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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Feb- 2020 -24 February
Waitrose named top UK grocer, Asda wallows in bottom place
Waitrose has been rated the best UK in-store supermarket for the second year in a row in Which?’s annual supermarket satisfaction survey. The grocer scored a maximum five stars in almost every category – from ease of finding products and fast-moving queues, to friendly staff and the appearance of its…
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20 February
Lidl pledges £1.3bn to store expansion as it opens 800th UK site
Lidl has opened its 800th store in Great Britain today (20 February) and has pledged to invest over £1bn in store expansion over 2021 and 2022. The new milestone comes as the discounter will open stores in four new locations up and down the country, including Cambridge, London, Boston and…
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14 February
UK food and grocery market set to be worth £174bn by 2024
The UK food and grocery market is set to grow by 15% between 2019 and 2024 to £174.5bn, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. However, the new research from the company suggests that ‘Big Four’ grocers Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and ASDA are set to lose out on a further…
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14 February
Aldi ups bag for life prices amid new plastic bag reduction initiatives
Aldi has launched new initiatives to reduce the volume of plastic bags sold in its stores and to provide reusable and recyclable alternatives including upping the cost for a ‘bag for life’. Aldi is increasing the price of its flexi-loop ‘bags for life’ up from 9p to 15p to “encourage”…
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12 February
Sainsbury’s Bank chairman departs after seven years
Roger Davis is to step down as chairman of Sainsbury’s Bank after nearly seven years in the role. Davis has been chair of the board since May 2013 after the ‘Big Four’ grocer bought 50% stake in Lloyds Banking Group for £248m. He is also chairman for Global RadioData Communications…
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10 February
Improved UK supermarket performance sparks property investment surge
Property investors sunk £1.78bn into the UK grocery sector during 2019, with volumes up 80% year-on-year according to Colliers International’s annual UK Grocery Report. According to Colliers, the improved financial performance by the UK’s major grocery operators triggered “concerted buying of supermarket property investments”. The report also found that the…
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5 February
Aldi opens new £64m distribution centre
Budget supermarket Aldi has opened a new £64m distribution centre in Sawley, Derbyshire. The site, which spans over 600,000 sq ft, is Aldi’s 11th UK distribution centre and will serve the supermarket’s growing customer base across the east midlands. The facility is part of Aldi’s planned £1bn investment in 2019…
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4 February
UK supermarkets see ‘disappointing’ sales growth in January
Supermarket sales grew by only 0.7% in January 2020, down from 3.3% in 2019, according to new data released from Nielsen. According to the data firm, value sales since Christmas fell at the grocery multiples by 0.3%, with volumes also down 1%. This was exacerbated by inflation, which was only…
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3 February
Iceland launches trial to reduce plastic packaging by 93%
Iceland has revealed it will be reducing plastic packaging by 93% across its range of fresh produce. The trial launched on 22 January in 33 of its stores across London and the South East region and will see the frozen food retailer remove or “significantly” reduce the plastic content in…
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Jan- 2020 -28 January
Sainsbury’s pledges to become carbon neutral by 2040
Sainsbury’s has announced it will commit £1bn towards becoming carbon neutral by 2040. The supermarket giant will use the £1bn investment to “implement a programme of changes”, including reducing carbon emissions, food waste, plastic packaging and water usage, and aim to increase recycling, biodiversity and healthy and sustainable eating. The…
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