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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Jan- 2018 -8 JanuaryUncategorized
Lidl Unveil plans for its largest UK warehouse
Lidl has announced plans to build its largest warehouse yet, creating up to 1,000 new jobs. The supermarket has exchanged contracts with Houghton Regis Management, a consortium of Aviva Investors, LIH and the Diocese of St Albans, on a 58-acre site in Luton. The new regional distribution centre (RDC) will…
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4 JanuarySupermarkets
Waitrose bans sales of high caffeine drinks to minors
Supermarket giant Waitrose has announced that it will ban sales of highly caffeinated energy drinks to minors. From 5 March 2018, stores will ask customers to provide identification proving that they are over the age of 16 when purchasing drinks containing more than 150mg of caffeine per litre. The move…
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4 JanuaryUncategorized
Aldi sales reach £10bn after record December
Aldi has reported a record December with UK year-on-year UK sales increasing by more than 15% during the festive season. The Christmas spending boost pushed the cut-price supermarket chain’s full year sales over the £10bn mark for the first time since it entered the UK and Ireland market. Christmas…
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3 JanuaryUncategorized
Asda ends partnership with European Marketing Distribution
Supermarket giant Asda has ended its partnership with European Marketing Distribution (EMD). EMD cooperates in buying private label products all over the world and negotiates agreements with producers of branded products at transnational level. Asda joined EMD at the beginning of 2016, but has since made significant changes to its…
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Nov- 2017 -16 NovemberUncategorized
Sainsbury’s dips toe in pizza takeaway market
Sainsbury’s is trialling a personalised takeaway pizza service through which customers can order by telephone and pick up in-store just 30 minutes later. Customers can order a 10 or 14 inch pizza and choose from stone-baked thin and crispy or deep pan bases with a range of toppings available including pepperoni,…
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