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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Dec- 2023 -5 December
Marks and Spencer extends Christmas trading hours
Marks and Spencer has announced that it has extended its Christmas trading hours from 18-22 December with more than 400 stores open from 6am until 10pm. Additionally, a number of stores will also be open until 10pm on 23 December and 4pm on Christmas Eve for last minute Christmas shoppers.…
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1 December
Aldi invests £12m to lower the price of more than 180 products
Aldi has announced it is investing £12m to lower the prices of over 180 of its products. Its latest move follows the announcement of the supermarket’s ‘Christmas Price Lock’, which sees the prices of key food staples including a range of whole turkey crowns, pigs in blankets, Christmas puddings and…
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Nov- 2023 -29 November
Branded grocery suppliers increased unit profitability, CMA probe finds
A number of suppliers of branded grocery products “raised prices faster than costs rose”, according to the CMA’s latest findings from its review of competition among supermarkets. The news follows an initial assessment that focused on retail competition in the groceries sector from July, which identified 10 product categories including…
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28 November
Co-op opens purpose-built store in Aberdeen
Co-op has opened its newest purpose-built, 4,000 sq ft store in Aberdeen’s King Street, creating 15 local jobs. The store opens between 7am and 10pm daily and provides hot food, in-store bakery and a Costa coffee dispenser, alongside regular supermarket categories. There is also a free ATM and customer car…
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21 November
M&S granted Judicial Review over Marble Arch redevelopment
M&S has received permission from the High Court to apply for Judicial Review for the redevelopment of the retailer’s Marble Arch store. The green light for Judicial Review comes after the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, refused planning permission for the retailer’s Central London…
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20 November
Co-op reopens Stornoway store following renovation project
Co-op has relaunched its Stornoway store on MacAulay Road, following a multi-million-pound renovation project. The near 22,000 sq ft store, which supports over 100 local jobs, is the largest in the group’s estate and has a focus on serving and supporting the island community. The renovation programme commenced in August…
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17 November
Co-op relaunches New Ash Green store following nine-week refurb
Co-op has reopened its store in New Ash Green, Kent yesterday (16 November), following a nine-week programme of works and improvements. The near 7,000 sq ft store – located on The Row, New Ash Green – supports approaching 30 local jobs, and opens between 7am-10pm between Monday and Saturday, and…
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16 November
Iceland posts £17m full-year loss amid soaring energy prices
Iceland has fallen to a loss of £17.1m in its latest full-year results following a “wholly unprecedented” rise in global energy costs. It comes as the group saw a £93.6m rise in energy costs, which it attributed to the global surge in wholesale prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Nonetheless,…
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15 November
Sainsbury’s donates one million meals through Coronation Food Project
Sainsbury’s is donating one million fresh meals to support families in need this winter to mark the launch of a new partnership with FareShare, the UK’s biggest charity tackling food waste to support social good. More than one million meals will be supplied by two of Sainsbury’s fresh food suppliers,…
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15 November
UK supermarkets sales rise 8.7% despite cautious consumer spending
Total Till sales at UK supermarkets increased 8.7% in the last four weeks ending 4 November 2023, according to new data released today by NIQ . This growth is against the backdrop of slowing inflation and an increase in promotional activity (24%, up from 21% last year) by supermarkets as…
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