All Supermarkets articles – Page 274
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Comment & OpinionHow retailers can use premium fruit & veg to take on the discounters
Premium supermarkets must keep abreast of consumer trends and make sure they’re first to market to defend against the discounters, says Cindy van Rijswick of Rabobank
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NewsLidl donates £1m to NSPCC anti-child abuse project
The money will help fund the charity’s Speak Out Stay Safe project, which aims to reach children with advice on how to sta…
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NewsAsda Price Guarantee to end in favour of focus on low pricing
Price matching initiative was the first of its kind by a major UK supermarket
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NewsLidl appoints Winvic to construct its new London HQ
The new facility in Tolworth will be five miles from Lidl’s existing HQ in Wimbledon but much bigger
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NewsSupermarkets are top destination for back-to-school shops
Parents spent £915m on back to school in 2017, according to Mintel
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NewsM&S trials mobile pay app at Paddington HQ store
The service has recently been extended from M&S staff only to the general public
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NewsMorrisons launches home delivery service in Scotland
Retailer will use a store picking model across the central belt…
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NewsSingle-use plastic bag charge to be extended and increased
Businesses with fewer than 250 employees will no longer be exempt from the charge…
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NewsIncreases in British pork sold by mults, says AHDB
The percentage of British bacon and ham sold by the mults rose by 3% and 9% respectively from May to July…
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NewsWaitrose to add 100 lines to Cooks' Ingredients range
The new items had been created with authenticity and versatility in mind, Waitrose said
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NewsCompany Shop enjoys rising sales of products in plain packs
The UK’s largest redistributor of surplus stock said it would have sold 2.1 million units in plain packs by its year end
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NewsSmart speakers misunderstand up to half of shopping requests
Amazon got up to half of requests wrong while Google mistook “Amoy noodles” for “annoyed noodles”
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NewsAldi Tooting: smallest UK store gets Project Fresh overhaul
The 8,000 sq ft Tooting store in South London has closed for nearly four weeks while the refurbishment is carried out
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NewsPlastic bag tax set to rise to 10p for all retailers
Plastic bag sales in England’s biggest seven supermarkets have dropped by nearly 90% since 5p charge introduction
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NewsBooths cuts plastic with market-style fruit & veg fixtures
Fixtures are part of a host of measures to reduce plastic use…
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NewsWaitrose to introduce GFR system to suppliers
Co-op, Morrisons, Asda and Sainsbury’s have all switched to GFR in the last two years
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NewsHot weather and branded growth boost supermarket sales by 3.5%
Growth of branded products, which outstripped own-label sales for the first time since May 2015, helped grocery sales rise 3.5% over the 12 weeks to 12 August according to Kantar Worldpanel.
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Comment & OpinionLatest reports on food waste are a harsh wake-up call
A study from the University of Edinburgh suggests as much as 4.5 million tonnes of food is being wasted in the UK because of cosmetic standards
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NewsMillions of tonnes of 'ugly' fruit & veg wasted, says report
Brexit could provide an opportunity for the UK government to reduce the amount of food being wasted by scrapping EU market
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NewsAldi drops black plastic for six of its fruit & veg ranges
Tomatoes, broccoli and asparagus are among the produce to be packaged in recyclable trays