All Supermarkets articles
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Morrisons axes hundreds of staff as it slashes costs
Morrisons has axed more than 200 staff members from its Retail People Team, becoming the latest supermarket to kick off the new year with layoffs.
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Sainsbury’s to axe thousands of jobs as it closes counters and streamlines head office
Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s is set to slash thousands of jobs across its supermarket estate and head office functions as it targets more growth.
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Asda poaches executive from Morrisons for newly created role
Asda has announced the appointment of David Lepley as its new chief supply chain officer, a newly created role it outlined last week.
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Aldi awards highest hourly pay rate for supermarket staff
Aldi has outpaced its grocery rivals by announcing a pay increase for its store staff, raising hourly rates to at least £12.71 nationally and £14 within the M25.
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Asda is facing multimillion-pound fine
The struggling supermarket chain faces fresh issues, as it finds itself in danger of missing February deadline IT upgrade championed by former owner.
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Lidl ditches ‘attractive’ packaging of least healthy own-brand products
Discounter Lidl has said it will ditch all packaging designs it deems “attractive to children” from its least healthy own-brand products by the middle of the year.
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Aldi will open nine London stores this year
Discounter Aldi is gearing up to open nine new stores within the M25 this year, as part of a £55m investment into the greater London area.
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Booths has reported record Christmas trading
Independent grocery chain Booths has hailed a record Christmas period, driven by what the retailer said was its service, quality and availability.
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Asda has bolstered its senior leadership team following cost-cutting shakeup
Asda has announced a raft of new senior leadership team appointments, days after chair Allan Leighton made swingeing changes as part of a cost-cutting drive.
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Asda chair Leighton has launched cost-cutting with management shake-up
Allan Leighton has initiated his first major restructuring since returning to Asda, eliminating several regional manager positions as part of a shake-up aimed at improving performance.
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Sainsbury’s boss warns government of heaping more costs on retail with rates reform delays
Sainsbury’s chief executive Simon Roberts has joined the chorus of larger retail business bosses in warning the government its business rates reform delays will cost them more money.
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Interview
Q&A: Tesco boss on customer sentiment, Christmas and dealing with increased costs
On a day that Tesco delivered the results of its “biggest ever Christmas”, chief executive Ken Murphy and chief financial officer Imran Nawaz spoke to the press about how customers behaved during the busy festive period, and how the grocery giant will deal with mounting costs.
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Tesco sales jump as boss Murphy hails ‘biggest ever Christmas’
Tesco has delivered a jump in sales as boss Ken Murphy said the grocer’s focus on investing in value, quality and service led to it delivering its “biggest ever Christmas” trading period.
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Asda and Morrisons kick off new year with price cuts on hundreds of products
Supermarket giants Asda and Morrisons have both kicked off the new year by rolling out price cuts across thousands of products.
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Lidl celebrates its ‘most successful Christmas yet’
Discount supermarket Lidl has recorded its “most successful Christmas yet” as year-on-year sales and turnover increased.
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Analysis
How grocers are delivering the stores of the future in the here and now
The grocery store of the future is already here. From embracing emerging technologies, prioritising investment in sustainability and forging third-party tie-ups, here’s how UK grocers are future-proofing their stores.
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Innovation of the Week
Asda is trialling electronic shelf edge labels in a convenience store
Innovation of the Week is a series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our team.
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Food insecurity rising in UK due to climate change and Brexit
Food insecurity is on the rise in UK households due to climate change and inflation, according to government figures, with poorer, younger and disabled people being hardest hit.
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Grocery sales forecast to exceed £13bn over Christmas for first time ever
Grocery sales are expected to exceed £13bn over the four weeks of December for the first time ever, according to the latest Kantar grocery market share data.
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CMA finds that supermarket loyalty schemes do offer genuine value
The Competition and Markets Authority has ruled that supermarket loyalty schemes do offer customers genuine value for money, following an investigation into claims of price manipulation.