All Grocery articles – Page 105
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GalleryStore 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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AnalysisAnalysis: 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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DataData: 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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NewsWaitrose 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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NewsSainsbury’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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NewsMarks & 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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NewsFormer 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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NewsRetail 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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NewsCo-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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NewsMars 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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NewsAmazon 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.
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AnalysisBillion-pound funds and energy targets – how Amazon, Asos and Ikea are marking Earth Day
On Earth Day, Retail Week looks at how some big-name retailers aim to act on sustainability.
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NewsIssa brothers’ Asda swoop sparks competition concerns
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has raised competition concerns over the Issa brothers taking over Asda petrol forecourts – but has also opened the door to rubber-stamping the deal.
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DataData: How the pandemic has supercharged the warehouse space race
The closure of ‘non-essential’ stores because of the coronavirus pandemic and the associated surge in home delivery heralded record warehouse space expansion in 2020.
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AnalysisFive ways to turn your staff into customer champions
Retail Week’s Customer Champions report, produced in association with Critizr, outlines the crucial role of frontline staff in welcoming customers back to stores.
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NewsAsda faces mass exodus as top team seek new roles
Asda chief financial officer Rob McWilliam has stepped down from his role, as a number of Asda’s senior staff prepare to quit after receiving their final payouts from the Walmart share scheme.
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NewsOcado invests in autonomous vehicle software company
Commencing a multi-year partnership, which will see the two companies work together to create a new vehicle fleet, Ocado has invested in autonomous vehicle company Oxbotica.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five ways that W Galen Weston changed retail
Retail Week looks at how the entrepreneur and philanthropist built a transatlantic empire and changed the face of the industry.
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NewsDeliveroo hails strong performance in first update as listed business
Deliveroo has hailed a strong quarter with orders and gross transaction value across its platform both up in its first quarter as a listed company.
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NewsNaked Wines exceeds sales guidance as it seizes US opportunities
Pureplay wine specialist Naked Wines has hailed its performance over the last financial year, reporting it has exceeded sales guidance driven in particular by its US market.