in June next year
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Sainsbury’s wins again after cutting own-label prices
Sainsbury’s has picked up its second pricing win in a row in a surprising start to the Grocer 33 year
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Asda Braunstone, Leicester: Grocer 33 store of the week
“It’s a real destination store and is part of a busy retail estate”, says store manager Joe Murphy
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Asda and Warburtons to benefit FareShare with new charity ‘promotion’
The promotion is expected to result in more than a million products being donated to FareShare
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Tesco incubator scheme champions gut health and seltzer trends
The grocery giant has announced the nine small fmcg businesses that will take part in its 2019 development programme
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Shoppers in favour of plastic-free aisles and bag ban, finds survey
The independent poll of 2,000 consumers found that 58% were worried about packaging in general…
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Co-op opens On the Go concept convenience store in London
Aimed at busy shoppers, the premises feature fast self-service tills and separate ‘food for now’ and ‘food for later’ area…
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Morrisons to kick-off store picking in Plymstock next week
More branches in the south-west region are expected to quickly follow