more supermarket news & analysis – Page 389
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Jeremy Pee made chief digital and data officer at M&S
M&S created the role to help its push to become a “digital-first retailer”
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Asda wins supermarket bakery award at Baking Industry Awards
The Baking Industry Awards is now in its 31st year and recognised as the UK bakery calendar’s premier event
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Comment & Opinion
How retailers can use premium fruit & veg to take on the discounters
Premium supermarkets must keep abreast of consumer trends and make sure they’re first to market to defend against the discounters, says Cindy van Rijswick of Rabobank
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Lidl donates £1m to NSPCC anti-child abuse project
The money will help fund the charity’s Speak Out Stay Safe project, which aims to reach children with advice on how to sta…
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Asda Price Guarantee to end in favour of focus on low pricing
Price matching initiative was the first of its kind by a major UK supermarket
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Morrisons targets parents with Stock up and Save promotion
The supermarket has also launched a series of Big Night In promotions this week
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Lidl appoints Winvic to construct its new London HQ
The new facility in Tolworth will be five miles from Lidl’s existing HQ in Wimbledon but much bigger
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Comment & Opinion
Waitrose needs more than an ‘& Partners’ rebrand to excite staff and customers
In order to increase profits for all these partners, Waitrose needs to up its game in delivering for customers
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Tesco appoints Melissa Bethell as non-exec director
Bethell headed up global private equity firm Bain for more than 18 years
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Waitrose and John Lewis begin new corporate identity rollout
Supermarket will now be known as Waitrose & Partners
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Tesco to develop car park space into gyms and restaurants
The plan is part of a new deal with property company Supermarket Income REIT
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M&S marks Scottish centenary with in-store campaign and food tour
The retailer will stock more Scottish produce across its stores and decorate its branches to mark the celebration
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Supermarkets are top destination for back-to-school shops
Parents spent £915m on back to school in 2017, according to Mintel
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Kirsty Ward to rejoin M&S Bank as director after nine years
Ward joins M&S from Walmart, where she was VP of financial services for almost four years
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Asda opens new Merchandising Centre of Excellence in Leeds
The centre will feature a state-of-the-art virtual reality lab
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Big Interviews
Rupert Thomas: innovating with Waitrose's development kitchen
Waitrose’s brand new development kitchen is double the size of its predecessor, and the retailer has big NPD plans
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M&S trials mobile pay app at Paddington HQ store
The service has recently been extended from M&S staff only to the general public
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Morrisons launches home delivery service in Scotland
Retailer will use a store picking model across the central belt…
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Single-use plastic bag charge to be extended and increased
Businesses with fewer than 250 employees will no longer be exempt from the charge…
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Increases in British pork sold by mults, says AHDB
The percentage of British bacon and ham sold by the mults rose by 3% and 9% respectively from May to July…