All Grocery articles – Page 71
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NewsSainsbury’s unveils Nectar Prices across new categories
Sainsbury’s has expanded its new Nectar Prices initiative across new categories, offering discounts on branded dairy and bakery products.
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NewsM&S to remove ‘use by’ dates on milk in bid to reduce waste
Marks & Spencer has announced it will remove ‘use by’ dates across its RSPCA Assured Select Farms British and organic fresh milk as part of its commitment to “halving food waste by 2030”.
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AnalysisRetail Week turns 35: Special anniversary magazine edition
First established in 1988, Retail Week brings together retail leaders, experts and past editors to reflect on the past 35 years and to explore what the future now holds for the industry. Access your free copy of the magazine here
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AnalysisArtificial intelligence: Should you let ChatGPT redesign your store?
Retailers have been using AI behind the scenes to improve accuracy on technical issues such as forecasting, logistics and more, but should they be thinking about harnessing its creative power too?
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NewsRetail sales growth slows as bank holidays fail to get consumers spending
Retail sales increased but sales growth slowed to its “lowest level in six months” as the three bank holidays in May failed to get consumers spending.
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NewsJohn Lewis to source own-range sofa leather exclusively from Waitrose farms
Department store John Lewis is to exclusively use leather from farms that supply sister retailer Waitrose for its own-label sofas and chairs as the two retailers seek to better complement each other and operate sustainably.
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NewsAsda’s assets used to fund EG Group UK and Ireland takeover
Asda’s takeover of EG Group UK and Ireland is reportedly being funded by the sale of the supermarket’s assets.
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Opinion‘Government should forget food price caps and let shopkeepers shopkeep’
The latest government idea to combat the cost-of-living crisis is so outlandish that it might have been formulated on Neptune, the furthest planet from Earth, rather than in Downing Street
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AnalysisWill Asda’s acquisition of EG Group UK and Ireland be a win for its customers or lenders?
Following Asda’s acquisition of EG Group’s UK and Ireland businesses, the grocer has been keen to stress this will be a win for consumers.
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NewsGovernment price cap plans ‘will not make a jot of difference’, BRC warns
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has warned that the latest government plans to introduce price caps on basic food items in a bid to tackle the cost-of-living crisis will “not make a jot of difference to prices”.
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NewsFood inflation eases but prices still lingering at near record highs
Food inflation in the UK slowed from April’s record-breaking rise – but was still up by more than 15% year on year in May.
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NewsAsda says £2bn EG Group acquisition will create ‘new value-led consumer champion’
Asda has confirmed the acquisition of EG Group’s UK and Ireland operations for £2.27bn and said the move will create a “new value-led consumer champion”.
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AnalysisExclusive survey: How much do customers trust you with their data?
We asked consumer research agency Walnut to quiz more than 2,000 shoppers across the UK about how much they trust the nations’ supermarkets with their data – and the results are in
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NewsMajestic relaunches subscription service to help customers with cost-of-living crisis
Majestic Wine has relaunched its Lock It In subscription proposition for customers struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.
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NewsSainsbury’s unveils Stamford Street value range rebrand
Sainsbury’s announced today that it has rebranded its value range to the new name Stamford Street.
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NewsAsda to finalise £10bn merger with petrol stations group EG
The owners of Asda and petrol stations giant EG Group are set to finalise a £10bn merger of their operations, according to reports.
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GalleryStore gallery: Marks & Spencer unveils ‘bigger, better’ branch in former Debenhams
Marks & Spencer has opened the doors of its latest full-line store, at the White Rose centre in Leeds – the city in which the business began as a market stall in 1884.
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NewsGreggs joins forces with Sainsbury's for first petrol forecourt store
Food-to-go giant Greggs has teamed up with grocer Sainsbury’s for the first time to open a new store on a petrol forecourt.
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AnalysisMachin at M&S one year in: ‘We are always positively dissatisfied’
“All new leadership teams need to arrive like a thunderclap whether they’re coming from inside or outside the business to create that new sense of direction, electricity, appetite for change,” said Marks & Spencer chair Archie Norman as the retailer unveiled full year results.
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NewsCo-op steps up expansion of robotic grocery delivery service
The Co-op is expanding the roll-out of its autonomous grocery delivery service to Wakefield in West Yorkshire.