more supermarket news & analysis – Page 474
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Six major retailers pledge to ban plastic in cotton buds
The commitments came in the wake of a public petition which collected over 130,000 signatures in less than two weeks
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Tesco's new Finest ready meals inspired by street food
The new range enters a buoyant chilled ready meals category up £72.5m in value
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Morrisons' #GivingTuesday raises over £10,000 for Sue Ryder
The supermarket is hoping to generate at least £100,000 for its partner charity this Christmas
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Waitrose, John Lewis and Argos use new renewable fuel in lorries
The fuel is claimed to be the most cost-effective, low-carbon alternative to diesel for HGVs
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Tesco launches further expansion of PayQwiq digital wallet
The retailer will award up to 500 Clubcard points as an incentive for first-time users
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Tesco calls for food waste entrepreneurs to join BackIt
Hannah McCollum, founder of ChicP, has become the first food waste entrepreneur to join the platform
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Philip Clarke to avoid charges over Tesco accounting scandal
Three other former Tesco directors face trial next September in connection with the overstatement of its profits in 2014
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Bananas are latest staple to be hit by Brexit price rises
The increase is the first by any major retailer on the iconic SKU since July 2014 and follows a milk price increase by Asda last month
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Comment & Opinion
Safeway move another intriguing strategic play by Morrisons
The Safeway brand is better known and more meaningful – to consumers at least – than Buyco’s ‘Independent’
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Co-op urges rivals to develop more recyclable packaging
The Co-op this week called on rivals to follow its lead in developing new packaging
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Morrisons resurrects Safeway brand as it deepens wholesale links
Morrisons believes it has sniffed out an opportunity to leverage its foodmaker credentials in the independent sector
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Asda spoofs Black Friday violence with mannequin challenge
Asda has launched a spoof Black Friday video, sending up the scenes of violence two years ago at one of its stores
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Tesco defends FSA over self-regulation model
’By 2020 local food safety officers on the ground will not be able to carry out their functions’ warns Tim Smith
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Tesco backtracks on Black Friday next-day click & collect promise
The retailer has also warned customers to expect likely delivery delays
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Comment & Opinion
There’s method to Morrisons' Safeway ‘madness’
You’d think Morrisons would want nothing more to do with the name Safeway ever again
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The Black Friday opportunity for fmcg
Brands tempted by Black Friday should keep their eyes firmly on Christmas trading, argues Matt Lee of Capture
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Morrisons revives Safeway brand and trials Rontec food offer
The Safeway brand will be used on a range for independent retailers
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Co-op to make 80% of its packaging easily recyclable by 2020
Only half a million of the 1.5m tonnes of recyclable plastic waste created every year in the UK is reused as intended
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Comment & Opinion
Greenpeace is wrong to single out Sainsbury's over tuna
The supermarket has a good reputation on fish sustainability, so why is Greenpeace continually on its case?
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Tesco to take on discounters in own brand with price pledge
Tesco is to benchmark thousands of food and drink products against Asda and the discounters