Stores news – Page 71
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NewsTesco aiming to double online sales with new UFCs in existing stores
Tescos has identified Tesco’s online capacity as a key part of its new growth strategy
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NewsWaitrose revamps premium No.1 range with 200 products added
The full range will be launched this week supported by in-store activity aimed at driving shoppers awareness
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NewsPudology to vanish from chillers as brand prepares for liquidation
It follows months of struggling to recoup volume losses after Sainsbury’s delisted the free-from brand
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NewsSainsbury’s drops own-label Basics range as part of new five-year plan
Sainsbury’s this week added 120 new products under 12 tertiary brands
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NewsRawtenstall Jack’s store to close and revert to Tesco
Rawtenshall has been trialled as a bulk-buy format, sparking speculation the chain could morph into a cash & carry-style proposition
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NewsCo-op becomes official grocery franchise partner of the NUS
The Co-op has opened its first seven franchise stores this year. Four are at universities
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NewsSainsbury’s announces store closures as it targets £20m net operating profit boost
The closures are to include supermarkets, convenience stores and Argos outlets, as part of a store estate review
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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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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