All Grocery articles
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NewsSainsbury’s hires ex-John Lewis boss Paula Nickolds to run GM and clothing
Sainsbury’s has appointed former John Lewis managing director Paula Nickolds to head up its clothing and general merchandise business.
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Asda owners to sell 27 forecourts to smooth competition concerns
Asda’s new owners the Issa brothers have agreed to offload a tranche of EG Group’s petrol forecourts, paving the way for them to formally complete their £6.8bn takeover of the supermarket chain.
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Deep dive
Deep dive: Understanding your new target shoppers – their favourite stores revealed
Where and how will the post-pandemic consumer want to shop? Retail Week unpacks the data.
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Co-op price matches vegan and meat products as part of new climate strategy
The Co-op has price matched all of its plant-based Gro products with their meat equivalents as part of a new ten-point climate change blueprint to be carbon neutral by 2040.
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Aldi eyes possible cashierless store format with ‘Shop & Go’ trademark
Discount grocer Aldi is looking into a range of possible new technology investments after trademarking ‘Shop Go’ with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), including a possible new cashierless store or self-scanning handsets for customers.
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Co-op ditches bags for life to cut plastic use
The Co-op is to replace plastic bags for life with compostable and renewable carriers as it seeks to reduce the use of plastic.
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Opinion
Angus Thirlwell: ‘Forget the caterpillars – retail needs collaboration, not conflict’
Three years ago, I was spitting chocolate feathers. Customers on social media began alerting me to a suspiciously similar range of chocolate slabs that had appeared in Waitrose.
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Opinion
‘Big grocers could yet take Deliveroo off their menu’
Newly floated Deliveroo has dished up a banquet of grocery delivery deals since its IPO – but whether there is sustained appetite from the supermarkets for the platform must be open to question.
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Asda to sell second-hand clothing in George stores
Supermarket chain Asda is set to start selling second-hand clothes in 50 of its stores across the UK, following a successful trial in Leeds.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Eataly serves up mouthwatering first UK store
After more than a year’s delay, Eataly has opened its first UK dining and food retail market at London’s Broadgate.
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Analysis
Analysis: Who is set to win retail’s latest price war?
Retailers ranging from Asda and Sainsbury’s to John Lewis and Asos have all cut back prices this year in a bid to lure cash-conscious shoppers. Which retailers will fare well and which will flounder in retail’s new price war?
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Data
Data: The grocery winners and losers from the Covid-19 pandemic
Now that most grocers have issued full-year results, Retail Week crunches the numbers on a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic that supercharged food retailing.
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Waitrose and Hotel Chocolat strike new product partnership
Waitrose has struck a partnership with Hotel Chocolat to sell a selection of the retailer’s products in its supermarkets and online.
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Sainsbury’s profits slide as strong sales fail to offset Covid costs
Sainsbury’s has recorded a sharp drop in profits over the past year with its results ”heavily influenced by the pandemic”.
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Marks & Spencer reshapes its food division’s top team
Marks Spencer has made changes to its food leadership team through a raft of promotions and moves.
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Former Sainsbury’s boss King backs Snappy Group delivery start-up
Former Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King has joined Snappy Group, a start-up that helps local corner shops sell online, after personally making a “significant investment” in the business.
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Retail sales recover in March as Covid restrictions start to ease
Retail sales rose in March but across the quarter were “subdued overall”.
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Co-op scraps team manager roles in store management restructure
The Co-op is set to scrap team manager roles across its c-stores as it restructures its store management but it insisted there will be no redundancies as part of the process.
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Mars food chief joins Marks & Spencer board
Marks Spencer has appointed Mars Food global president Fiona Dawson to its board, bringing “cutting-edge” consumer and brand experience.
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Amazon tests ‘pay-by-palm’ technology at Whole Foods
Amazon is testing new technology that will allow customers of its Whole Foods grocery business to pay using nothing but their hands.
