All Grocery articles – Page 80
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AnalysisDeep dive: How will the World Cup impact retail sales this Christmas?
Normally a summer event, due to the country’s hot weather the Qatar 2022 World Cup will take place from November 21 to December 18, closing a week before Christmas.
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DataData: Shop prices jump by highest ever rate as inflation spikes
Shop prices rose in July at the highest rate since records began in 2005.
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Opinion‘When Amazon and Walmart sneeze, all of retail could catch a cold’
Signs of pressure on two of the world’s leading retailers, US-based giants Amazon and Walmart, will send a shiver down the spines of businesses in the UK
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DataWalmart issues profit warning as costs soar and inflation bites
US retail giant Walmart has warned on profits for the second time this year, as soaring inflation curbed customer spending
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DataData: Two-thirds of customers limiting food spend as inflation surges
New data has found that two-thirds of customers are limiting their monthly food budgets as inflation sails to levels not seen in 40 years
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NewsAldi hikes staff pay for second time this year
Aldi has increased pay for shopfloor staff for the second time this year to re-claim its position as the UK’s highest paying supermarket chain.
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NewsThe Co-op to axe 400 head-office jobs
The Co-op has blamed the current “tough trading environment” as it unveiled plans to axe 400 roles at its Manchester head office
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NewsNon-food and online sales fall as cost-of-living crisis intensifies
Non-food and online retail sales have fallen in the month of June as the cost-of-living crisis continues for customers
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five things you need to know about booze specialist Naked Wines
Naked Wines has virtually doubled in size since selling Majestic just two and a half years ago, but its share price tumbled 40% last month after it warned sales and profits would take a hit this year amid “greater uncertainty” in the economy
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OpinionAsda customer chief: ‘Shoppers are ditching products at checkouts to stay within budget’
As the cost-of-living crisis begins to impact customers at the checkout, Asda chief customer officer Sam Dickson shines a light on the behaviours the grocer is seeing in its supermarkets and the measures it is taking to help families in need
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DataConsumer confidence stagnates at lowest ever levels
Consumer confidence remained low in July as shoppers feel the cost-of-living pinch
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NewsM&S buys logistics provider Gist for £145m to accelerate transformation
Marks & Spencer has purchased logistics provider Gist as it bids to take control of its end-to-end food supply chain
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NewsOcado losses widen as retail sales slide in ‘challenging’ market
Ocado has suffered widening half-year losses as sales made through its retail business slipped in what it called a “challenging” UK market.
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NewsMarks & Spencer finance boss Tonge quits to join Primark owner ABF
Marks & Spencer finance and strategy supremo Eoin Tonge is stepping down to join Associated British Foods (ABF), the parent company of fashion rival Primark.
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Opinion‘As Britain burns, it’s time for retailers to turn up the heat on the climate crisis’
Record-breaking temperatures and wildfires in suburbia this week must prove the catalyst for retailers to genuinely prioritise the planet over profit, writes Retail Week editor Luke Tugby
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NewsSainsbury’s launches £1m incubator for Black-led food and drink start-ups
Grocery giant Sainsbury’s has launched a first-of-its-kind, £1m incubator programme to help nine Black-led food and drink start-ups “scale up to supermarket-level distribution”.
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AnalysisDeep dive: After Bank of England’s horror warning, is your business recession-ready?
Soaring energy prices, growing inflation and nose-diving consumer confidence present a perfect storm for retailers in 2022. What can be done to weather it?
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NewsOcado Retail boss Melanie Smith to step down
Ocado Retail chief executive Melanie Smith is stepping down from the online grocer after three years at the helm.
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NewsSupermarket sales grow for first time in over a year as food prices soar
Grocery sales have increased for the first time in more than a year – but experts have warned that “near record-breaking” food inflation will shift shopper behaviour in the coming months.
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NewsWaitrose launches food hall partnership with Dobbies to drive convenience ambitions
Waitrose has teamed up with Dobbies to roll out a dedicated food offer across 50 of its garden centres over the next two years.