Supermarkets
Supermarkets examines the strategies, performance, and operational challenges facing the UK grocery retail sector. This section reports on trading results, pricing strategy, supply chain management, sustainability initiatives, and consumer trends influencing supermarket performance. Retail Sector’s Supermarkets coverage provides analysis and insight for retail leaders, buyers, and suppliers, exploring how competition, regulation, and innovation are shaping profitability and long-term growth across the grocery landscape.
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Jul- 2025 -22 July
Tesco launches holiday support for families facing food insecurity
Tesco is expanding its holiday support for children and families at risk of hunger during the school summer break, with new food aid measures and funding for school clubs. The supermarket chain will provide £200 gift cards to 400 schools that take part in its Fruit and Veg for Schools…
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22 July
Asda to offer additional training to underperforming staff
Asda is planning to offer underperforming staff in its home shopping team additional training as part of efforts to improve efficiency and win back customers, according to the Telegraph. The supermarket will use data to assess how quickly staff pick and pack online orders, the accuracy of item selection and…
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22 July
Spending power falls for 40% of UK households, Asda finds
Some 40% of UK households have seen their spending power growth fall in June, according to the latest Asda Income Tracker. The decrease comes as inflation rose to a near 18-month high of 3.6% in June, driven in part by the rising cost of transport and food. According to the…
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21 July
M&S opens its first ever airside stores at Heathrow Terminal 5
Marks and Spencer has opened its first airside stores at Heathrow Terminal 5, offering food and gift products ahead of the summer holiday period. The launch marks Marks and Spencer’s first move into airside retail, with a food-focused store at Gate A and a separate gifting outlet at Gate B.…
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18 July
Morrisons cuts debt by £261m through refinancing deal
Morrisons has cut its debt by £261m after completing a refinancing deal that also extends the maturity of its loans. The supermarket chain said it had issued a £930m equivalent sterling and euro bond maturing in January 2031, secured a new £450m term loan maturing in November 2030, and repurchased…
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16 July
Tesco launches early delivery slots over busy summer period
Tesco has announced that all customers can now access 8 weeks’ worth of home delivery and click and collect slots over the summer across the UK, instead of the usual 4 weeks. Furthermore, customers can now book same-day home delivery or click and collect slots. Tesco has also removed same-day…
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16 July
Sainsbury’s boss hails government food security plan
Sainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts has welcomed the government’s Good Food Cycle plan which aims to build a “thriving food sector”. The government has described the plan as “a recipe aimed at driving a generational change in the nation’s relationship with food”. The new initiative focuses on ten priority outcomes which…
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15 July
M&S to debut fashion range in Australia amid David Jones collab
Marks and Spencer has agreed a partnership with department store David Jones that will see it launch its fashion ranges in Australia. This marks the British retailer’s first international wholesale partnership in its fashion business. As part of the deal, M&S will stock its womenswear, menswear and lingerie lines in…
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11 July
NCA arrests four over cyber attacks on M&S, Co-op and Harrods
Four people have been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation into cyber attacks on Marks and Spencer, Co-op and Harrods. Two men aged 19, a 17-year-old boy, and a 20-year-old woman were detained at home addresses in the West Midlands and London on 10 July. They…
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10 July
Asda to cut store manager roles in latest restructuring drive
Asda is reportedly looking to cut store manager roles as part of the supermarket chain’s wider effort to revive its performance under chairman Allan Leighton, The Telegraph has reported. It comes after the retailer announced yesterday (9 July) that it will merge two existing in-store management roles – section managers…
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