more supermarket news & analysis – Page 405
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco’s missed food waste targets: an honourable failure, at worst
Surely Tesco‘s failure, if you could call it that, is at the very least a transparent one, and we are still waiting for its rivals to take the next step and start reporting their food waste figures
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News
Southern Co-op reveals 2.7% growth in pre-tax profit
The society open 16 new food stores in the year to 27 January
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Grocer 33
Morrisons Bangor: Grocer 33 store of the week
The great weather came in time for the bank holiday weekend, which was brilliant
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News
Potts: Sainsbury's-Asda deal 'will only make us stronger'
The supermarket reported a like-for-like sales rise of 3.6% in the first quarter
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News
Sainsbury's teams up with Eagle Eye for Nectar Isle of Wight trial
Eagle Eye AIR technology allows users to redeem digital offers and rewards at scale and across multiple channels
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News
Sainsbury's ends £10m Waste Less, Save More campaign
Sainsbury’s insisted that helping its customers reduce the amount of food they waste “is still an important issue”
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News
Asda brings in posher and pricier spirits and wines in review
The retailer has ditched some 60 SKUs across the category, cutting RTDs and cheaper wines in particular
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News
Tesco achieves 64% of food waste elimination target
Tesco was the first UK retailer to publish food waste data and said it was proud of its record
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News
Beyond Meat products could be in Tesco's freezers by July
Industry sources have suggested the meat alternative brand is nearing a deal to supply the supermarket
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News
City snapshot: Morrisons trumpets ‘strong start’ to the year
Morrisons (MRW) has heralded “a strong start to the year” during which it became more competitive while delivering like-for-like sales of 3.6%. Plus, Tesco releases annual report, Coca-Cola HBC posts 4.5% first quarter organic growth and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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News
M&S considers installation of toy and optician concessions
M&S is trialling optician concessions at five of its stores
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News
Tesco, Sainsbury's & Birds Eye back Veg Power campaign
The campaign aims to raise £100,000 for a generic vegetable advertising fund with the goal of increasing veg consumption across the UK
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News
John Lewis Partnership denies Amazon approach for Waitrose
JLP chairman Sir Charlie Mayfield said “there has been no approach by Amazon regarding Waitrose”
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News
Former Tesco online boss Ken Towle takes over as CEO of Nisa
Interim CEO Arnu Misra will remain for a transition period to ensure a smooth handover, the completion of the deal comes after a court in London agreed to grant the Co-op a scheme of arrangement on Friday
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News
M&S rolls out liquid nitrogen-powered delivery fleet
The move is part of M&S’ Plan A 2025 which includes plans to cut its carbon emissions by 90% compared with its 2006 level
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News
M&S launches beers and ales made from surplus sandwich bread
The Used Our Loaf range aims to counteract the 24 million slices of bread reportedly wasted in Britain every day
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News
Waitrose shed more than 3,700 staff last year, accounts show
Overall average headcount reduced by 6.6% from 56,330 in 2017 to 52,590 last year
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News
Shoppers approve Sainsbury's-Asda as price promise impresses
Shoppers have given the proposed merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda a warm welcome
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Analysis & Features
Sainsbury’s & Asda mega merger: what we know and what it means
The market is still coming to terms with the Tesco-Booker deal and now this: a £51bn-sales combination play between Sainsbury’s and Asda has been confirmed. So what will it mean? And how on earth would it get competition clearance? Here’s an updated analysis from The Grocer following the announcement earlier this week
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News
JS-Asda deal could go ahead with only 23 stores sold off
A key part of the CMA probe will look at the overlap between the catchment areas of Asda and Sainsbury’s stores