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Nando’s trials robot chip fryer from Ocado-backed automation startup
The FRYR210 robot will be processing Nando’s chips ’from freezer to scoop’ in the trial, which is taking place at the restaurant chain’s Park Royal location
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Troubled Farmison seeks buyer or cash injection
The private equity owner of premium online meat retailer Farmison is seeking a buyer or new financing for the lossmaking business
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Startup HomeDough wins Planet Organic listing for healthier pizza range
The artisanal brand makes its hand-stretched sourdough bases from wholegrain
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Ocado Retail sales edge up on pricing and increased customer numbers
The online retailer’s first quarter revenues were up 3.4% year on year to £584m
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Tesco launches world foods tie-up with sushi operator KellyDeli
The first store will open in Wokingham, Berkshire
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Deliveroo launches two new rapid Hop dark stores with Waitrose and Morrisons
The Waitrose Acton Hop will offer around 1,300 SKUs and the Morrisons Norbury Hop around 1,600
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Why a frictionless online checkout experience is a key ingredient for online grocery growth
The online grocery shopping trend, accelerated during Covid, is here to stay. So how can retailers face the challenges in retaining consumer loyalty online, most pressingly, creating a frictionless online checkout?
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Tesco buyers ‘backtracking’ on fulfilment fee request
The supermarket is holding face-to-face meetings with suppliers over its controversial plans for a new fulfilment fee
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Tesco smashes Whoosh rapid delivery rollout target
Tesco has beaten its rollout target of rapid delivery service Whoosh by 25%, announcing the option is now available from 1,000 Express stores
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Vertical farming firm Harvest London secures first major retail listing
The deal makes Planet Organic the only UK supermarket to currently sell living herbs farmed and branded in this way
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Julienne Bruno secures first national grocery listing with Ocado
The full Collection 01 range became available on the retailer’s website today
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Heinz teams up with Absolut to launch vodka pasta sauce
The innovation was inspired by Gigi Hadid’s spicy vodka pasta recipe, which went viral after the supermodel posted it to Instagram and TikTok in 2020
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Just Eat ditches employment model and lays off staff in gig economy move
Just Eat is laying off 1,700 couriers in the UK as it ditches its ‘worker model’
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Online grocer Oja wins funding from England footballer Raheem Sterling
As well as becoming an angel investor for the online supermarket, Sterling is to serve as the platform’s first brand ambassador
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City News: City harbours doubts over Deliveroo’s profitability progress
Deliveroo trumpeted it had made “excellent progress” on the path to profitability this week. However, concerns persist in the City over its ability to turn market share into profits amid tightening consumer spending
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Explained: Does Tesco’s fulfilment fee fiasco break any rules?
The trade is in uproar over Tesco’s hardball tactics to secure a new fulfilment fee. Is it breaching GSCOP? And what’s the endgame?
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Co-op rolls out robot deliveries to Greater Manchester
The service will initially be available to 10,500 households in the region, with customers ordering via the Starship food delivery app
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Tesco promises no delists if suppliers refuse fulfilment fee request
The Groceries Code Adjudicator Mark White called for suppliers to come forward if they had evidence that Tesco may have been in breach of GSCOP
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Sugro boosts digital engagement for wholesale members with WhatsApp
Sugro said it aimed to deploy the WhatsApp platform across 16,000 stores its members collectively supplied
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Bestway launches new comms channel with WhatsApp
A soft launch of the app service was incorporated into Bestway’s annual Thank You event across all 57 depots earlier this year