more supermarket news & analysis – Page 51
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Grocer 33
Tesco North Shields: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘One thing I’ve really learnt is that you only get from people what you put into them and seeing people as individuals is absolutely key’
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Grocer 33
‘Top notch’ Tesco impresses with friendly, helpful staff
There were plenty of manned checkouts open and no queue on this Saturday morning shop
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Grocer 33
Asda cheapest but Tesco’s Clubcard undercuts again
Tesco’s Clubcard Prices once again proved decisive in determining the cheapest retailer
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News
Christmas dinner veg more expensive after mults hike up prices
Several key veg lines such as carrots and potatoes have increased in price by more than 10% in the past month
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Delivery robot driver gets extra training after ‘trying to run over’ pedestrian
The robot had been delivering Co-op groceries to a customer in Northampton when it drove across the lawn of their neighbour and ran over a cat repellent device
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Aldi investing £12m in lowering prices for Christmas
Over 180 Christmas products will be lowered in price by an average 20%, according to the discounter
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Sainsbury’s adds Christmas dinner deal to Nectar Prices
Sainsbury’s has also rolled Nectar Prices offers across a range of selected festive vegetables
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Finnebrogue owner takes hit to profitability
The company said its revenue had risen from £119.3m to £145.3m, while profit had increased by 4% from £7.7m to £8.1m
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Waitrose to reintroduce charges for suppliers who breach delivery standards
Waitrose suspended non-compliance charges during Covid, but will reintroduce them in 2024
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Profiles and QandAs
My Alternative CV: Co-op’s Christopher Byrne on Kylie, Mel B and Muriel’s Wedding
Co-op’s head of brand, creative and in-store marketing wants Victoria Beckham and Miriam Margolyes to eat crisp sandwiches together
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Tesco readies brand launch for plant-based Root & Soul
It comes as other retailers are making concerted efforts to ramp up their veggie and vegan offerings
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Aldi on ‘sticky wicket’ in Thatchers copycat battle
‘If Thatchers can get home on it then the floodgates will open because other brands can get home on it as well,’ said Stobbs head of litigation Geoff Steward
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Riverford petition hits 100,000 signatures to prompt parliamentary debate
The #GetFairAboutFarming campaign was launched two months ago after a survey of small fruit & veg growers revealed half feared they could be out of business within a year
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Tesco builds giant tree to focus on Christmas food plight
Tesco and its partners have created an alternative to the traditional Trafalgar Square Christmas tree
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Tesco quadruples number of digital screens in media rollout
The supermarket today announced it had installed its 1,800th screen, up from around 400 in March
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CMA finds brands hiked prices above cost rises but clears industry of profiteering
The Competition & Markets Authority named baked beans as an area where “prices have risen by more than production costs, leading to increases in unit profitability”
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Comment and Opinion
Why we need a universal refill scheme to tackle plastic
Our single-use society, enabled by plastic, is inherently destructive, says Siân Sutherland, co-founder, A Plastic Planet & PlasticFree
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Sainsbury’s resumes meal kit partnership with SimplyCook as part of store refresh
The service has launched in Sainsbury’s newly refurbished Witney store
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Ex-Tesco boss Dave Lewis: supermarkets must slash environmental impacts
The former Tesco boss and now-WWF chair said there had not been enough environmental progress across the industry
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Tesco winds up partnership with WWF as it launches new nature plan
The alliance, announced under former boss Dave Lewis five years ago, was billed as a “ground-breaking” partnership and was originally due to run for four years