All Grocery articles – Page 20
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Ranking: The top 30 biggest retailers in the UK and where they’ll be in three years
Asos gets the boot, the discounters hit peak growth, Shein soars and more in our annual ranking of the 30 biggest UK retailers and where they’ll be in three years
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Asda hit by first store strike in living memory
Asda supermarket workers in Gosport, Hampshire, went on strike for 48 hours over the weekend - the first time there has been a store staff strike in living memory.
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Barclays acquires Tesco Bank in £600m deal
Barclays has today confirmed it will acquire Tesco Bank in a £600m deal, which will see the bank take on the grocery giant’s 2,800 employees working across banking products.
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Lidl launches cash-for-bottles return scheme in Glasgow
Discount supermarket Lidl has become the first grocer to pilot its own bottle return scheme, offering customers unlimited cash rewards across the city of Glasgow.
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Retail Voice
Discover the top trends on grocery shoppers’ lists
From subscriptions to seamless checkouts, Worldpay’s Pinar Koygun takes a look at what is ticking grocery shoppers’ boxes.
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Pret a Manger to replace remaining Veggie stores
Food-to-go specialist Pret a Manger is abandoning its standalone, vegetarian-only stores and said customers are buying veggie options across all of its branches.
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Analysis
What ‘Next Level’ Sainsbury’s means for your 2027 shopping trip
In 2024, Sainsbury’s boss Simon Roberts doubled down on his ‘food first’ strategy and outlined a host of new promises to enhance the customer experience. Put yourself in the position of a loyal Sainsbury’s shopper, how will these promises impact your shop three years into the future?
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Co-op turns to AI and secure tills as retail crime soars
The Co-op has turned to AI technology at self-checkouts and secure tills after a 44% rise in retail crime with grocery retailers reporting as many as 1,000 incidents a day, The Guardian reported.
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Sainsbury’s unveils ‘Next Level’ strategy
Sainsbury’s has said it expects to deliver growth in profit as it puts food and Nectar card at the heart of its ”Next Level Sainsbury’s” strategy for the next three years.
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Morrisons store chief David Lepley resigns
Morrisons’ long-serving store chief David Lepley has resigned from the supermarket chain, as new boss Rami Baitiéh promises to “reinvigorate” the grocer.
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Naked Wines names new chief executive
Naked Wines has named Rodrigo Maza as its new chief executive as Rowan Gormley moves back to his former non-executive chair role.
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Superdrug and Co-op kick off Apprenticeship Week with new roles
Superdrug and the Co-op have announced new apprenticeship roles as they push for reform to the apprenticeship levy scheme.
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Asda to open 110 Express c-stores in February
Asda has announced it plans to open 110 Express convenience stores across the UK in February – a record for the retailer in a single month.
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Issa brother mulls sale of Asda stake to focus on petrol forecourt empire
The ownership team behind supermarket chain Asda could be set to shuffle again after reports emerged that one of the Issa brothers is exploring a sale in his stake of the business.
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Analysis
Serving looks on aisle three: how is supermarket fashion performing?
Fashion-forward shoppers are hunting for value, but supermarket brands rarely come under the spotlight. As the grocers remain laser-focused on food, Retail Week asks whether their clothing ranges are thriving or just surviving
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Greggs and Castore CEOs join PM’s Business Council
Greggs boss Roisin Currie and Castore co-founder and chief executive Thomas Beahon have both been named on the prime minister’s Business Council.
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Two more Asda stores to ballot for strike action
A further two Asda stores are balloting for strike action as staff have filed a “litany of complaints” that the GMB said has “not been dealt with by managers”.
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Analysis
‘Mad genius’: What Morrisons’ Baitiéh revealed during first public appearance as CEO
As Rami Baitiéh makes his first appearance since taking over as the boss of Morrisons, what do his first public words as chief executive reveal about him as a leader?
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Co-op launches ‘momentous’ retail media network for convenience
The Co-op has launched its own retail media network, making it the first in the UK in the convenience sector.
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Morrisons profits jump as it delivers sixth consecutive quarter of growth
Supermarket giant Morrisons has reported a jump in profits as it delivered its sixth consecutive quarter of like-for-like improvement.