Supermarket
This coverage examines the supermarket sector within UK retail, focusing on store operations, pricing strategies, product innovation, supply chain efficiency, financial performance, and leadership decisions. Reporting provides insights into competitive dynamics, shopper behaviour, and strategic initiatives shaping grocery and high-volume retail. Tailored for executives and managers, it supports effective decision-making in a fast-moving market.
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Aug- 2019 -28 AugustSupermarkets
Tesco workers to consult EU court over equal pay
Thousands of Tesco supermarket workers have submitted an application to the European Court of Justice for clarification on equal pay legislation. Law firm Leigh Day is representing store workers at the supermarket chain, who are demanding equal pay with workers in its distribution centres. The legal clarification will also seek…
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20 AugustSupermarkets
Supermarket growth remains flat over summer
Supermarket growth remained flat for the 12 week period to 11 August, with all chains barring discount brands Aldi, Lidl and Iceland reporting a drop in sales. Sales at Asda and Tesco who maintain the largest share of the market, shrunk by 1.5% and 1.6% respectively for the period, according…
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19 AugustSupermarkets
Co-op urges councils to speed-up home food waste collections
The Co-op is urging local councils to speed-up the implementation of food waste collections from homes as approximately 1,000 tonnes a day ends up in landfills. Currently 156 English councils (48%) do not have a kerbside food waste collection meaning that food waste in these areas is going to landfill.…
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7 AugustComment
Buy Now, Pay Later: Here to stay?
The idea of Buy Now, Pay Later has always been around in the retail market, with companies such as Layaway operating with US supermarket giant Walmart for decades. Yet with the rise in popularity of the electronic credit card halting the growth of this form of payment option in the…
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5 AugustSupermarkets
Tesco announces 4,500 job cuts across its Metro stores
‘Big Four’ grocer Tesco has announced it is to cut 4,500 jobs from its Metro stores across the UK. The job cuts come as part of the supermarket’s plans to “simplify and reduce processes and administrative tasks” across all of its 153 Metro stores. The company said the format was…
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5 AugustSupermarkets
Asda staff to protest over ‘punitive’ contracts
Workers at Asda are set to protest over new contracts which have been deemed as “punitive” by trade union GMB Union. The Union, who represent the supermarket employees, has arranged a protest which will take place in Leeds on 14 August against the contract six proposals. The contract will see…
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Jul- 2019 -23 JulySupermarkets
Grocery spend falls despite the start of summer weather
Total grocery sales fell by -0.5% in the last four weeks, despite the start of warm summer weather at the end of last month and sporting events in the UK. Shoppers also spent less per visit compared with the same period last year, according to the data released by Nielsen.…
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23 JulyAdvice
How Chinese consumers meet ‘Brand Britain’
Francis Fukayama is most famous for writing ‘The End of History’ at a time when history was just re-starting but in 1995 he wrote another book called ´Trust’, which I think is more important. It describes how trust glues a country together and talks of China as a low-trust culture…
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19 JulySupermarkets
Sainsbury’s to open the UK’s first signing store
Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is to open the first sign language store in the UK, at a store in Bath, as part of the company’s 150th anniversary celebrations. ‘Signsbury’s’ will be open for four days from the 18 – 21 July and will see colleagues sign several common words and phrases…
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11 JulySupermarkets
Sainsbury’s to open UK’s first no and low alcohol pub in London
Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has announced it is opening the UK’s first ever no and low alcohol pub. The Clean Vic No and Low Alcohol pub will open its doors on New Oxford Street from 24 to 25 July, serving a range of beers, wines and mocktails which are all entirely…
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