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Stephen Jones
Stephen is The Grocer’s senior retail reporter. He leads our coverage of Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and Iceland as well as retailers including Booths, Holland & Barrett, Whole Foods Market and Hotel Chocolat.
Prior to joining The Grocer in December 2022, he was transportation reporter at Business Insider, where he covered the global operations of major automakers, airlines and global shipping. He first joined Insider in July 2021 as a careers reporter.
Before that he spent three years covering business, retail, and leadership for Management Today and spent a short period as a match day reporter for the Non-League paper.
Contact info
- Tel:
- 01293 610272
- Email:
- stephen.jones@thegrocer.co.uk
- News
Cook appoints Leon’s Ashley Davis as new chief commercial officer
Ashley Davis will support Cook’s co-founders Rosie Brown and Ed Perry in the newly created role
- Analysis and Features
What’s driving the flurry of premium own label NPD?
Waitrose and Asda are the latest with big premium tier launches
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Morrisons St Andrews: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘You’d think that with the affluency of the area, shoppers would hit M&S more, but we’ve got the highest market share in the town’
- News
Booths rolls out new artisan bakery concession
The expansion of the bakery format comes as part of Booths’ ongoing programme to modernise stores and supply chain
- News
Sidemen launch exclusive Sides range into Iceland Foods
Iceland has already developed a pipeline of new products that will launch over the coming months, including into new categories
- News
Sainsbury’s partners with Cheesegeek for artisan cheese range
The new exclusive range would bring UK artisan cheese to a mainstream market
- News
Waitrose relaunches premium own label No.1
’It’s probably one of the biggest brand relaunches in UK grocery this year,’ Waitrose customer director Nathan Ansell told The Grocer
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Waitrose Saltash: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We’re giving people lots of reasons to want to come and shop with us again, and we’re attracting new customers’
- News
Iceland shoppers say cost of living crisis is the biggest political issue facing Britain
Iceland has been collecting the views of its shoppers as part of Richard Walker’s “supermarket manifesto”
- News
Sainsbury’s to offer loyalty points on EV chargers
The addition of loyalty points marks the opening of Sainsbury’s 50th Smart Charge hub
- Comment and Opinion
What Waitrose’s posh meal kits say about its core target customer
Waitrose’s acquisition of posh meal kit delivery brand Dishpatch is the latest of its strategy to redefine its core customer base
- News
JLP to lodge appeal over delay to Waitrose buy to let property plans
The partnership will lodge a non-determination over delays to a planning application to build homes above a Waitrose in west Ealing
- News
Waitrose acquires meal kit delivery player Dishpatch
Waitrose would work with Dishpatch to develop ‘new’ and exciting food experiences’ for customers, said executive director James Bailey
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Morrisons Swansea: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘Any external recruits at manager level and above come here for all their technical training and get to spend time with experienced managers’
- News
Huel and Little Moons among brands delisted by Planet Organic
Both products ‘no longer’ conform with Planet’s ‘organic and healthy’ product standards, founder Renée Elliott said
- News
Sainsbury’s to upskill brands on the ‘power’ of retail media networks
Supermarkets are keen to encourage brands to make the most of their growing retail media networks
- News
Planet Organic plots new stores as recovery makes progress
Renée Elliot revealed the plans in new filings published to Companies House this week
- News
Daylesford Organic losses deepen after ‘challenging’ year
Daylesford “bore the cost” of historically high inflation, particularly in food
- News
Sainsbury’s ‘resolves’ latest contactless payment outage
It’s the second issue to affect Sainsbury’s ability to process payments this year
- News
Waitrose piloting new stock management tech to boost availability in stores
Waitrose has partnered with Trust Retail to trial the new stock management solution in a select number of stores