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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Jun- 2022 -10 JuneSupermarkets
Sainsbury’s opens new Starbucks cafe in New Cross amid partnership deal
Sainsbury’s has opened a new Starbucks café in its New Cross Gate store, forming part of a wider expansion plan between Sainsbury’s and Starbucks across the UK, with a view to launch 30 new Starbucks cafés within Sainsbury’s stores in the next twelve months. Elizabeth Newman, Sainsbury’s director of commercial…
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10 JuneSupermarkets
Morrisons welcomes CMA’s green light for CD&R takeover
Morrisons welcomed the announcement today by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that it has accepted the undertakings given by CD&R in relation to its acquisition of Morrisons. The regulator gave the takeover the green light for the £7bn takeover after agreeing to CD&R’s offer to sell a number of…
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9 JuneSupermarkets
Aldi voted top supermarket by British Suppliers
Aldi, for an eighth year running, has been voted as the UK’s leading supermarket for complying with the Groceries Supply Code of Practice, according to a poll by the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA), the regulator for the sector. Aldi scored 98% this year compared to 97% in 2021, its highest…
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May- 2022 -27 MaySupermarkets
Asda sales drop 9.2% to £4.64bn
Asda has reported its like for like sales (excluding fuel) fell by 9.2% to £4.64bn in the period from 1 January to 31 March 2022 (Q1), compared to the “exceptional” period of Q1 2021, when the UK’s third national lockdown resulted in more meals being consumed at home. Overall, the…
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20 MayNews
Sainsbury’s to remove Russian diesel from petrol stations
Sainsbury’s has pledged to stop selling Russian diesel from its petrol stations by the end of 2022, following calls from its customers, according to the Evening Standard. The supermarket confirmed the commitment on Thursday (19 May) to halt respective sales across its 315 petrol forecourts, in line with the UK’s…
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20 MayHigh Street
Retail sales rise by 1.4% in April
Retail sales volumes rose by 1.4% in April 2022 following a fall of 1.2% in March 2022, with sales volumes 4.1% above their pre-coronavirus February 2020 levels. In the three months to April 2022, sales volumes fell by 0.3% when compared with the previous three months; this continues the downward…
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19 MayNews
The Great Resignation: Why the battle for talent sees retail staff come out on top
A new report by stakeholder intelligence firm alva has revealed the biggest winners and losers from the last three years when it comes to positive employer and employee sentiment in the UK. As the UK begins to climb out from the pandemic and find a new way forward, retail workers…
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9 MaySupermarkets
Morrisons close to winning control of McColl’s amid last-ditch bid
Morrisons is thought to have won control of embattled retailer McColl’s after surpassing EG Group in a last ditch effort, according to Sky News. A deadline was set for 18:00 BST on Sunday for final bids, with EG Group thought well positioned for the purchase until Morrisons final hour bid.…
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4 MayNews
Morrisons’ new owner to sell 87 petrol stations to complete £7bn deal
Morrisons’ new owner, Clayton, Dubilier and Rice Holdings LLC’s (CD&R), is set to sell 87 of its petrol stations to address competition concerns raised by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on its £7bn takeover of the supermarket. Following its investigation, the CMA raised the competition concerns in relation to…
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3 MayHigh Street
Asda owners in talks to sell £13bn EG Group
Asda owners the Issa brothers are reportedly in talks to merge their EG petrol forecourt business with Canadian convenience store giant Couche-Tard, according to the Wall Street Journal. Couche-Tard, which runs 7,000 convenience stores in the U.S. and as many abroad, EG Group have traded proposals in recent weeks that…
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