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- 2022 -21 July
Aldi to create thousands of jobs in logistics
Aldi has announced its plans to create around 1,000 logistics roles across the UK over the next 12 months. The news comes as the company looks to expand its distribution, transport and maintenance teams at its 11 Regional Distribution Centres nationwide. The new logistical roles will include both full-time and…
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21 July
Ocado losses widen to £211m
Ocado has revealed an interim loss before tax of -£211m, for the 26 weeks ending on 29 May, which it said “reflects increased depreciation and amortisation costs with the ongoing roll out of OSP, and reduced exceptional insurance income received in the period, compared with the prior year”. Meanwhile group…
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20 July
Supermarket sales see minor rise amid rising inflation
Supermarket sales rose by 0.1% in the 12 weeks to 10 July 2022 despite grocery inflation rising another 1.6%, according to the latest take-home grocery figures from Kantar. This is the first time the market has registered growth since April 2021. Supply chain issues have driven costs up across the…
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19 July
Dobbies partners with Waitrose on new foodhall offering
Garden centre retailer, Dobbies, has revealed a new partnership with Waitrose to provide Dobbies’ customers with Waitrose’s wide range of food, grocery products and everyday essentials in over 50 Dobbies Garden Centres across the UK. It is reported that Dobbies launched its new-style foodhall in July 2020, and since then,…
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18 July
Fever-Tree profits ‘worsened’ by cost of headwinds
Fever-Tree has revealed that it anticipates gross margins of around 37% and an EBITDA margin of around 14% for the first half due to the reported impact of logistics and cost of headwinds having “worsened” in recent months. The business expects this to continue to impact the business during the…
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18 July
Co-op and Starship Technologies expand robot delivery service
Co-op and Starship Technologies have partnered with North Northamptonshire Council to roll-out autonomous grocery delivery to local residents across Wellingborough, Higham Ferrers and Rushden. The partnership will see that up to 45,000 residents across 33,000 households in Wellingborough, Rushden and Higham Ferrers are “able to access on-demand grocery delivery” from…
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18 July
M&S removes best before dates in bid to tackle food waste
M&S has announced it will be removing best before dates from a range of fresh produce to help reduce in-store and household food waste. It confirmed that best before dates will be removed from the labelling of over 300 fruit and vegetable products, or 85% of M&S’ produce offering, including…
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14 July
Pepco Q3 revenues jump 17.4% amid expansion plans
Pepco Group has reported its group revenues increased 17.4% year-on-year to €1.21bn (£1.02bn) for the third financial quarter ending 30 June 2022 (Q3), as sales increased 4.9%. Pepco said its accelerated store expansion programme was the group’s single biggest driver of value creation, and the company is on track to…
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8 July
M&S launches discount on summer Back-to-School stock
M&S has revealed plans to “hold” its prices on school uniforms after launching a 20% off discount for early Back-to-School shoppers until 25th July 2022, as the summer Back-to-School season is reportedly the third busiest shopping event behind Christmas and Easter. The brand’s school uniforms are said to be responsibly…
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8 July
Sainsbury’s shareholders reject vote to introduce real living wage
Sainsbury’s has announced that its shareholders have rejected a motion to introduce the real living wage by July. The vote received 16.7%, far below the required 75% needed in order to pass. In a statement the grocer said: “The board firmly believes the company must preserve the right to make…
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