Supermarkets
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Jan- 2018 -23 January
Waitrose pledges plastic-free packaging by 2018
Supermarket retailer Waitrose has announced that it aims to remove all black plastic used in its meat, fish, fruit and vegetable products by end of 2018. The black plastic used for food such as ready meals and puddings cannot be recycled as lasers used by waste processors cannot sense the…
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23 January
Amazon opens new supermarket with no checkouts
Online retail giant Amazon has launched a new supermarket which has has no checkout counter or self service tills. The Amazon Go store located in Seattle, where the company is based, is full of ceiling-mounted cameras and electronic sensors which identify each customer and track the items they select. All…
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22 January
Tesco puts 1,700 jobs at risk in operational shake-up
Tesco has announced plans that could involve laying off up to 1,700 workers as part of a structural shake-up. The supermarket giant has said the plans will “improve efficiency and give line managers clearer accountability for colleague and customer experience”. As part of these changes, the role of people manager…
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19 January
December 2017 sees retail sales slump
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that December 2017 had the weakest retail sales in over four years. The quantity of items bought in December decreased by 1.5% when compared with the stronger sales in November 2017. Although retail sales increased by 1.3% in December compared with the…
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19 January
Asda and Aldi ban energy drink sales to under-16s
Asda and Aldi have joined supermarket Waitrose in banning the sale of high-caffeine drinks to anyone aged under 16, the first of the ‘Big Four’ retailers to do so. The move will see an age restriction introduced on 84 products from 5 March in Asda. From this date customers wishing…
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18 January
Co-op partners with Deliveroo to trial food delivery service
Co-op has teamed up with online food delivery service Deliveroo to trial a new service for its customers. The convenience brand is hoping to look at new channels to attract customers and to identify new opportunities to widen access to Co-op products. The partnership is a response to the growing…
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16 January
Iceland pledges plastic-free products by 2023
Frozen food specialist Iceland has pledged to become the first retailer globally to completely remove plastic packaging from its own-brand products by 2023. The company plans to create a range of paper and pulp trays along with paper bags which are all fully recyclable. It has already removed disposable plastic…
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12 January
Ocado tests robotic assistant for use in its warehouses
Online home delivery supermarket Ocado has revealed the first prototype of a robot to assist staff in its warehouses. The project, dubbed ‘SecondHands’, is designed to maintenance technicians working in Ocado’s automated warehouses, and will learn through observation how to complete tasks that require a level of precision or physical…
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12 January
B&M reports sales increase of 22%
Discount retailer B&M has reported an increase in total sales of 22.7% on a constant currency basis, which were boosted by record Christmas trading. On an actual currency basis, total sales climbed by 22.9% to £969.8 million. UK sales revenue for the B&M store estate in the 13-week period…
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10 January
Aldi and Lidl ahead in the ‘supermarket space race’
Insurgent discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl have revealed large-scale land grabs for 2018, having submitted a combined total of 128 planning applications for new stores across the UK. The proposals are mainly for smaller convenience stores, designed to satisfy local demand and tap into the consumer move away from the…
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