Uber Eats
This coverage examines Uber Eats’ evolving role in the UK retail ecosystem, focusing on its partnerships with major retailers like Waitrose, Co-op, and Boots. Explore how these collaborations enhance rapid grocery delivery, integrate loyalty schemes, and support independent retailers through platforms like the Peckish app. Our reporting provides insights into the operational and strategic implications of these partnerships for UK retailers, offering valuable perspectives for professionals in retail operations, logistics, and digital commerce.
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Jan- 2024 -10 JanuaryNews
Greggs to open 160 new stores as FY23 sales rise
Greggs has revealed it plans to open between 140 and 160 new shops in 2024 as total sales in FY23 increased 9.6% to £1.8bn. The food-to-go retailer saw a 9.4% increase in like-for-like sales during Q4 of the year, which the company said was driven by the popularity of the…
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Nov- 2023 -28 NovemberSupermarkets
Co-op opens purpose-built store in Aberdeen
Co-op has opened its newest purpose-built, 4,000 sq ft store in Aberdeen’s King Street, creating 15 local jobs. The store opens between 7am and 10pm daily and provides hot food, in-store bakery and a Costa coffee dispenser, alongside regular supermarket categories. There is also a free ATM and customer car…
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Oct- 2023 -9 OctoberNews
Waitrose in talks with Amazon over grocery deal
Waitrose is reportedly in talks with Amazon to consider selling groceries on the platform in a bid to regain market share lost to other discount retailers, The Telegraph has revealed. The pair are reportedly considering a new third-party deal, three years after Waitrose severed ties with Ocado. Recently, Amazon struck…
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Jul- 2023 -11 JulyNews
Waitrose announces partnership with UberEats
Waitrose has announced plans to grow its position in on-demand grocery shopping and the convenience sector with a new multi-year partnership with UberEats. The partnership has now launched on the UberEats platform in five initial London stores, including John Barnes in Finchley Road, West Hampstead, Clerkenwell, St Katharine Docks and…
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May- 2023 -31 MaySupermarkets
UK supermarkets see sales up 12.3% in May
UK supermarkets experienced a 12.3% uplift in total till sales over the last four weeks ending 20 May 2023, up from 9.7% in April, according to the latest data from NIQ. UK supermarkets (stores over 3000 sq ft) experienced the biggest uplift in sales during the week of the Coronation…
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Dec- 2021 -8 DecemberSupermarkets
McColl’s FY profit to be hit by supply chain issues
McColl’s has warned that profits could be between £20m and £22m in the full-year ended 28 November 2021, down from £29.1m in FY20, as the group blamed the impact of the pandemic and supply chain issues on its FY21 performance. In light of the disruption over the period, the retailer…
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Jun- 2021 -30 JuneSupermarkets
Asda launches ‘Express Delivery’ service
Asda has launched a new ‘Express Delivery’ service which will allow customers to shop the store’s full online range of more than 30,000 grocery products for delivery in one hour. Following a trial period at three Asda locations in Halifax, Rotherham and Poole, the group has made the service permanently…
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Nov- 2020 -23 NovemberLuxury Goods
Cake Box reports sustained recovery in H1
Cake Box said it has made “sustained recovery” since the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic when its stores were closed for six weeks. During the six months to 30 September, EBITDA slightly edged up 0.5% to £1.98m, although pre-tax profit fell by 4% to £1.66m. The specialist cake retailer’s online…
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18 NovemberCoronavirus
Asda gears up for ‘record Christmas’ as Q3 sales rise 2.7%
Asda has revealed it is gearing up for a “record Christmas” after it revealed its like-for-like sales increased by 2.7% YOY. The trading quarter for the three months ending 30 September, which coincided with the end of the first UK-wide lockdown and the re-opening of the hospitality sector, saw growth…
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Sep- 2020 -9 SeptemberNews
Iceland creates 3,000 jobs to meet online demand
Iceland has created 3,000 new jobs to cope with the extra demand for online shopping deliveries since the beginning of lockdown, according to the company. The supermarket chain has increased the number of delivery drivers and in-store staff for picking online orders in recent months. Online delivery orders have soared…
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