All Supermarkets articles – Page 94
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Analysis & Features
15 ways supermarkets and grocery are celebrating Pride month
As the world’s biggest companies give their social media logos the rainbow flag treatment, these grocery brands are opening their purses to address the issues facing the LGBTQ+ community
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News
Lidl to use ocean-bound plastic to make water bottles
From July, one-litre San Celestino Italian Sparkling Mineral Water bottles will be at least 30% made from the material
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Analysis & Features
The death of vegan brands and saviour of plant-based diets
Own-label success shows rumours of meat-free category’s death are greatly exaggerated
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News
Supermarkets to see FSA inspections slashed under food safety shake-up
The move comes just three months after a new meat fraud controversy hit the sector, a decade after the horsemeat scandal rocked the industry
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Interviews
Alex Freudmann, M&S’s man leading the Ocado turnaround
Alex Freudmann has led turnarounds at Aussie retailers Coles and Dan Murphy’s. Now he’s turning his hand to the M&S-Ocado partnership
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury’s Thornhill: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘Multiskilling is key: every time we take on new colleagues for a particular role, we make sure they’re trained across the store’
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury’s impresses with ‘happy’ staff and good stock
Shop floor staff were easy to find, very friendly, and happy to help find an item
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Grocer 33
Asda's 'cheapest' reputation under threat from Nectar Prices
Sainsbury’s fledgling Nectar Prices initiative has finally had an impact
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Comment & Opinion
Will the deposit return scheme’s new 2025 target be hit?
The big question this week was not whether Scotland’s pioneering DRS would be delayed, but if the new deadline can possibly be hit
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News
Aldi to open five new stores within five weeks
Each store will create about 40 jobs, according to Aldi
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News
Iceland’s Richard Walker latest supermarket boss to criticise food price cap proposals
’Price caps don’t work,’ the supermarket’s executive chairman told BBC Breakfast
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Comment & Opinion
Local food sourcing would pay off for the big four
With the right investment, smaller, innovative businesses could be catalysed into becoming the big brands of tomorrow, says Rory Stone, director of Highland Fine Cheeses
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News
Deposit return scheme shelved until at least October 2025
The Scottish government met with representatives from industry earlier today in talks which put the final nail in the coffin of the proposed launch in March next year
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News
Sainsbury’s more than doubles Nectar Price promotion lineup
Sainsbury’s has extended the membership scheme to cover products in two new categories
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News
Aldi looks to save energy by reducing lighting in all stores
The discounter is rolling out the move across its estate from this month, having trialled the measure in four stores
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News
Chicken welfare: 90% want supermarkets to ditch fast-growing breeds
The RSPCA said the research showed consumers believed it was ’unacceptable’ for the majority of supermarkets to ignore calls for improved welfare
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News
Tesco to revamp in-store bakery offering nationwide
It comes as Tesco looks to embark on a major reset of its stores, starting in September, with a focus on its fresh lineup
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Comment & Opinion
Availability struggles hit ‘high values’ Waitrose harder than most
Availability shortages over the past week had been “worse than Covid”, according to one partner
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Comment & Opinion
As an ex-commercial director at Sainsbury’s, here’s what I know about getting listings
Buyers see hundreds of products and brands a year, so being authentically committed is key, says Paul Mills-Hicks, chairman at Sense
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News
John Lewis sofas to be made using leather sourced from Waitrose farms
It’s the latest move by the John Lewis Partnership to better integrate the supply chains of the two businesses