All Grocery articles – Page 78
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NewsTesco working with recruiters to replace chair John Allan
Tesco has started the search for new candidates to replace its chair John Allan, according to a report by Sky News.
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Opinion‘How to recover cost inflation while continuing to offer value to customers’
Grocers must walk a tightrope of managing their own inflationary pressures to preserve margins while continuing to win customers, says Alvarez & Marsal’s Erin Brookes
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NewsMorrisons swings to significant loss in year after private equity buyout
Morrisons has been racking up losses since its buyout by US firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), according to new documents filed on Companies House.
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AnalysisFive of the most disruptive moves in retail history
From the emergence of Amazon to the rise of subscription boxes, we take a look at five of the most disruptive moves in retail from the past 20 years ahead of next week’s live virtual discussion Disrupt or be disrupted: the retailers succeeding in a permacrisis
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Opinion‘Supermarkets aren’t to blame for product shortages, but it’s time to pause for thought’
Imagine the howls of fury from all quarters if grocers raised food prices. Yet, perversely, in the aftermath of salad-gate, that is what many have asked them to do.
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NewsHotel Chocolat profits and revenue fall as international sales suffer
Hotel Chocolat has posted a fall in profits and revenue in its first half as strong UK sales were offset by plummeting international sales.
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NewsGreggs sales and profits rise on back of ‘good strategic progress’
Greggs has reported a strong full-year performance after making “good strategic progress” and record store openings.
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NewsCosta Coffee unveils third pay rise for staff in a year
Costa Coffee has announced a pay hike for employees across its 1,520 stores, making this the third pay rise the coffee chain has offered in the last 12 months.
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NewsFood tsar blames grocery shortages on ‘weird supermarket culture’
Food tsar and Leon founder Henry Dimbleby has blamed the UK’s “weird supermarket culture” for the ongoing shortages of certain vegetables on grocers’ shelves.
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NewsMorrisons puts 1,000 roles at risk as it ditches 80 maintenance suppliers
Supermarket giant Morrisons has made the decision to shift to a single maintenance provider, down from more than 80, putting more than 1,000 jobs at risk.
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NewsPret a Manger to award staff third pay rise in a year
Pret a Manger will bump up staff pay next month, the coffee shop’s third pay hike within the last 12 months.
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Opinion‘From automation to home working, Sainsbury’s changes highlight forces shaping retail’
Sainsbury’s disclosure this week of a raft of business changes affecting its Argos general merchandise division, and putting at risk 1,400 jobs, crystallised some big retail themes of the moment.
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NewsRetailers welcome new Northern Ireland deal on Brexit
Retailers including Marks & Spencer chair Archie Norman and Sainsbury’s chief executive Simon Roberts have welcomed prime minister Rishi Sunak’s new deal to revise the Northern Ireland Protocol.
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DataShop price inflation reaches record highs for the second time this year
The BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index has revealed that inflation has reached yet another high across all categories for the second time this year.
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NewsExclusive: M&S ploughs £57m into biggest-ever store pay investment
M&S is investing £57m to increase pay for shopfloor staff – its biggest ever investment in store pay, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsSainsbury’s cuts 1,400 warehouse jobs in £90m automation of logistics network
Sainsbury’s will close two of its general merchandise depots affecting 1,400 jobs as it rolls out a £90m investment in automation to modernise its general merchandise logistics network.
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NewsQuarter of shoppers struggling as grocery inflation soars to highest recorded level
A quarter of UK customers are struggling with their food bills as grocery inflation soared to its highest level ever recorded.
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NewsOcado swings to loss after challenging year
Online retailer Ocado swung to a loss and reported a fall in its retail revenue for FY2022 as the cost-of-living crisis created a “challenging year”.
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NewsGrocers to meet minister over fruit and veg shortage
Big supermarkets are to meet farming minister Mark Spencer in a bid to address the fruit and vegetable shortages that have left store shelves empty.
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NewsSainsbury’s becomes latest company to trial four-day week
Sainsbury’s has offered its staff the option of working four days a week, in a bid to evolve its current ways of working and increase flexibility.