All Supermarkets articles – Page 115
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NewsCity snapshot: Record Christmas for Sainsbury’s as inflation lifts sales
Sainsbury’s has upped its profits expectations for the year after reporting a record Christmas. Plus, Nichols reports full-year trading update and reveals new chairman appointment.
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NewsM&S launches ‘hottest new style of coffee to reach UK since flat white’
The so-called ‘Magic Coffee’ originates in Australia and is made with a double ristretto instead of a double espresso
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NewsSainsbury’s launches ‘biggest ever’ Aldi Price Match push
The number of products in Sainsbury’s campaign has grown by about a third in recent weeks, to 310
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NewsCity snapshot: Grocers boosted by highest ever sales week in the run up to Christmas
UK supermarkets saw a double digit jump in sales, as strong inflation and a recovery in sales volumes lead to the industry’s biggest ever week in the run up to Christmas
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Analysis & FeaturesHow Unilever provided safe haven amid 2022’s stock market storm
Unilever seems a ‘safe haven’, but the turmoil of 2022 was tough for many of the listed players. So who fared best… and worst?
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NewsCity snapshot: Lidl attracts 1.3 million new customers over Christmas
Lidl has this morning reported that it attracted more than an additional 1.3 million customers in the run up to Christmas as sales increased 24.5%.
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NewsBumper Christmas sees mults win back market share from discounters
Soaring food price inflation drove a bumper increase in Christmas sales for supermarkets as they won back share from the discounters, Kantar has revealed
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Comment & OpinionNow it’s the turn of supermarkets to turn up the heat on vegan NPD
Supermarkets are further democratising veganism with their concerted own-label efforts
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Strathaven: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘What I saw this year that was different to maybe the past three was that people went all out for the big Christmas dinner’
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Grocer 33Smaller Sainsbury’s store impresses our mystery shopper
In a week of poor availability, Sainsbury’s Strathaven took the win with just two items out of stock, as well as excellent service and store standards
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Grocer 33Offers dampen inflation effect as Asda is cheapest in Grocer 33
This week’s Grocer 33 shopping basket was on average just 8.4% more expensive than the first week in January 2021
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NewsDiscounters to be hit with higher business rates after review, while supermarkets save a fortune
Convenience store rates will also pay more tax in the government’s revaluation
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Analysis & FeaturesNine things food, drink and supermarkets can expect in 2023
What’s happening in grocery and fmcg in 2023?
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Analysis & FeaturesStory of 2022: Cost of living crisis strikes fear into all
The impact of inflation this year has gone far beyond just rising prices
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Analysis & FeaturesHero of 2022: Jack Monroe takes the fight to retail
Jack Monroe ignited a storm after arguing that supermarkets were effectively punishing poorer households
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Analysis & FeaturesScandal of 2022: Supermarket price tactics fuel egg shortage
As late as November, supermarkets and the BRC were still parroting the line that egg shortages were caused by the bird flu crisis
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Comment & OpinionHilarious, disastrous and frankly outrageous moments that shaped 2022
A year of political chaos, war, strikes, egg shortages, fevered cost price increase negotiations
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NewsSainsbury’s hikes hourly pay for the second time in three months
The latest raise takes Sainsbury’s total investment in pay increases to £205m over the past year
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NewsCity snapshot: Soaring prices deliver record Christmas supermarket sales
Spending in supermarkets has breached the £12bn barrier for the first time this Christmas thanks to soaring inflation, new Kantar figures have revealed. Plus, the BRC-NielsenIQ shop price index shows a new record for food inflation.
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Comment & OpinionSouthern Co-op’s face recognition tech is an Orwellian step too far
Retailers should learn the lesson that more unmanned tills lead to more shoplifting, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This