more supermarket news & analysis – Page 81
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Analysis & Features
Does Tesco’s ‘Fit for Growth’ reset demand too much of suppliers?
Tesco says deflation in electricity and packaging costs means suppliers can help it drop prices. But critics say it is asking too much for too little
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Range Preview
Supermarket Christmas ranges 2023
Here’s a preview of this year’s Christmas ranges before they land on supermarket shelves
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Analysis & Features
Why are supermarkets ignoring the Better Chicken Commitment?
Despite ‘Frankenchicken’ headlines and activist campaigns designed to shame retailers, few have adopted the BCC poultry welfare standard
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Comment & Opinion
As the CMA’s food price probe goes upstream, will it get lost in the weeds?
After the war of words over “rip-off” fuel prices, a more placatory tone was struck this week by the Competition & Markets Authority towards supermarkets
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News
Company Shop boosts leadership team with Samworth Bros and Morrrisons duo
Adam King and Sinead Healey have been appointed as marketing and finance directors
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KVI Tracker
Few signs of food price deflation in this week’s KVI tracker
This week there were 24 price cuts, but they were balanced out by 34 price increases across the seven retailers
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News
Aldi to donate 1.5 million meals over the school summer holidays
The donations will be made via redistribution platform Neighbourly
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury’s Bodmin: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘Taste the Difference is a credit to Sainsbury’s and the quality we have’
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury’s on a winning streak with excellent staff
Sainsbury’s marked its third consecutive win with its Bodmin store
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News
Co-op members to earn rewards via Uber Eats
Members can earn cashback and rewards for their communities when using the rapid delivery app
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Comment & Opinion
CMA turns attention to suppliers, but what will ‘profiteering’ probe achieve?
Timing, it seems, is everything these days, but especially when it comes to announcements from the competition watchdog
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News
M&S chief blasts Michael Gove over blocked Oxford Street store plans
The plans were rejected by Gove today on the grounds the public benefits would not outweigh harm to nearby heritage sites
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News
Defra director David Kennedy to leave for private sector role
Kennedy spent six years at Defra and eight years in total in the civil service, and is now moving on to a role at EY
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News
Arla and Asda extend own label dairy supply deal
The tie-up was described by the pair as ’the UK’s largest private label dairy contract’
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News
Competition watchdog probe clears supermarkets of profiteering
The next stage of the probe will look at whether large branded suppliers hold too much sway in negotiations
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News
Sainsbury’s increases number of Aldi Price Match lines by a quarter
However, the recent expansion has involved Sainsbury’s matching a number of different SKUs to a single one at Aldi, helping boost the total
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News
Ocado ‘gaining customers from the discounters’
The online supermarket this week posted a 10.6% increase in active customers
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News
Tesco demands suppliers make healthy products more affordable
The move comes as Tesco this week launched its biggest range review since Dave Lewis’s Project Reset
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News
Supermarkets called to make or break talks in fuel ‘rip-off’ row
Earlier this month the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) announced plans for a fuel finder scheme
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News
Co-op pushes member prices in new ad campaign
The Co-op has committed 65% of its annual marketing budget to promote membership pricing