more supermarket news & analysis – Page 616
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Sainsbury’s and Co-op follow Tesco with milk price cuts
Two days after Tesco slashed the price of its milk, Sainsbury’s and The Co-operative have followed suit.
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Asda to install defibrillators in 600 stores
Asda has announced it is rolling defibrillators out to 600 stores, just days after The Grocer flagged up calls for more defibrillators in supermarkets.
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Co-op stripped of chicken welfare award
The Co-operative Food’s ethical credentials have been dealt a blow after the retailer was stripped of a major chicken welfare award.
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Analysis & Features
Tesco seeks promo stability - and deepens its price cuts
The big news story in grocery this week was Tesco’s new turnaround strategy…
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Business rates not fit for purpose, BIS committee finds
The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee of MPs has called for reform of the business rate system – and asks stern questions around Portas Pilot funding.
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Tesco helps raise £10m for Diabetes UK
Tesco has raised £10m towards charity Diabetes UK in the first year of their partnership, it revealed today.
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Retailers offered help to tackle violence and abuse
Shop staff endured 25,000 instances of abuse or aggressive behaviour and 11,000 instances of violence last year, according to a new report from the British Retail Consortium.
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Tesco milk price cut sends ‘wrong signal’, farmers warn
Farmer leaders have blasted Tesco’s decision to slash the price of four pints of milk to £1, saying the move sends the “wrong signal”.
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Fairtrade blasts Morrisons and Aldi for banana price wars
Retailers have hit back at the Fairtrade Foundation after it blamed UK price wars for putting the squeeze on banana produc…
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Waitrose updates Pure Beauty sensitive skin range
Waitrose has given its Pure Beauty sensitive skin range a makeover…
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Tesco calls on businesses to help young people find work
Tesco has called on businesses to do more to help young people struggling to take their first steps in the jobs market…
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Boparan defends Tesco over chicken sourcing issue
Ranjit Singh Boparan urged farmers to be patient and not to expect moves to 100% British overnight…
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Harris + Hoole coffee chain to add 500 staff in expansion
Harris + Hoole, the coffee chain part owned by Tesco, is to embark on a major expansion in the South East.
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Tesco defends position in Greenpeace tuna league
Tecso has defended criticism from Greenpeace of its tuna sourcing record.
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Tesco 'digital wallet' to speed up checkout process
Tesco is launching a digital wallet to speed customers through its checkouts – and potentially save on staffing costs….
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Asda rolls out 130 more hybrid tills to cut queues
Asda will increase the number of hybrid tills in its stores by more than two thirds over the next two months…
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Sainsbury's suffers prawn crackers supply 'issues'
Prawn crackers are back on shelf at Sainsbury’s following a supply problem…
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Comment & Opinion
What would Einstein do if he were running Tesco?
It’s not rocket science, or nuclear physics, but even Einstein would agree, were he running Tesco, the answer isn’t easy…
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Co-op sell-off decision sparks angry response
Co-op staff and members have blasted it for not letting them have their say on its farming and pharmacy arm sell-off.
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Tesco: it will take years to price match the discounters
CEO Philip Clarke this week admitted it could take years for Tesco to take on the discounters on price…