Talking Retail

JULY 15, 2021

An e-commerce platform that plans to help convenience stores by-pass wholesalers and buy direct from manufacturers is to launch by the end of this year. Subscribbe, which is intended to help convenience stores compete on price with the big supermarkets, is aiming to create a “corner shop conglomerate”.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 30, 2024

The supermarket will use the proceeds of the sale to “fund further investment in the grocery and food making businesses, as well as significantly strengthening the business’s capital structure” The grocer is expected to use some of the funds to pay down part of its £5.17bn debt pile.

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365 Retail

AUGUST 17, 2023

Costco, a well-known discount retailer, is reportedly planning to open 14 new warehouses across the UK within the next two years. The company plans to self-fund all the acquisitions. Costco has an excellent planning and performance track record and are entirely self-funded.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Australia’s convenience store sector is growing at a rate of about 3.1 Steven Cain, CEO at Coles, said the deal will allow the company to focus on its growing omnichannel supermarket and liquor business. per cent annually, with Coles Express sales rising by 3.7 Viva will continue to stock Coles’ own-brand products. .

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Both interviews and the subsequent efforts to limit the fallout laid bare Banducci’s frustration and, whilst he dismisses the proposition, no doubt his exhaustion after a tough few years at the helm of Australia’s largest retailer.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Morrisons has unveiled a host of management changes as CEO Rami Baitiéh begins shaping up his senior team for the supermarket’s next chapter. ” Morrisons said its senior team changes reflect some of its key areas of focus, as it plans to “refresh and re-invigorate” the business.

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Retail Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The grocery wholesaler SpartanNash plans to organize its corporate-owned supermarkets under banners that appeal to specific consumer demographics. “We This allows us to have much more purpose as we talk to shoppers and consumers. ”

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2023

We would eat gelato at Christmas and Easter and family birthdays and special occasions and all through summer. gelato was like coffee 20 years ago, where the only place I could get traditional Italian coffee was at my grandparents’ house. SF: We’re just in Melbourne at the moment, but we’d love to expand interstate.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Costco Wholesale Corporation, the world’s third-largest retailer after Walmart and Amazon, has a wacky fiscal year that is out of sync with most retailers: Its FY23 ended 3 September and its annual report was released on 11 October. In Asia, member-based companies have in the past focused heavily or exclusively on wholesale customers.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2022

In a preliminary report released last July, it flagged a raft of options for improving competition including making it easier for new competitors to enter the market, and adjusting planning laws to reduce restrictions on the use of sites using development covenants.

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Mass Relators

JULY 8, 2021

LOUIS – Discount grocery chain Save A Lot today unveiled plans to update and rebrand one-third of its stores this year as it continues its transition to a wholesale model. The new store design will be introduced to all 1,000 of its stores in 32 states by 2024, the company said in announcing the plan. Louis and Denver markets. “As

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Hello Drinks founder JP Tucker said it is a first in the Australian liquor industry and is a win for both customers and wholesalers. But with third-party logistics (3PL) impacting its bottom line, Tucker looked at how he could work with wholesalers to eliminate these costs. Our biggest problem was 3PL costs.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Nielsen Consumer Insights reported a 37 per cent increase in supermarket coffee sales – with more premium options seeing sales growth of over 40 per cent. During the pandemic, we experienced an increase in coffee machine sales and accessories as customers sought to replicate the café experience at home,” Knox said.

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Talking Retail

JULY 28, 2021

Simply Fresh is in talks with several other companies to replace Sainsbury’s as its supplier, after the supermarket last week announced it was shutting down its wholesale operation. The decision meant that Simply Fresh’s plans to roll out the Sainsbury’s supply agreement to many of its stores were stopped in their tracks.

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365 Retail

JUNE 21, 2021

Tesco is set to launch its first checkout-free store following a successful trial for staff at its head office over the past year. Chief executive Ken Murphy said plans are in the early stages but he is hopeful it can match the appeal of similar scan-and-go stores being rolled out by Amazon in the UK.

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 26, 2023

// Sainsbury’s unveils plans to invest £15m to cut the prices of household staples, including pasta and rice // The retailer confirmed that it will “continue to make price cuts on popular essential products throughout the summer.”

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Baitiéh will start in November and will work closely with Potts, who has been at the helm of the grocer for nine years, to ensure a smooth handover period. “As a manufacturer, wholesaler and seller of food, Morrisons is uniquely positioned to grow in the coming years while remaining deeply focused on customer satisfaction.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 6, 2024

Administrators at FRP said the reduced store footprint would coincide with “a renewed focus on the brand’s products, online sales channels and wholesale strategies, bringing the brand in line with industry peers and supporting a return to financial stability”.

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Mass Relators

MARCH 25, 2024

Supermarket operators have sold nonfood products for decades, but they still aren’t getting their fair share of the business. Moderated by Shannon Hodock, senior vice president of client development for HBC and GM at Acosta, the presentation included insights from the company and commentary from industry participants. “As

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Inside Retail

MAY 4, 2021

Despite a burgeoning petcare aisle at its supermarkets, Woolworths Group is hoping to carve out a greater slice of the $2.9 The sales growth has been incredible in the last year and we only hope to continue to grow that,” Anne Nguyen, marketing and e-commerce manager at Fuzzyard, told Inside Retail.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2022

American wholesale retailer Costco has opened its first petrol station in New Zealand, as it counts down to the opening of its first full warehouse store. As in other markets, Costco is using petrol as a loss leader, selling fuel at around 20 cents a litre cheaper than nearby rival service stations.

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Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This supermarket mega merger comes as American consumers have seen the cost of groceries rise steadily over the past few years,” Henry Liu, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, said in a statement. WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit to block Kroger’s proposed $25 billion merger with Albertsons Cos.,

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2021

Moreover, the business model is based on wholesaling, supplying and supporting franchisees and independent retailers, some of whom may well shift to other wholesalers and pharmacy retail brands if the Wesfarmers takeover succeeds. cash bid through a scheme of arrangement, valuing the Sydney-based wholesaler at $687 million.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 4, 2024

New Zealand’s Foodstuffs has received its strongest indication yet that the nation’s competition regulator may block the planned merger of its North and South Island businesses. The value of those suppliers’ outside options would consequently be reduced.

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A1 Retail

JULY 25, 2023

While the Company has built a strong presence in the UK’s traditional towns and suburban locations, a key aspect of its future growth plans will centre on targeting high footfall locations that cater to travellers, commuters, and drivers, bringing Greggs to more customers, broadening customer appeal and driving loyalty.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

If you walk up and down the aisles of supermarkets, clothes shops or even furniture stores, you will notice that more brands are shouting about their commitment to protecting the environment, be it via packaging or marketing messages. To put it simply, there is no escaping the subject of sustainability in retail.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Founder and creative director of Who is Elijah, Raquel Bouris speaks to how the vegan, fragrance brand plans to further disrupt the niche luxury fragrance market after a successful Black Friday campaign and launch of its new scent Ocean Eyes. One day I was sitting at my office desk and just said “Who is Elijah?” and it stuck.

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Retail Focus

MAY 24, 2021

Ed Butler , VP of technology at digital consultancy Appnovation , picks four standout lessons from the pandemic that F&B strategists can learn from. . F&B brands have responded with fast-paced innovation, realigning the parameters of the industry at breakneck speed. Embrace agile models.

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A1 Retail

MAY 9, 2023

However, the arrival of spring and the Easter Bank Holiday weekend fuelled growth at pubs and sports & outdoor retailers, while ticket sales for the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool boosted the entertainment sector. percent year-on-year in April – less than half the latest CPIH* inflation rate of 8.9 Spending on groceries increased 5.5

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The key players at the time were FamilyMart, Circle K, and B’s Mart, with market shares of 21.4 Since the beginning of this year, the chain has opened 300 Winmart+ stores, with 800 more planned by the end of this year. per cent, 20.7 per cent, and 9.6 per cent, respectively. And then the whole market changed.

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Asda has confirmed plans to expand its convenience stores into petrol stations, with 28 launching this year and a further 200 next year. The details come as the supermarket also revealed two more senior executives have quit, following the departure of chief executive Roger Burnley, who left earlier than expected last month.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

But, how did a business which had almost 1,000 stores at the end of 2022, just a over year later disappear from the high street without anyone noticing? The high street chain shuttered its 237 outlets inside the supermarket’s stores in June, resulting in around 2,000 redundancies.

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Mass Relators

JULY 26, 2021

LOUIS — Discount grocery chain Save A Lot has unveiled plans to update and rebrand one-third of its stores this year as it continues its transition to a wholesale model. The new store design will be introduced to all 1,000 of its stores in 32 states by 2024, the company said in announcing the plan. Louis; and Denver markets. “As

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365 Retail

MAY 5, 2021

A consortium of investors, led by responsible investment group ShareAction, cheered a “landmark victory” after Tesco widened the scope of its healthy food promise to cover not just its UK and Ireland operations, but also its Central European business and wholesale supplier Booker Group.

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365 Retail

MARCH 20, 2023

Plans are in place to expand the service to additional cities throughout 2023. Amy Heather, Director of Strategic Accounts at Just Eat, said: “Our partnership with Iceland is another big step in our grocery delivery journey in the UK, bringing even more convenient grocery options to our customers.”

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Rangeme

APRIL 18, 2022

Lots of people making simple changes is much better than just a few people making wholesale changes,” he says. And retailer Co-Op announced last year that it would be carbon-neutral by 2040, which includes being the first British supermarket to offer carbon-neutral private label products. stores look at the big picture.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 26, 2022

NEW YORK – Regional supermarket operators Meijer and Bashas’ separately announced they are now accepting online payments by shoppers enrolled in SNAP, the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program. Bashas’ said it plans to introduce the capability to its Diné stores across Arizona and New Mexico.

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