All articles by Stephen Jones
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NewsWaitrose has ‘turned the dial’ on recent struggles, after ‘transformed’ annual results
‘We are transforming the profitability of the Waitrose business,’ declared Waitrose executive director James Bailey, after the John Lewis Partnership’s annual results
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NewsColeen Rooney launches Holland & Barrett partnership with Applied Nutrition
The retailer has signed a joint business plan with Applied Nutrition to ramp up its supplements offer and get ‘early’ access to NPD
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Comment & OpinionIceland’s push to dominate retail media will be a challenge
The success of Iceland’s ambitious retail media rollout will depend on its ‘long tail strategy’ and how well it can monetise its retail media data
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NewsIceland to roll out thousands of digital screens in major retail media push
Iceland has appointed Adam Smith as its first ever head of retail media to lead the new in-house team
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NewsGrind to expand outside London for first time with new Manchester café
The new site is set to open this summer in a development near Manchester’s Deansgate
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NewsWaitrose pay rises above inflation as John Lewis invests £114m
The John Lewis Partnership is investing £114m into raising pay from 1 April
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Plas Coch, Wrexham: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘There’s a phenomenal group of 220 colleagues here,’ says duty manager Mark Jones
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NewsCook shakes up merchandising in new trial to get shoppers to try more products
The trial is one of a series of moves being rolled out by the premium ready meal retailer to encourgae shoppers to try more of its menu, chief commercial officer Ashley Davis told The Grocer
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NewsFirst look: Sainsbury’s new Local format ‘lays foundations’ for future c-stores
The new concept debuted at Sainsbury’s refurbished Pudsey Town Local store in Leeds
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NewsIceland leading new sector push to employ thousands of former prisoners
Iceland is leading talks to form a new coaltion of food and drink companies to help increase the number of opportunities offered to former offenders, as the UK battles a prison overcrowding crisis
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NewsSainsbury’s targets more Scottish stores after latest Homebase acquisition
The former Homebase store in Dumfries is the latest in ‘a pipeline’ of stores Sainsbury’s aims to open in Scotland
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NewsIceland Foods EV rollout not ‘happening fast enough’ Richard Walker admits
Walker called on the government to make it easier for retailers to transition their delivery fleets to EVs
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Grocer 33Waitrose Holloway Road, London: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘I’ve always been attracted to shops that are deemed to be a bit more challenging, and we’ve been on a real journey over the last three years to make sure we are really delivering for our customers’
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NewsWhole Foods Market to open first new UK store ‘for a decade’ in renewed expansion plan
It’s Whole Foods Market’s first new UK store since 2014, and one of 90 planned worldwide
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NewsCook targets Asian takeaways with 'biggest launch’ to date
Cook’s new pan-asian inspired ready meal range marked a ‘step change’ in its NPD approach, said CCO Ashley Davis
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NewsLindt to open ‘first of its kind’ flagship in Piccadilly
The new Lindt store will be a ‘feast and vision for the senses’, Lindt said
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Grocer 33Waitrose’s Laura Burbedge on delivering the Grocer 33 star order
‘Customers can now add ingredients from recipes on our website directly to their basket’
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NewsPensioners launch campaign to fight ‘alienating’ self checkouts
The Bridgwater Senior Citizens Forum will campaign to highlight the ‘disadvantages’ of self-checkouts on service and jobs
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Grocer 33Asda Dundee: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘There’s been more positivity in the business, which has come from us going back to what we’re good at’
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NewsSainsbury’s joins ChargeUK as EV ambitions grow
Sainsbury’s is on track to become a top five player in electric charging