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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Oct- 2021 -26 October
Sainsbury’s brings forward net zero target to 2035
Sainsbury’s has revealed that it is ramping up its sustainability efforts by aiming to become net zero by 2035, five years ahead of previous targets. Earlier this year, the supermarket chain committed to reduce its Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas emissions by 30% by 2030, with a long-term commitment to be…
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26 October
Dunelm to replace empty Debenhams store in Yorkshire
Dunelm has announced a new opening in Flemingate Centre, East Yorkshire, to replace the former Debenhams department store just before Christmas 2021. Dunelm has taken a 10-year lease on the two-storey site and will begin fitting out the building in the next couple of weeks, with the new store taking…
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25 October
Co-op embarks on £1.5m store makeover amid new Boyes concession
Co-op is undertaking a more than £1.5m programme of improvements to transform the 17,000 sq ft store in Mablethorpe, including the creation of a Boyes home and family department store concession. Co-op’s Seacroft Road store will remain open during the 12 week programme of works which are set to conclude…
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25 October
Tesco launches new quiet hour
Tesco has announced the launch of its new scheme ‘quiet hour’ in a bid to make its stores a “calmer environment” for people with disabilities, the elderly, people with children and those experiencing mental health issues. The chain will lower the checkout noise in all of its larger stores, as…
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22 October
Asda to hold walk-in flu jab clinics
Asda has announced the launch of dedicated walk-in flu jab clinics in Asda Pharmacies, taking place from Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 October. The clinics will offer free jabs to those who are eligible on the NHS, which includes all over 50s, people who work in frontline or social care,…
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20 October
Asda announces Christmas recruitment drive
Asda has announced it is recruiting 15,000 temporary colleagues for the festive season, and has confirmed the dates its festive home delivery slots go live. The supermarket is recruiting seasonal colleagues to fulfil a variety of different roles including serving customers, replenishing shelves, picking, packing and delivering online orders. Around…
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20 October
Morrisons shareholders give £7bn takeover green light
Morrisons has confirmed that its shareholders have approved its £7bn takeover by CD&R Bidco in a meeting held this week. An auction for the supermarket group was initially conducted on 2 October 2021, where CD&R Bidco bid 287p per Morrisons ordinary share, against a rival offer from Fortress, for 286p…
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19 October
EG Group backs out of £750m Asda forecourt business deal
The owners of EG Group, who bought out Asda in a £6.8bn takeover, have revealed that they will no longer be acquiring the grocer’s forecourt business in a £750m deal. The Issa brothers Zuber and Mohsin, had previously agreed to purchase the supermarket chains petrol filling stations, car wash sites…
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19 October
Rising energy and fuel costs hits supermarket sales
Total Till grocery sales slowed to -0.7% in the last four weeks ending 9 October 2021, as UK shoppers begin to rebalance their spending habits amid growing concerns around rising energy and fuel costs, according to new data released by NielsenIQ. During the period, UK shoppers spent £11.8bn on groceries,…
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19 October
Tesco opens first checkout-free store
Tesco has opened its first ever checkout-free store in London, as part of a trial that will see customers shop and pay without scanning a product or using a checkout. The rollout of its ‘GetGo’ concept to Tesco Express High Holborn follows a successful trial at Tesco’s colleague store in…
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