more supermarket news & analysis – Page 427
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Asda reports second consecutive quarter of sales growth
Like for like sales in the third quarter grew by 1.1%
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Food poverty charity Feedback welcomes release of waste data
“We’re delighted retailers have decided to come clean on what they waste, and how. This is a major step forwards.”
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McVitie's and Tesco partner to help redistribution charities
Pladis will donate 10p from each box of McVitie’s Victoria biscuits sold in Tesco stores
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PayPoint launches EPoS Pro and new mobile app
EPoS Pro is located on the PayPoint One platform, and uses cloud-based technology
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Waitrose introduces click & collect queue-busting strategies
A new system of self-service check-in rolls out across 140 branches this week ahead of Black Friday
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M&S unveils Christmas food ad with Ed Sheeran and kissing pigs
Titled An Extraordinary Christmas, the ad continues the theme of its year-long Spend It Well campaign
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Sainsbury's celebrates achievements of Dairy Development Group
Farmers supplying milk to Sainsbury’s ‘have improved quality, yield and animal welfare in the 10 years since launch’
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Sainsbury's trials takeaway pizza service at three stores
The pizza counters will be tested at Cambridge Eddington, Redhill and Bradford branches for 12 weeks
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CMA bowed to Tesco-Booker pressure to include discounters in inquiry
The competition authority had originally excluded Aldi and Lidl from their competitor set
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City snapshot: CMA inquiry included Aldi and Lidl after Tesco-Booker pressure
The CMA backtracked amid pressure from Tesco and Booker to take the rise of the discounters into consideration in delivering its verdict on their proposed merger, The Grocer can reveal. Plus, Nissin partnership boosts first half performance at Premier Foods after strong second quarter and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Tesco £3.7bn Booker takeover gets green light from CMA
The UK’s competition regulators are sensationally set to approve Tesco’s £3.7bn takeover of Booker, without imposing conditions such as selling off hundreds of its stores
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Unilever charity packs support Trussell Trust food banks
5p from every purchase of selected Hellmann’s, Knorr and Colman’s products will go towards a £200,000 donation
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Industry reaction to CMA provisional clearance of Tesco-Booker
It was no surprise that the Competition and Markets Authority cleared Tesco’s £3.7bn takeover of Booker, but that it did so without asking for any remedies has shocked many
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Tesco-Booker debate all over bar the shouting (and screaming)
The CMA has decided that even beasts with such scale as Tesco and Booker did not have the power to damage competition even if they wanted to …
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Sainsbury's contains the fridge cool with F1 tech
The supermarket is installing aerofoil technology, used to keep F1 cars cool, in the cold aisles by mid 2018
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How analysts reacted to CMA provisional clearance of Tesco-Booker
The CMA reported the provisional findings of its probe, ahead of a final decision in December
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CMA approves Tesco-Booker takeover: timeline
Here’s how The Grocer reported the key milestones of this landmark mega-merger
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Nisa members accept £137m Co-op bid in historic vote
Of the 615 shareholders that voted, 494 were in favour of the bid
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Nisa members have spoken. The rebels must accept the Co-op deal – or look elsewhere
Nisa rebels are promising to go on the offensive and plan to convince the Competition & Markets Authority to nix the deal
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Hogs Back wins listings with Co-op, Morrisons, Tesco and Majestic
Its flagship Tongham English Ale has rolled into 320 Co-ops, 39 Morrisons and 19 Tesco Express stores…