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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Sep- 2023 -8 September
N Brown partners with Sainsbury’s on Simply Be launch
N Brown Group has announced a partnership with Sainsbury’s for a Simply Be launch in the UK supermarket chain. A selection of Simply Be clothing is available online at Tu, Sainsbury’s clothing platform, and will also be available at select stores from late September. The launch includes a selection of…
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7 September
BP launches loyalty pricing on retail store products
BP has strengthened its BPme Rewards loyalty scheme with the launch of loyalty pricing, which gives customers exclusive discounts on retail store products. The launch is the oil industry company’s first loyalty pricing scheme and sees it go “beyond the conventional model” of a points-based loyalty scheme. BPme Rewards Price…
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7 September
Waitrose staff warned of job losses amid shift overhauls
Waitrose staff have reportedly been warned that their jobs could be at risk as the retailer looks to change work shifts and hours in a bid to increase productivity and lower costs across the group. According to the Financial Times, the move forms part of a new project for the…
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6 September
Aldi named cheapest supermarket for 15th month in a row
Aldi has been named the cheapest supermarket for the fifteenth month in a row, according to Which’s Cheapest Supermarket Price Comparison data. The data looks at the cost of a basket of items, including groceries and household essentials. The latest research shows that in August Aldi was £14.30 cheaper than…
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5 September
Sainsbury’s invests £6m in dairy farmers
Sainsbury’s dairy farmers will be paid more from next month following a further £6m annual investment made by the supermarket chain to support farms for the future. This latest investment in dairy pay is on top of an £8.9m booster payment given to SDDG farmers in April last year. Some…
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5 September
Lidl opens largest warehouse with £300m Luton site
Lidl has announced that it has opened a new £300m warehouse in Luton, its largest warehouse in the world. The 1.2 million sq ft RDC is located in Houghton Regis, Luton, and will be delivering over 9,400 pallets a day across 150 stores. It will be the first Lidl GB…
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4 September
Tesco staff offered body cameras as physical assaults rise
Tesco’s chief executive, Ken Murphy, has confirmed that the supermarket chain has equipped its members of staff with body-worn cameras, after seeing physical assaults rise by a third in a year. Writing to the Mail on Sunday, Murphy said that as a result, he has called for a change in…
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1 September
Lidl unveils further pay increase for staff
From today, 24,500 Lidl GB employees will receive one of the highest hourly wages in the sector, receiving up to 16% more than their counterparts in traditional supermarkets, the discounter has said. Store and warehouse employees working outside the M25 will see hourly pay increase to £11.40 from £11.00, rising…
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Aug- 2023 -31 August
Asda owners eye £500m property deal
The Issa brothers could reportedly offload a further “chunk” of Asda’s property portfolio to an Australian finance house in a deal estimated to be around £500m. According to React News, Macquarie Asset Management is close to acquiring ground rent leases linked with around 50 Asda stores in the UK. A…
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30 August
M&S to re-enter FTSE 100
M&S is expected to return to the FTSE 100 for the first time in four years following a sustained rise in its shares. It has seen its share price surge by 80% this year and it is now valued at £4.3bn. According to its most recent trading update, its profit-before-tax…
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