more supermarket news & analysis – Page 363
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NewsSainsbury's ranks worst for plastic waste in Greenpeace study
Greenpeace has launched a petition to push the supermarkets to ditch single-use plastic packaging
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NewsTesco promotes new BWS category director
Jason Godley, formerly category director for impulse & one stop, has replaced Rob Cooke
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NewsWaitrose eyes category management-based buying approach
The retailer this week said it was looking to better harness its myWaitrose data
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NewsMorrisons to offer fast electric vehicle charging points
The retailer has announced a deal to provide 20-minute charging points across its UK stores
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Grocer 33Waitrose Oadby, Leicester: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘Peer to peer recognition is the main way we reward partners for a job well done’
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Grocer 33High score for shop floor staff at Waitrose Oadby
The store was “fairly busy” but “didn’t seem too noisy”
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Grocer 33Discounted gin helps Morrisons to second Grocer 33 victory
Morrisons had cut the price of the Caorunn gin from £27 to £23
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury's-Asda: does the CMA's reliance on GUPPI check out?
The CMA’s threshold for intervention has potentially far-reaching consequences, says Mat Hughes, a partner at AlixPartners
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NewsLidl rolls out 'Too Good to Waste' fruit & veg to all stores
Lidl claimed the initiative as an industry first when the trial was launched last year
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Comment & OpinionGCA got the right result on Co-op code compliance breaches
The breaches found by the GCA cost suppliers hundreds of thousands of pounds. So why hasn’t the Co-op been fined for its behaviour?
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NewsTesco quietly scraps one-hour London delivery service Now
Tesco Now launched in May 2017, offering customers in zones one and two 60-minute delivery of orders of up to 20 products…
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NewsCo-op to roll out 1,000 own-brand lines to Nisa & Costcutter
Nisa will now have over 80% of the Co-op own brand range in its supply chain
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NewsCo-op found guilty of GSCOP breaches by Tacon
The GCA today concluded a year-long investigation into the retailer, finding it had breached the code on two occasions
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NewsAsda to sell George clothing made from recycled plastic
The retailer’s George chain today announced the move to improve the “ethical and environmental” impact of its products
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NewsTesco kicks off fruit & veg packaging reduction trial
The supermarket has removed an “extensive” amount of packaging from products at its Watford and Swindon Extra stores, in a move it plans to roll out across the UK if successful
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NewsSainsbury's opens food-to-go counters with Restaurant Group
The supermarket has installed health-driven Grains & Greens and Middle Eastern-inspired Mezze Box
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NewsSainsbury's-Asda propose 150 sell-offs in wake of CMA report
Details emerged after the Competition & Markets Authority published the responses to its provisional findings, which came out last month and have left the chances of the deal going ahead dangling by a thread
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Comment & OpinionHow buying groups like Tesco-Carrefour bully suppliers
The tactics of buying groups are messy and threatening for suppliers, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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NewsSainsbury's-Asda has 'little chance' despite price cuts
The supermarkets are also claiming the CMA has made a litany of mistakes in its handling of the probe so far
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NewsTesco plans radical range update to up its craft beer game
The retailer is planning to launch a slew of new brews from craft players