All articles by Steve Farrell – Page 89
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NewsLidl to open biggest UK warehouse in Scotland this year
Lidl will relocate operations from its current Scottish warehouse in Livingston 20 miles west to the new 58,500 sq ft facility
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NewsSainsbury's grocery app suffers outages for days
The app was down on Android from at least Sunday afternoon until around 9pm on Tuesday
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NewsPlastic-free supermarket planning online launch
The Clean Kilo in Birmingham uses gravity dispensers to dole out produce directly into customers’ containers
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NewsSainsbury's opens first till-free store
Customers will scan their shopping with their smartphones, bag it and leave the till-free Holborn store
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NewsAmazon to open four new UK fulfilment centres this July and August
The first is set to open on 1 July while the other three are all due to begin operating on 5 August
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NewsCloud computing and advertising behind record Amazon profits
Amazon also announced plans to spend $800m cutting delivery times for Prime members
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NewsAldi responds to wave of job enquiries with careers chatbot
The ‘careers bot’ answers questions from job hopefuls on Facebook Messenger and directs them to relevant opportunities
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NewsOcado begins deliveries from new temporary warehouse in Andover
Previously Ocado had been relying on its other three CFCs, in Erith, Hatfield and Dordon
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NewsLidl to recruit customs head to manage Brexit strategy
The post is part of a recently created ‘Brexit team’ at the discounter’s south west London HQ
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Analysis & FeaturesIs paper packaging really better for the planet than plastic?
Retailers and brands are swapping out plastic for paper and cardboard in response to consumer demand – but is this the right move?
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NewsLater Easter set to boost sales of related products
Two-thirds of households will be celebrating Easter this year
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NewsAldi rolls out direct surplus food donations to entire estate
The initiative bypasses the need for the surplus food to return to an Aldi depot before being redistributed
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NewsIceland loses EU trademark protection after nation battle
The Iceland Ministry of Foreign Affairs argued it prevented the country’s businesses promoting themselves
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NewsSainsbury's kicks off online deliveries with new electric van
The zero-emission electric van is delivering groceries across central and east London
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NewsIceland launches new mobile-friendly website
A new pop-up box with predictive results allows users to add products to their basket before they’ve finished typing…
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NewsOnline grocery growth slowing as less consumers shop online
The most common reason for not shopping online was a preference for choosing fresh produce by hand
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NewsAsda to raise minimum hourly rate while scrapping paid breaks
Staff could have their hours and departments changed at three weeks’ notice under the proposals
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NewsStarship grocery delivery robots reach 50,000-order milestone
They made their 50,000th delivery in Milton Keynes this week, having covered over 200,000 miles in total
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NewsAldi trials self-checkouts for first time in Tamworth store
The move could see the discounter draw level in store tech with rival Lidl
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NewsLidl shrinks size requirements for new London store openings
Lidl’s maximum size for either London or nationwide remains unchanged at 26,500 sq ft