Supermarkets
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Oct- 2021 -29 October
Midcounties Co-operative partners with Too Good To Go
The Midcounties Co-operative has announced a new partnership with the free-to-download anti-food waste app, Too Good To Go to help combat food waste. Through the collaboration, members and customers with the app, which lists nearby businesses with unsold food, can now pick up a ‘magic bag’ of discounted food that…
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29 October
Tesco launches 10 min ‘rapid delivery’
Tesco has launched a new pilot scheme with delivery company Gorillas to offer customers the chance to get products delivered in just 10 minutes. As part of the scheme, products will be available to purchase on the Gorillas app and immediately delivered to customers in selected areas. Furthermore, it will…
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28 October
Morrisons opens new Kirkby supermarket
Morrisons has opened a new supermarket in Kirkby, adding the creation of 275 new jobs in full and part-time roles. Highlights of the 26k sq. ft. store include the butcher, the baker and the fishmonger counters, its nutmeg clothing range, a petrol station and Morrisons new market kitchen proposition where…
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27 October
Sainsbury’s opens new Nottingham store
Sainsbury’s has announced the opening of its newest store in Nottingham city centre, Nottingham Clumber Street Local. Store manager Chris Grace and his team welcomed their first customers after colleagues cut the ribbon during a small ceremony to celebrate the store’s opening. The new store has a sales floor of…
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26 October
Sainsbury’s brings forward net zero target to 2035
Sainsbury’s has revealed that it is ramping up its sustainability efforts by aiming to become net zero by 2035, five years ahead of previous targets. Earlier this year, the supermarket chain committed to reduce its Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas emissions by 30% by 2030, with a long-term commitment to be…
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26 October
Dunelm to replace empty Debenhams store in Yorkshire
Dunelm has announced a new opening in Flemingate Centre, East Yorkshire, to replace the former Debenhams department store just before Christmas 2021. Dunelm has taken a 10-year lease on the two-storey site and will begin fitting out the building in the next couple of weeks, with the new store taking…
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25 October
Co-op embarks on £1.5m store makeover amid new Boyes concession
Co-op is undertaking a more than £1.5m programme of improvements to transform the 17,000 sq ft store in Mablethorpe, including the creation of a Boyes home and family department store concession. Co-op’s Seacroft Road store will remain open during the 12 week programme of works which are set to conclude…
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25 October
Tesco launches new quiet hour
Tesco has announced the launch of its new scheme ‘quiet hour’ in a bid to make its stores a “calmer environment” for people with disabilities, the elderly, people with children and those experiencing mental health issues. The chain will lower the checkout noise in all of its larger stores, as…
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22 October
Asda to hold walk-in flu jab clinics
Asda has announced the launch of dedicated walk-in flu jab clinics in Asda Pharmacies, taking place from Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 October. The clinics will offer free jabs to those who are eligible on the NHS, which includes all over 50s, people who work in frontline or social care,…
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20 October
Asda announces Christmas recruitment drive
Asda has announced it is recruiting 15,000 temporary colleagues for the festive season, and has confirmed the dates its festive home delivery slots go live. The supermarket is recruiting seasonal colleagues to fulfil a variety of different roles including serving customers, replenishing shelves, picking, packing and delivering online orders. Around…
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