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Tesco CEO defends supermarket amid profiteering accusations: ‘We’re the cheapest full-line grocer’

Retail Gazette

Tesco CEO Ken Murphy has defended the supermarket as the union Unite accused it of “raking in mountains of cash” after its profits more than doubled in its last financial year. “We’ve never been cheaper than Asda in our history but we’ve been consistently so for 16 months. .”

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Iceland named best UK supermarket to work for by The Sunday Times

Retail Gazette

The annual list recognises companies with the highest employee engagement and wellbeing levels. The frozen food retailer , alongside its sister brand The Food Warehouse was the only UK supermarket to feature in the ‘very big’ organisation category.

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Morrisons joins Sainsbury’s in slashing hundreds of jobs to trim costs

Retail Gazette

Morrisons is set to cut over 200 jobs from its retail people team as part of a significant cost-saving initiative, becoming the latest supermarket to announce such measures as it navigates the challenging economic landscape of 2025. Before any final decisions are taken, we will undertake a minimum 45-day consultation process.

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Are Deskless Retail Workers in a Tech Drought?

Retail TouchPoints

Are managers putting timely data around customer expectations, product availability and professional progress in the hands of deskless workers to help increase productivity and boost employee engagement? Managers and upper-level leaders are not the only ones who can benefit from access to information.

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Data dynamism: Three ways embedded analytics are transforming retailers’ data into competitive retail insights

Retail Focus

Improved employee wellbeing and retention: As well as understanding the needs and wants of customers, integrated data software can optimise internal processes. This includes breaking down goals such as employee engagement (something that will prove incredibly challenging yet essential to capture in an age of remote working).

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Iceland throws 600-jobs lifeline to Sainsbury’s and Morrisons workers

Retail Gazette

The supermarket giant is closing its remaining cafs, hot food counters, patisserie, and pizza counters, and reduce senior management roles by an estimated 20%. It comes as Sainsbury’s revealed yesterday (23 January) that it was slashing 3,000 jobs as part of a drive to simplify its business and address rising costs.

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How to solve employee attrition in retail

Retail Focus

Supermarkets have led the way in cutting costs with Tesco announcing plans to reduce its headcount by 2,000 in a restructure. Thanks to the use of digital tools, such as open-shift management and two-way communication module, businesses can improve employee engagement and ensure that information always gets to the right place when needed.