Stores news – Page 38
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NewsPilgrim’s kills off Taste & Glory brand to focus on Richmond
The brand was launched as Naked Glory in 2019, but had faced stiff competition in a booming plant-based category
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NewsOne Stop adds ‘Selected by Tesco’ to 160 own-label fresh products in packaging revamp
Source: One Stop (For illustrative purposes only. Not final pack shots) The overhaul is set to launch this summer across all company-owned stores and franchises One Stop has revamped the packaging across its chilled range by stamping ‘Selected by Tesco’ on approximately 160 own-brand lines. The business ...
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NewsWaitrose forced to change Plantlife range name over trademark issues
The supermarket is relaunching the vegan range with a new name
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NewsMcCoy’s Fire Pit crisps range vanishes from shelves after one year
The fire pit range hit shelves in early 2021
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NewsM&S partners with secondhand kids’ clothing platform Dotte
M&S is launching a trial with the peer-to-peer marketplace where users can buy, sell, donate and recycle outgrown kidswear
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NewsThe Butterworks launches new premium spreadable SKU into Waitrose
The Butterworks’ West Country Spreadable is churned and hand salted to produce spreadable butter straight from the fridge.
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NewsFood charity slammed for highlighting meat promotions
Eating Better has claimed supermarkets are ‘bombarding’ shoppers with cheap meat
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NewsBiff’s Plant Shack launches first vegan chicken wing with ‘bone’ into Waitrose
The vegan bone is created using a sugarcane spear intended to imitate chicken wings without compromising on its plant-based status
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NewsUnilever aims to shake up deodorant category with new-tech launches
The overhaul includes Sure Nonstop Protection – the brand’s ‘biggest upgrade in antiperspirant technology in 30 years’
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NewsAsda like-for-likes down 2.9% in quarter four of 2021 against tough comparatives
The supermarket is also launching a new value range called Just Essentials, as first revealed by The Grocer
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NewsSainsbury’s expands world foods offering to become ‘more inclusive’
The move will also see over 500 stores dedicate more space to world foods
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NewsAsda opens largest ‘On The Move’ store yet on EG forecourt in Nottinghamshire
The 5,000 sq ft store in Retford, Nottinghamshire offers more than 2,500 Asda own-brand and branded items
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NewsJempson’s rolls out ESLs across convenience store estate
Jempson’s previously relied on staff members to update the price labels in-store every three weeks
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NewsScotmid Co-op sees 20% uptick in food to go sales despite backdrop of pandemic
The Scottish co-op society invested in the infrastructure of 60 stores in 2021 in a bid to broaden its food-to-go offering
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NewsIceland opens second Swift convenience store, in Wembley
It is to be followed by three more within the M25 as Iceland expands the concept it launched a year ago as a single-store pilot in Newcastle
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NewsAldi ‘just walk out’ store tech partner Aifi raises $65m in funding round
Many of Aifi’s retailer clients are among the investors, including Aldi South Group, Rewe and Żabka Group
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NewsACS writes to prime minister to urge review of HFSS regulations
The letter outlines the burden the regulations will have on convenience retailers
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NewsIceland to roll out its Swift c-store format to London
Launched as a single-store pilot in Newcastle last spring, the convenience format is now set to extend to four more stores in London over the next few months
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NewsStore Group to bolster estate following new COO and CFO appointments
Retailer has appointed Lee Rhodes as its new chief operating officer and Kevin Boyle as chief financial officer
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NewsUbamarket enhances till-less payment function for Scan, Pay, Go app
New mechanism, means shoppers can check out anywhere in store without having to link up with payment zones





