All Supermarkets articles – Page 38
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NewsM&S raises hourly shopworker rates in ‘biggest ever investment in retail pay’
M&S’s new rates will bring it into line with the Real Living Wage
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Range PreviewEgg-spresso Martini and Flossy the Cow: M&S Easter range 2024
This year, M&S is upping the ante with a Wonka-style competition that could see you £5k richer if you find the elusive green chick sweet
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NewsCity snapshot: Grocery price inflation falls to two-year low
Grocery price inflation has fallen to its lowest level since March 2022, according to new data from Kantar, as promotions accelerated supermarkets continue to focus on price
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Comment & OpinionDéjà vu Defra churns up food waste consultation… again
Will someone please call Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell to tell them the cameras are still rolling? It’s food waste Groundhog Day
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Grocer 33Waitrose, Wilmslow: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘Counters are a massive point of difference for us – any sort of footfall we can put towards them is a success’
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Grocer 33Waitrose Wilmslow comes out on top in a strong week for service
Our shopper enjoyed her visit which she called a “very pleasant Saturday morning shop”
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Grocer 33Nectar Prices sees Sainsbury’s come in cheapest by £2.32
Sainsbury’s was running Nectar Prices deals on a third of the items on our list, which added up to a £7.15 discount
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NewsTesco and Vauxhall strike major new retail media partnership aimed at EV drivers
Part of the new partnership will see Vauxhall branding added to EV chargepoints at Tesco stores
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Analysis & FeaturesFrom thoughts of suicide to pride: empowering modern slavery survivors
Set up in 2017, the Bright Future initiative aims to provide modern slavery survivors with a pathway back to employment. Now, seven years on, it’s calling on the food and drink industry to help it ramp up its impact
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NewsChicken ‘artificially cheap’ in supermarkets despite price hikes
Average prices rose by almost 15% last year but needed to increase further to safeguard the sector, producers have warned
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NewsBritish Corner Shop owes M&S £500k after downfall
The British Corner Shop owes a total of £2.5m to creditors, a new administrator’s report shows
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NewsAsda denies union ‘asset stripping’ claims as it faces down strike threat
Asda accused union staff of “aggressive and intimidating behaviour”, as well as of making inaccurate claims about the situation in affected stores
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Analysis & FeaturesKids’ checkouts and Palestine protests: this week in grocery on social media
Unpack the memes and puns of the week on social media across fmcg
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NewsSainsbury’s trialling electronic security cabinets in booze aisles to fight theft
Versions of the system have the capability for retailers to request customers to identify themselves using facial recognition, although Sainsbury’s hasn’t enabled this
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NewsBooths workers offered transfer to Asda after store closure
Booths said increases in operating costs meant it was no longer possible for Hale Barns to be ‘profitable under the Booths model’
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Analysis & FeaturesDesign challenge: Cheap and easy fixes to tackle theft at self-checkouts
Supermarkets love self-checkouts. And despite the noisy protests of a minority, most customers love them too. But SCOs are far from perfect
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NewsSupermarkets urged to ‘embrace’ new sustainable town model
The Food Foundation is partnering with radical developer Human Nature Places to build nearly 700 homes on a brownfield site in Lewes, East Sussex
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NewsAldi accused of ‘appropriating’ Real Bread Week with leaflet
Aldi is under fire from The Real Bread Campaign for referring to its annual Real Bread Week in a marketing leaflet without otherwise mentioning the charity or seeking its permission
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NewsAldi to create 5,500 new UK jobs in 2024
The 5,500 new roles to be created in 2024 are more than 500 fewer than Aldi said it would create in 2023 this time last year
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NewsTesco vs Lidl: battle over Clubcard Prices logo reaches Court of Appeal
It follows a High Court ruling last April that Tesco was taking unfair advantage of Lidl’s discounter reputation with its design