All Grocery articles – Page 115
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NewsCoronavirus: Asda and Marks & Spencer introduce more in-store safety measures
Asda and Marks & Spencer have both implemented further in-store initiatives designed to keep staff and shoppers as safe as possible during the coronavirus outbreak.
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OpinionOpinion: Putting people before profit will count long after coronavirus crisis
So here we are. Lockdown. It was a move we all anticipated, but Boris Johnson’s words on Monday night still hit home harder than a Tyson Fury uppercut.
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OpinionOpinion: Coronavirus – government must give retailers respect they deserve
I’ve been a huge fan of apocalyptic films and TV shows since I was a teenager. With Covid-19 we seem to have come the closest to life imitating fiction with just as many twists in the tale.
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NewsCoronavirus: M&S and Deliveroo team up for grocery delivery service
Marks & Spencer will start selling a range of products on Deliveroo for the first time in a bid to meet demand from shoppers social distancing as a result of coronavirus.
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EventsCoronavirus: Fashion sales forecast to plummet as grocers’ share of spend climbs
As the retail industry begins to feel the impacts of coronavirus on consumer spending habits, new data predicts that the pandemic will wipe £12.6bn from sales in 2020.
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NewsNext and Greggs close all stores to combat coronavirus
Next and Greggs will both close their stores temporarily as two of the high street’s biggest names react to the coronavirus pandemic.
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AnalysisData: Grocery out-of-stocks surge tenfold as bulk-buying intensifies
Figures from Edge by Ascential demonstrate the unprecedented demand that UK grocers have faced over the past month, as shopper behaviour has moved from top-up shopping to bulk-buying and stockpiling. This has led to high levels of out-of-stocks across ambient grocery, soap and household essentials.
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NewsCoronavirus: Walmart creates 150,000 jobs, pays $550m bonus to stores
Walmart plans to hire 150,000 temporary workers and award its hourly paid staff special bonuses totalling $550m as it tackles the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsCoronavirus: M&S expects profits at lower end of target range
Marks & Spencer has said profits for the end of the 2019/20 financial year could be at or even below the bottom end of expectations as a result of the ongoing coronavirus epidemic.
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NewsCoronavirus: Government relaxes competition laws for supermarkets
The government has temporarily relaxed elements of competition law to allow UK supermarkets to work more closely together to feed the nation in the face of the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsCoronavirus: John Lewis Partnership launches £1m community support fund
John Lewis Partnership has launched a £1m community support fund to be distributed across the country “at this time of national crisis”.
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NewsOcado posts sales rise but warns of coronavirus ‘disruptions’
Ocado Retail has posted a rise in sales during its first quarter but warned that the coronavirus pandemic could cause “further disruptions” to the business.
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NewsCoronavirus: Asda stores to host elderly hour this Friday
Asda will only open its stores to elderly and vulnerable shoppers before 9am tomorrow to give them easier access to products during the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsCoronavirus: M&S launches contact-free delivery and ups UK food production
Marks & Spencer has launched contact-free delivery for customers as one of a number of responses to the coronavirus pandemic.
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OpinionCoronavirus: Cash, agility and customer focus will mark retail’s winners
The likely collapse into administration of Laura Ashley is not solely the result of coronavirus. The pandemic was sadly the last nail in the coffin of a retailer that has struggled to appeal to shoppers for some time.
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NewsTesco rations all product lines amid coronavirus crisis
Tesco is to place a restriction of three items per customer on every product it sells as part of changes to combat stockpiling sparked by the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsCoronavirus: Three-quarters of shoppers face shortages as stockpiling ramps up
Nearly three-quarters of UK consumers are struggling to purchase basic grocery items such as tinned food and toilet roll as shoppers increase stockpiling.
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NewsAsda temporarily closes counters and rations products to limit stockpiling
Asda has become the latest supermarket to begin rationing products to limit stockpiling and is closing counters to free up staff as the coronavirus outbreak continues.
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NewsMorrisons calls for relaxed competition laws during coronavirus crisis
Morrisons has urged the government to relax a host of regulations, including competition laws, during the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsMorrisons posts profit rise but coronavirus brings ‘unprecedented challenges’
Grocer Morrisons has reported a rise in full-year profits but cautioned that the coronavirus pandemic brings “unprecedented challenges”.
