more supermarket news & analysis – Page 362
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Analysis & Features
Asda Extra Special Chocolate Torte: acid test
This plant-based dessert is made with cashews, almonds, Belgian dark chocolate and coconut milk
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Morrisons to roll out reusable paper carrier bags
The 20p price tag is the same price as a Morrisons standard plastic carrier bag
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Co-op expands festival presence in Live Nation partnership
The Co-op announced last month it would be the retail partner for Glastonbury this year
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Sainsbury's to bring forward milk supply tender to this year
A profitability crisis in the liquid milk processing sector has contributed to the move
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Asda uses gamification for training with store simulation
Players find themselves in interactions with both customers and colleagues
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Comment & Opinion
Why we must challenge international buying groups
IBGs offer enough support to claim their demands are a trade, rather than a raid, says David Sables
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M&S revives its famous 'food porn' ad campaign
Its ads have made a return with everyday ‘relatable’ people daydreaming about M&S food
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FareShare opens new warehouse with Asda funding
The new premises will also allow FareShare North East to support 35 new local charities in the next year
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Waitrose own-label products stocked in six Kuwait stores
The retailer has linked up with six stores called City Centre across Kuwait
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Aldi overtakes Morrisons in market share, Nielsen data shows
Lidl was the only other supermarket to see growth, with share rising from 5.9% to 6.3%
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Tesco trials recycling for crisp packets and plastic bags
The retailer has entered into a partnership with Swindon-based Recycling Technologies
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Grocery sales growth drops to slowest rate in a year
Grocery sales growth has fallen to its lowest level since March 2018 as the late Easter and Mother’s Day hit year-on-year comparisons, according to Kantar. Plus, profits slump at palm oil producer MP Evans and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Co-op expands robot deliveries to second store
The convenience retailer has been using autonomous robots to make deliveries in under an hour from a store in Monkston, Mi…
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'Big UK grocer' to open Amazon Go-style store this year
Portuguese tech startup Sensei is working with an unnamed “very big” UK grocer on an Amazon Go-style store
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Comment & Opinion
Ocado Zoom looks to be an on-demand model that works
Picking and dispatching small baskets on demand is expensive and the charges needed to make it profitable are not attracti…
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Stockpiling warehouse space race 'will hike business rates'
The cost of warehouse space rose by as much as a quarter in the final three months of 2018
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Central England Co-op reports jump in profits and sales
Capital expenditure of £28.7m was invested in 10 new food stores and the refurbishment of 35 others
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Sainsbury's hits McGuigan wine with delistings
The supermarket has slashed 10 SKUs from the brand, reducing its presence on shelves from 40 to 30 SKUs
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Analysis & Features
What has the Co-op learned from its GSCOP breaches?
The GCA found it had not acted maliciously and engaged fully in the investigation process
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Dave Lewis slams 'broken' government retail strategy
Lewis called for urgent reform of the Apprenticeship Levy and for an online sales tax