All Grocery articles – Page 119
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Retail VoiceEurope reaching tipping point in online grocery
New ‘Role of Digital in Food Retailing’ research from IDC, commissioned by Precima, reveals fresh food and personalisation drive the value equation
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InterviewGreggs’ Whiteside on digital, deliveries…and dicing with death
It’s the food-to-go specialist that is number one in the UK lunch market, number two for breakfast, and clocks up coffee sales that outstrip those of Starbucks.
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NewsDeliveroo sales double but losses balloon
Deliveroo has reported deepening pre-tax losses, despite more than doubling its sales over the last year, as it splashed out on “major investments”.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Virtual fashion, gamification and AI ambivalence
“Business models is one of the biggest areas of innovation happening today. Uber, Rent the Runway, Airbnb – they didn’t invent anything, they just changed the business model and that changed the market.”
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VideoKroger data science chief: ‘Innovation doesn’t happen at the top’
Scott Crawford, head of ‘Enable the Science’ at 84.51° – US supermarket giant Kroger’s data and science company – tells us how it empowers staff on the front line to take the lead on innovation and make things happen with new ideas and truly disruptive technology.
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NewsPicnic expands into return logistics
Dutch pureplay grocer Picnic is running a pilot that allows its customers to return online purchases from many retailers, according to its technology boss.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Lewis is planning Tesco’s future, not just succession
There was one moment in Dave Lewis’ penultimate press conference as Tesco chief executive this morning that perfectly encapsulated his transformative tenure.
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VideoGraze’s boss on taking its ‘lab’ technology to FMCG giant Unilever
Anthony Fletcher, chief executive of healthy snack retailer Graze, now part of FMCG titan Unilever, says the tech community is the number one asset of being based in London and tells us why he’s excited about its latest venture, Graze Labs.
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NewsWaitrose boss Collins: New JLP structure was a head versus heart decision
Waitrose managing director Rob Collins said his head beat his heart as he emphatically backed the new management structure at John Lewis Partnership, which will result in his departure.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What Rogers’ departure means for the future of Argos
Sainsbury’s Argos brand chief executive John Rogers is stepping down from his role, to be replaced by two existing members of its senior team. Retail Week analyses what that means for the business.
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VideoPicnic’s CTO on how the innovative online grocer is growing at speed
The chief technology officer of fast-growing Dutch online grocer Picnic, Daniel Gebler, tells us how it is ‘taking friction away from customers’ to make supermarket shopping ‘simple, affordable and fun for everybody’.
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NewsSainsbury’s ‘revolutionises’ Nectar loyalty scheme by going digital
Sainsbury’s chief digital officer Clodagh Moriarty has revealed that its Nectar loyalty scheme has become fully digital today.
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NewsShop prices fall at fastest rate since May 2018, spurred by grocery
Shop prices declined in September as non-food prices decreased and grocery inflation also eased to its lowest rate since April 2018.
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NewsWaitrose boss exits as John Lewis Partnership unveils radical restructure
John Lewis Partnership has unveiled radical changes, including running its department store and grocery arms as one business, which will no longer have separate managing directors.
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NewsArgos chief executive John Rogers to step down
Sainsbury’s has said that the chief executive of Argos is set to leave the business at the end of October to take a senior role with a public relations company.
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NewsTesco mulls sale of struggling Polish business
Tesco is considering selling off its struggling Polish division as boss Dave Lewis continues to refocus the retailer on its core UK business.
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NewsBooths sales on the rise but profits remain out of reach
Booths saw sales inch up over the course of the financial year, but profitability remained out of reach for the upmarket grocer.
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NewsM&S chair Norman snaps up more shares
Marks & Spencer chair Archie Norman has bulked up his shareholding in the retailer.
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OpinionM&S capital markets briefing – action, not words, will matter
Hot on the heels of Sainsbury’s, next week Marks & Spencer will put itself in the City spotlight when it throws its doors open for a capital markets briefing.
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VideoIs Coupe’s strategy enough to get Sainsbury’s back on track?
As Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe unveils his strategic “tweaks”, the Retail Week team ask whether evolution rather than revolution will get the grocer firing on all cylinders again.