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- 2019 -24 July
B&M revenues surge during first quarter
Discount retailer B&M has posted a revenue growth of 13.8 in Q1. Revenue relating to the period from 31 March 2019 to 29 June 2019 was £738.9m, compared with £649.2m for the same period last year. Group revenue, which includes brands Heron Foods, Jawoll and Babou increased by 21.4% to…
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23 July
Grocery spend falls despite the start of summer weather
Total grocery sales fell by -0.5% in the last four weeks, despite the start of warm summer weather at the end of last month and sporting events in the UK. Shoppers also spent less per visit compared with the same period last year, according to the data released by Nielsen.…
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19 July
Waitrose to close seven stores putting 677 jobs at risk
Waitrose and Partners has announced it is to axe seven stores, leaving 677 jobs at risk. The retailer said it has exchanged contracts for the sale of four shops to other parties, including discount grocer Lidl, which will acquire the group’s Bromley, Oadby and Wollaton stores. The party acquiring Waitrose’s…
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19 July
Sainsbury’s to open the UK’s first signing store
Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is to open the first sign language store in the UK, at a store in Bath, as part of the company’s 150th anniversary celebrations. ‘Signsbury’s’ will be open for four days from the 18 – 21 July and will see colleagues sign several common words and phrases…
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16 July
Sainsbury’s Waltham Point warehouse staff set for second strike
Sainsbury’s warehouse staff at Waltham Point are set to go on strike for the second time later this month following a dispute over an attendance scheme. Staff at the ‘Big Four’ grocer’s distribution centre in Essex will take part in a second round of 24-hour strike action on Thursday, 25…
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11 July
Sainsbury’s to open UK’s first no and low alcohol pub in London
Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has announced it is opening the UK’s first ever no and low alcohol pub. The Clean Vic No and Low Alcohol pub will open its doors on New Oxford Street from 24 to 25 July, serving a range of beers, wines and mocktails which are all entirely…
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10 July
Asda Sainsbury’s merger blocked for 10 years
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has prohibited Asda and Sainsbury’s from working with each other until 29 July 2019 after it blocked the supermarkets’ attempt at a merger. Concluding its investigation into the merging of the supermarkets, the order came into force on 9 July 2019 as it said…
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10 July
M&S warns it could close more than 110 stores
Marks and Spencer chief executive Steve Rowe admitted to shareholders at its AGM that plans to close 110 of its stores are “not finite” and said the retailer is paying for “not shutting stores 10 or 20 years ago”. Marks and Spencer currently has plans to axe 85 full-line stores…
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3 July
Sainsbury’s Q1 sales fall as non-food sales struggle
Sainsbury’s has announced another tough quarter of trading as it revealed a 1.2% fall in total sales during Q1. During the 16 week period ending 29 June Sainsbury’s like-for-like sales also fell by 1.6% as its attempt to reduce the prices of more than 1,000 “big selling” own-brand products did…
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Jun- 2019 -27 June
Staff at Sainsbury’s Waltham Point warehouse go on strike
Up to a third of workers at Sainsbury’s largest depot have gone on a 24 hour strike against the company’s decision to change its absence policy. The action was approved last month by members of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw), and will run until 6am tomorrow…
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