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Asda Wisbech staff vote for strike action but Brighton rejects walkout
A ballot at Asda’s Brighton Hollingbury store failed to reach the threshold required for industrial action
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Co-op to boost staff pay to at least £12 an hour
The move marks a record investment in staff wages for the Co-op, rising 10.1% from £10.90 to £12 an hour
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Asda reveals record pay offer as it defends investment in staff
Asda hourly paid store staff will get an 8.4% increase, with rates rising to £12.04 in July
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Darren Blackhurst returns to Morrisons in Rami Baitiéh shake-up
Blackhurst will be covering for Rachel Eyre, who is going on maternity leave in the spring
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M&S raises hourly shopworker rates in ‘biggest ever investment in retail pay’
M&S’s new rates will bring it into line with the Real Living Wage
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Minette Batters upstages PM as she bats for farmers one last time
Rishi Sunak insisted government was ‘changing its culture’ around food
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Sainsbury’s drivers consider strike action over loss of employee discount
“Around 500” Sainsbury’s drivers are set to ballot over whether they should strike over proposals to transfer their employment to Wincanton, Unite said
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Asda denies union ‘asset stripping’ claims as it faces down strike threat
Asda accused union staff of “aggressive and intimidating behaviour”, as well as of making inaccurate claims about the situation in affected stores
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Aldi to create 5,500 new UK jobs in 2024
The 5,500 new roles to be created in 2024 are more than 500 fewer than Aldi said it would create in 2023 this time last year
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Wholegood founder Carl Saxton-Pizzie back as CEO in turnaround bid
Wholegood has parted ways with CEO Martin Sandler, with founder Carl Saxton-Pizzie retaking the reins as the specialist wholesaler looks to cut costs
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Comment & Opinion
Is Morrisons right to bring customers into management meetings?
Senior teams are highly experienced, but this can hold them back in a cycle of what they already know, says Stuart Williamson, partner at Sullivan & Stanley
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Comment & Opinion
UK farmers should follow their European peers and protest
Thousands of miles apart, angry farmers feel trapped in a system that crushes them, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Asda faces further strike threats as dispute grows with GMB over representation
Nearly 400 GMB members at the Wisbech, Brighton Hollingbury and Brighton Marina stores will vote on whether to take industrial action, the union said
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Kerrygold owner Ornua appoints new chief executive
Conor Galvin will take over the role at the dairy co-op in May following a ”comprehensive selection process”
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Analysis & Features
Who will be hit hardest by rising national living wage?
Food prices will likely stay higher for longer as costs are passed on
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Morrisons store boss Lepley leaves as Baitiéh promises ‘a new chapter’
Lepley, who replaced Gary Mills in his current role, spent 11 years at Asda before joining Morrisons, and served on the supermarket’s executive committee
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Comment & Opinion
Optimism for John Lewis’ turnaround strategy, but at what cost?
Wield the axe too deep, or in the wrong areas, and there’s a very real chance JLP could cannibalise its strongest asset
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Food delivery platform rider strike leaves consumers hungry
Riders for Deliveroo, Just Eat, Uber Eats and Stuart went on strike against “appalling working conditions” and low wages
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Comment & Opinion
Discontent over food inequality is set to boil over
We shouldn’t underestimate the sense of crisis many in the country are facing and the growing unease, says Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council