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NewsMorrisons to introduce ‘flashing labels’ to help customers find products
Morrisons is set to introduce a ‘blinking light’ feature to its electronic shelf edge labels to make it easier for customers to find products they are looking for, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsWaitrose extends own-brand price-cut drive with £20m investment
Waitrose has today (September 16) announced a new £20m investment in lowering prices on hundreds of own-brand products.
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NewsGreggs opens first supermarket ‘Bitesize Greggs’ with Tesco
Food-to-go giant Greggs has opened its first smaller shops ‘Bitesize Greggs’ format in a supermarket.
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Grocery Briefing: Waitrose keeping John Lewis afloat; Asda back in growth as back-to-school falls flat
A tale of two retailers: John Lewis Partnership results were out late last week and it made for tough reading, for the department store side of the business anyway. However, on the grocery side of things, Waitrose was one of the rare bright sides for the retail giant. Sales at ...
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NewsBack-to-school spending falls as cost-conscious parents look for value
Shoppers made 18 million fewer trips to the grocers in September compared to the July peak, while back-to-school spending fell as parents looked for value for money.
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NewsAsda creates hundreds of special needs and disability work experience placements
Asda has expanded its intern programme to create hundreds of new in-store placement opportunities for young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
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NewsSainsbury’s rolls out half price on selected organic products with Nectar Prices
Sainsbury’s is offering customers half price on selected So Organic produce with Nectar Prices, in the third of its four weekend promotions running through September.
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AnalysisWhy Sainsbury’s holds all the cards in any potential supermarket mega-merger
Rumours are swirling about potential grocery M&A, and bankers are on manoeuvres. Retail Week evaluates some of the proposals being floated, looks at who exactly is floating them and why Sainsbury’s is the name on everyone’s lips
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NewsData suggests Tesco is AI’s favourite meal deal
When a shopper asks an AI model about the best meal deal in the UK, more than half the time it checks Tesco’s website to find the answer.
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NewsUK not sufficiently prepared for shocks to food supplies
The National Audit Office has urged the government to act as climate crisis, disease and cyberattacks pose growing risk to nation’s food security.
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NewsSainsbury’s poaches new chief people officer from Currys
Sainsbury’s has poached its new chief people officer Paula Coughlan from Currys.
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NewsAsda back in sales growth for first time in two years
Asda has reported sales growth in both the second quarter and across seven weeks of current trading, marking a return to revenue growth for the first time in more than two years.
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AnalysisHas Asda’s turnaround finally turned a corner?
Asda is back in positive sales growth for the first time in two years. Does that mean the retailer is finally turning a corner in Allan Leighton’s turnaround plan?
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NewsJoybuy gives shoppers loyalty points for scanning supermarket receipts
Joybuy has launched a promotion giving customers loyalty points and discounts in return for scanning their supermarket receipts.
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NewsMarks & Spencer rolls out AI tools to support animal welfare on dairy farms
M&S has become the first retailer to roll out AI-powered welfare monitoring tools across its entire Milk Pool, made up of 46 UK dairy farms.
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NewsSainsbury’s to help 10,000 young people into employment with new work experience programme
Grocery giant Sainsbury’s has said it will help 10,000 young people get into employment with the launch of KickStarter, its new “Modern Work Experience” programme.
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NewsOcado names Danish grocer Nemlig as new European partner
Ocado has named Danish pureplay Nemlig as its new European retail partner, in a deal first teased on July 21.
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NewsIceland using AI ‘visual language’ model to cut theft
The retailer reportedly reduced retail losses and shrink by 80% after it adopted the computer vision technology, and is now exploring facial recognition technology in its stores.
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NewsGrocery inflation slips to lowest rate since October 2024
The rate of inflation has slowed to 2.1%, the lowest since October 2024, as price rises continued to ease and groceries bought on promotion rose to their highest, according to the latest data by Worldpanel.
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NewsMorrisons cuts 5,000 jobs as turnaround continues
Morrisons axed almost 5,000 jobs last year amid its ongoing turnaround.