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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Mar- 2020 -18 MarchNews
Morrisons ‘takes action’ amid coronavirus pandemic
Morrisons has announced its steps to take “immediate action” as the coronavirus pandemic unfolds. These include its promise for a pay guarantee for all “sick and affected” colleagues, and more flexibility around shifts and annual leave. It also announced plans to expand its online delivery capability to more than 100…
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11 MarchSupermarkets
Ex-Sainsbury’s boss warns of labour shortages amid coronavirus outbreak
Former Sainsbury’s chief executive and current non-executive director at Marks and Spencers, Justin King, has warned that supermarkets need to be “prepared” for a shortage of labour amid the outbreak of the coronavirus. According to Sky News, King said supermarkets are facing a “greater challenge than coronavirus-related panic buying”. Speaking…
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10 MarchComment
How can stores replicate the success of the Aldi middle aisle?
As the retail industry continues to attract negative headlines with reduction in footfall and questions over the viability of the high street, stores are now turning to bolder USPs in order to attract consumers. The ongoing battle with internet retailers is fast becoming a war of uniqueness, and high-street stores…
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9 MarchSupermarkets
Tesco to sell Thai and Malaysian divisions in £8bn deal
UK supermarket giant Tesco has agreed a deal to sell its Asian operations in Thailand and Malaysia in a £8bn deal. The portfolio of over 2,000 stores under the Tesco and Lotus brands has been acquired by Thai conglomerate CP Group. The board of Tesco said it intends to return…
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5 MarchSupermarkets
Tesco launches campaign to match prices with Aldi
‘Big 4’ grocer Tesco has announced it will start to match prices with discount supermarket Aldi on hundreds of grocery items. Tesco is decreasing the prices of its own-label and branded products in a bid to attract more customers into its stores. The Aldi Price Match campaign will see a…
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2 MarchSupermarkets
EG Group to vie with equity firms for Asda stake
The EG Group, owned by petrol station billionaire brothers Zubin and Moshin Issa, is reportedly among a number of interested private equity firms vying to acquire a majority stake in Asda. According to The Sunday Telegraph, the EG Group is one of a number of interested parties in acquiring a…
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2 MarchNews
Waitrose launches online roll-out programme
Waitrose has announced the launch of its new national online roll-out programme, which will add Waitrose.com online delivery service to a further 24 sites across the country. The supermarket giant said these sites were “strategically placed” to handle an increased demand for its online shopping service in preparation for its…
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Feb- 2020 -28 FebruarySupermarkets
Aldi removes single-use plastic lids from own-label products
Supermarket Aldi has announced it is removing all plastic lids on its own-label products, as part of its ongoing campaign to reduce single-use plastics. From March, the UK’s fifth-largest supermarket will stock products such as ready-to-drink coffee and own-label fresh cream without “unnecessary” plastic lids in over 780 stores across…
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24 FebruarySupermarkets
Waitrose named top UK grocer, Asda wallows in bottom place
Waitrose has been rated the best UK in-store supermarket for the second year in a row in Which?’s annual supermarket satisfaction survey. The grocer scored a maximum five stars in almost every category – from ease of finding products and fast-moving queues, to friendly staff and the appearance of its…
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20 FebruarySupermarkets
Lidl pledges £1.3bn to store expansion as it opens 800th UK site
Lidl has opened its 800th store in Great Britain today (20 February) and has pledged to invest over £1bn in store expansion over 2021 and 2022. The new milestone comes as the discounter will open stores in four new locations up and down the country, including Cambridge, London, Boston and…
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