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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Feb- 2018 -22 FebruaryGovernment
Tesco to reveal gender pay gap statistics
Supermarket giant Tesco is the first in the UK to reveal its gender pay gap statistics. A report made by the group showed its median gender pay gap was 8.7%, which is below the UK average median pay gap of 18.4%, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). According…
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20 FebruaryAdvice
My retail trend predictions for 2018
Rife with advancements in technology, new financial regulations and waves of thinking, the landscape of modern business is constantly evolving; pushing forward-planning to the forefront of driving success. This year has already seen the implementation of PSD2 and the launch of Amazon’s first check-out less supermarket, but there are a…
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19 FebruaryNews
Tesco boss sets his sights on online retailer N Brown
Former UK Tesco boss, Matt Davies, will be named as chairman of N Brown after leaving the supermarket giant. In a move that will make his one of the youngest chairmen of a FTSE-350 company, Davies will be announced as chairman early next week, according to Sky News. N Brown…
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19 FebruarySupermarkets
Waitrose Foundation expands beyond Africa for first time
Supermarket giant Waitrose’s ethical trading initiative ‘Waitrose Foundation’, which invests in farm worker communities, is to extend beyond Africa for the first time in its history. Costa Rica will become the first country outside Africa to join the foundation, which currently funds projects in Ghana, Kenya and South Africa. The…
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16 FebruaryNews
Lidl creates 700 new UK jobs
Discount supermarket Lidl has opened its 700th UK store, following the opening of five new stores in a single day. Lidl’s new stores opened in Edinburgh, Stockton, Hull, Polegate in East Sussex and Rosehill, in south London. As a result of 19 new shop openings in the first two months…
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15 FebruarySupermarkets
Tesco issues apology to customers after payment glitch
Supermarket giant Tesco has issued letters of apology to some customers after a payment glitch at around 300 of its Tesco Express convenience stores caused them to go into their overdraft. A Tesco spokesperson said as soon as the company identified the issue it contacted “as many customers as possible”…
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15 FebruaryTechnology
UK customers ‘happy to be served by a robot’
A third of respondents in a Fujitsu survey said they’d be happy to be served by a robot when they go to the supermarket. The Transforming Britain Report conducted by the IT company also found that 34% of the 2,145 consumers asked would like an automated machine to deliver their…
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14 FebruaryAdvice
Retail needs to play its part in reducing carbon emissions
A leaked study in 2008 revealed that emissions from shipping could be up to three times higher than previously believed. It was something of a wake up call for an industry that was on its way to becoming one of the largest contributors to global CO2 levels. That was a…
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12 FebruarySupermarkets
Tesco budget store launch rumoured ‘to take on Aldi and Lidl’
Tesco is rumoured to be working on a secret plan to launch a new budget supermarket brand, reports suggest.According to The Sunday Times, it is the supermarket giant’s attempt to take on Aldi and Lidl, which were recently named as the UK fastest growing food stores. Figures from market researcher…
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12 FebruarySupermarkets
Aldi reclaims title of ‘nation’s favourite supermarket’ in satisfaction survey
Aldi has been rated the nation’s favourite in-store supermarket in Which?’s annual best and worst supermarket satisfaction survey. Customers were impressed with Aldi’s special offers, as well as the quality of its fresh and own-label products and the ease of finding items on its shelves, Which? said. It is the…
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