more supermarket news & analysis – Page 41
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Waitrose impresses our mystery shopper with plenty of promotional offers
Our mystery shopper was able to pick up 30 of the 33 items on our list at the High Wycombe store
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Tesco Clubcard Prices trump Asda’s shelf-edge prices again
Asda offered the lowest price for 21 items and was exclusively cheapest for a dozen - but Tesco’s Clubcard provided a hefty overall discount
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News
Meal planning and shopping platform Lollipop rebrands as Cherrypick
Cherrypick allows its more than 200,000 users to browse nearly 1,000 recipes and order the ingredients to make them in within minutes
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M&S boosts executive team as it targets digital and international growth
Rachel Higham, who is currently chief information officer at advertising giant WPP, will join M&S ‘later this year’
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School and hospital food supply chains ‘vulnerable’ to modern slavery
Public institutions are ‘alarmingly’ vulnerable to modern slavery risks in their supply chains, researchers found
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Unilever brings TikTok cleaning trend to Asda in-store shoppers
The ‘disruptive’ activation sees interactive digital screens placed at the front of the store, on which shoppers can select their cleaning interest
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Co-op to incentivise beef farmers for sustainable production
The pilot, in collaboration with Co-op’s beef partner Dunbia, will see farmers paid a premium for reducing their impact on the environment
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Rod Stewart’s Wolfie’s Whisky makes retail debut in Tesco
Wolfie’s Whisky launched in the UK in June 2023
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Morrisons in talks to open first stores in Northern Ireland
Tom McAvoy, who owns a 16,000 sq ft Nisa Extra store in Rathfriland, started stocking products from the supermarket about three years ago
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Iceland staff raise £1.1m for dementia care after Walker’s Everest climb
Walker reached the summit of Mount Everest during an expedition started in memory of his late mother
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Aldi vs Thatchers: cider brand’s copycat claim dismissed by High Court
Thatchers’ claim had been tipped by some experts as potentially significant for other brands seeking to pursue Aldi on similar grounds
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Asda launches business unit covering loyalty, retail media, mobile and money
LS Eleven takes its name from the postcode of the supermarket’s Leeds head office
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Simon Roberts to take over as IGD president from Jason Tarry
Tarry will step down in March when he leaves his role as Tesco UK CEO
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Plastic waste exports ban will ‘increase amount sent to landfill’
Recoup said the amount of plastic waste exported for recycling grew by more than 10% to over 600,000 tonnes between 2022-23
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‘Lack of government support could derail cage-free egg ambitions’
Compassion in World Farming has called for increased engagement and legislation to support voluntary moves to end the ‘cage age’
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Co-op targets eight million members by 2030
Co-op said it currently has five million active members and that it saw a 21% increase in the number of members shopping it its stores during December
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Comment and Opinion
How to navigate the spike in orange juice prices
The situation is now such that many in the market will have no choice but to pass rising costs on to consumers, says Sarah Baldwin, CEO of Purity Soft Drinks
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Comment and Opinion
Marks & Spencer, TikToks and a throwback hit
The concept apparently came from the shop floor, with M&S retail sales manager Jack Norbury submitting a request to CEO Stuart Machin for a song store teams could use on their TikTok accounts
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Producers falling out of GSCOP remit as retailers hire more middlemen
Retailers will save time by using the middlemen to negotiate for them as buyers ‘have bigger buying areas than ever before’
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Future Food Movement teams up with youth activist group for climate and health commitments
They have launched a new Food Systems Accelerator, which will aim to persuade big business to improve commitments on child health and environment