All Supermarkets articles – Page 156
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NewsCity snapshot: Grocery sales dip as lockdown eases
Take home grocery sales edged back 0.4% in the 12 weeks to 16 May the UK’s coronavirus lockdown eased and the vaccine rollout continued. Plus, Greencore and Restaurant Group encouraged by trading following COVID reopening and all the rest of the latest news from the City
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NewsLidl sponsors ITV’s The Masked Dancer with its own masked character
In show idents, a dancer in a goose costume will challenge the audience to guess who they are using clues related to Lidl products
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NewsAldi challenges kids to come up with its next lorry design
The discounter is running a competiton as part of its Team GB sponsorship
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NewsTesco reports surge in food surplus during the pandemic
The UK’s biggest retailer this week revealed its food surplus in 2020/21 hit nearly 50,000 tonnes
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Comment & OpinionWhy – and how – does Iceland still offer free delivery while rivals have stopped?
In the online shopping boom of the past 12 months, retailers have been cautiously adding delivery fees – except Iceland
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NewsAldi’s Cuthbert the Caterpillar cake returns - with new eyes
Intellectual property experts say changes to his appearance could have a bearing on M&S’s High Court trademark infringement claim
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Comment & OpinionTesco’s Metro closures reflect its failure to reinvent the format. What’s next?
The writing has been on the wall since Tesco launched a review of its Metro lineup two years ago
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NewsIceland rolling out same-day scheduled delivery nationwide
The frozen food retailer is set to offer same-day slots from 400 stores within the next few weeks, The Grocer can reveal
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Comment & OpinionWhy apps need to become core to the grocery shopping experience
For too long apps have been treated as just an additional transactional platform, says Harry Walker, industry head of grocery retail at Google
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NewsM&S makes Machin joint chief operating officer in management shake-up
Machin, who has been M&S Food MD since 2018, will serve alongside Katie Bickerstaffe, who is also being promoted to joint COO
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NewsTesco says coronavirus still a key risk to the business
Tesco has warned there is still “uncertainty” over the long-term impact of the Covid pandemic
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NewsJudith Batchelar to leave Sainsbury’s after 17 years
Batchelar is leaving the supermarket chain to “pursue a range of other interests”
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NewsTesco scraps Metro format blaming shift in customer habits
In August 2019, the supermarket announced it was carrying out a major overhaul of Metro
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Range PreviewRange preview: Morrisons new ready meals 2021
Morrisons has launched its biggest-ever ready meal range revamp and a host of reformulations to cut calories, fat and salt
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Comment & OpinionNorthern Irish businesses need clarity and solutions, not bluster and a vague ‘roadmap’
A veterinary agreement would reduce border checks altogether and is especially important for smaller businesses
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NewsSupermarkets in talks over dropping social distancing measures
The Grocer has learnt retail operations executives will meet with government officials in the coming days in an effort to set a timeframe for many of the measures to disappear
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NewsAsda urges staff to get vaccine as employers launch campaign
The government is calling upon all UK organisations to back the vaccination programme
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NewsScottish retailers raise £16m for charities despite pandemic hit
Since the SRC began reporting figures in 2016, retailers have raised a total of £75.6m
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NewsWrap calls for supermarket step change on flexible plastic collection
The move comes with less than 20% of local authorities collecting plastic bags and wrapping as part of their kerbside recycling services
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NewsMorrisons launches scheme to fast track ‘game-changing’ British suppliers on to shelves
The Growing British Brands programme comes after Morrisons CEO David Potts launched a “call to arms” in January for British food entrepreneurs