Stores news – Page 70
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NewsAldi introduces 99p greeting cards to all its UK stores for first time
The move follows a successful trial at stores in Yorkshire and the south-east earlier in the year
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NewsCity snapshot: Sainsbury’s stems sales slowdown amid store estate shake-up
Sainsbury’s has posted a small 0.2% drop in second quarter like-for-like sales (ex fuel), while announcing it plans to axe as many as 125 stores across its supermarkets, convenience stores and Argos outlets amid 200 openings.
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NewsTesco makes wine aisle more premium with range revamp
The retailer has added some 40 new SKUs this week, data reveals…
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NewsIceland to offer ‘plastic-free Christmas’ with alternative packaging range
The move echoes Iceland’s ‘palm oil-free Christmas’ campaign of last year
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NewsOcado could sell M&S products ‘before September 2020’ says CFO
Ocado said it might be in the interests of suppliers to introduce M&S’s full range of 6,500 products gradually
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NewsMPs call for clarity on ‘climate breakdown’ risk to UK food security
There are concerns over the UK’s dependency on food imports from countries at risk of ’climate breakdown’
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NewsAldi may open more than 50 Local stores in London, says Giles Hurley
Hurley said Aldi’s London estate could grow from the current 45 to 250, more than 50 of which could be Aldi Locals
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NewsPlant-based restaurant Ethos to open concession in Selfridges Foodhall
All products, many of which will be exclusive to Selfridges, cost £3 or £3.60 per 100g
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NewsM&S brings Infarm vertical farms to seven London stores
Customers will be able to pick fresh herbs from the in-store ‘farms’, which are the first of their kind in the UK
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NewsAsda Altrincham site sold for £22m in ‘signal of confidence in supermarket property’
Avison Young, who advised on the deal for buyer Greater Manchester Pension Fund, described the site as a “defence stock”
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NewsAsda trials pop-up charity clothes shop to push sustainable fashion
The retailer has opened the pop-up charity outlet at its Milton Keynes store
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NewsSainsbury’s shoppers ‘not ready’ for till-free store as trial ends
The supermarket went live with the refurbished checkout-free Sainsbury’s Local in London’s Holborn on 29 April
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NewsIceland unveils 550 new or improved frozen lines in ‘ambitious’ shake-up
The new or improved lines, rolling out from today, account for 53% of Iceland’s frozen range
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NewsNisa to begin rollout of Evolution EPoS self-checkouts
Shoppers had already started choosing them instead of the main counter within days of installation
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NewsWing Yip opens refurbished Birmingham Business Centre
The Nechells Park Road building comprises 22 multi-purpose units available for local businesses to rent
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NewsCosta Coffee opens first commuter-focused railway station store
Eight mini-format stores are set to open at railway stations accross London over the next six months
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NewsCentral England Co-op invests £1m in new distribution fleet
The new fleet comprises three new trailers, one tractor and seven rigid lorries
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NewsDame reusable tampon applicator rolls into Boots
The brand’s debut in Boots, the UK’s biggest health & beauty retailer, comes after it landed in Waitrose at the start of the year
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NewsAmazon-backed startups finding high street life tough going
Some of the Amazon-backed retailers have failed to even make it through two weeks
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NewsHuel moves into grocery sector with launch of RTDs at Sainsbury’s
The Tring-based DTC business is expected to roll into Sainsbury’s by the end of this month…