Retail Gazette

MARCH 27, 2024

The discount grocer will open shops in Preston and Derby later in March, with further sites planned across Castle Gresley, Bardon, High Wycombe, and Stoke Gifford in the coming months. Each shop opening is set to create around 40 new jobs on average, according to the discount grocer.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 24, 2022

Instacart is currently piloting the new ad service with Schnuck Markets , Good Food Holdings and Plum Market , among others, with plans to roll it out more broadly later this year. We are eager to continue to test and iterate on these new concepts as consumer needs continue to evolve.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 5, 2023

The AI is 3X more effective at identifying damage than warehouse workers, to whom the task currently falls, Christoph Schwerdtfeger, a software development manager at Amazon, told WSJ. The tech is already in place at two fulfillment centers and Amazon plans to roll out the system to 10 more warehouses in North America and Europe.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2023

still plan to cook more at home. Food retailers must also have the right financial planning in place to withstand the economic turbulence in the long run and make sure they remain agile regardless of wider market trends. Plan and mitigate all scenarios. Transform shopping in-store. Hyper-personalization is also on the rise.

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 31, 2022

The challenges for most other retailers are significant, but a number of midsize grocers gained momentum by understanding their customers better and differentiating their offering accordingly. Second quartile grocers have opportunities to also rise rapidly in the rankings by reinventing their relationships with their customers.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 6, 2024

Asda is set to face a second strike after GMB members at its Wisbech store voted to strike over claims of reduced hours and a rise in “bullying management” culture. The supermarket claimed these were in addition to weekly and monthly meetings its store management had with GMB representatives to discuss health & safety matters.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 9, 2024

Waitrose executive director James Bailey has claimed the “era of cheap food is over,” days before the grocer is due to unveil a new initiative to support its British farmers in switching to regenerative agriculture. “We need to witness the end of cheap food and a reversal of the value of the food people are eating.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2022

Some of the planned improvements include barcode scanning, more efficient inventory management, easier options for adding product images and real-time support to fix any issues that come up. grocers to offer same-day delivery, including Walgreens , Albertsons Cos. Uber Eats has since entered partnerships with multiple major U.S.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 1, 2024

The areas with the most suggestions will then be considered as prime locations as the grocer looks to build hundreds of new stores across Britain. This week, rival Lidl also unveiled plans to open “hundreds” of new stores across the country this year, as it celebrates its 30th anniversary in the UK.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 6, 2022

As grocers around the world work furiously to meet consumers’ demand for delivery without breaking the bank, Chinese online grocer Missfresh looks to have a winning model. We’ll have different promotions in the afternoon or late evening period to make sure that we’re managing a good inventory turnover,” explained Chen. “It’s

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 23, 2024

Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning Last month fellow co-owner Mohsin Issa said he was planning to step back from his role at Asda and would appoint a chief executive to support the daily management of the supermarket.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 19, 2024

The John Lewis Partnership, which also owns Waitrose, was reported back in February to be planning to reduce the number of staff it employs at customer service provider Foundever as it looked to streamline costs. According to The Grocer , most of the 200 staff working on the Waitrose team had been given 45 days redundancy notice.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 14, 2023

RedMart by Lazada, Singapore’s first fully digital grocer, recently released the findings of its latest research into Singaporean grocery shopping and restocking habits. Among the highlights, it revealed that eight out of 10 Singaporeans still prefer shopping online for groceries, even in post-pandemic times.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 17, 2024

A survey of 50 HTA members, including garden centres and nurseries, found 41% were planning to bring deliveries forward due to the checks. Last year, former Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King blamed Brexit as grocers rationed fruit and veg. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The grocer declared the dividend to EG Group, owned by the Issa brothers, in September 2022 despite over an 80% plunge in pre-tax profits last year. The dividend contributed to around a £1.8bn drop in the supermarket’s assets and helped its owners manage their debts.

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Shopper Intelligence

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

If you’re a Category Manager are you the next CEO or stuck for life? Breadth is good, especially if you want to move into General Management one day. But I put it to you that if you want breadth in your career, come to Category Management. What does it take to be a Category Manager? Persuasion. Negotiation.

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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. Blackhurst returns to Morrisons from 18 March, having previously worked for the grocer between 2015 to 2019 primarily as group commercial director.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 21, 2024

The discount grocer recently announced a long-term plan to operate 1,500 stores across the UK, with a particular interest in shops within the M25 due to strong demand for Aldi in the capital. Additionally, Aldi is looking for sites to accommodate its Aldi Local store formats, which measure around 5,000 sq ft.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The supermarket boss claimed major grocers like Sainsbury’s had returned to popularity as customers seek to buy all their groceries in one place, instead of searching around multiple shops for bargains. While the supermarket’s share of the grocery market rose to 15.6% to 9.6%, according to Kantar.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Poundland has set out plans to offer an alternative to the big grocers by accelerating ‘Project Diamond’ which will bring new ranges to between 275 and 300 more stores between now and Autumn 2023. In August, Poundland announced plans to open, relocate or extend up to 25 new stores by the end of this year.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2024

Whole Foods plans to expand this model to additional locations in New York City, before eventually expanding it to other metropolitan cities across the country. There is a commonly held view that Whole Foods is an amazing grocer but the reality it is a high-quality grocer without many added bells and whistles.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 17, 2024

Lidl said it planned minimal change in overall headcount and was offering the staff members affected a guaranteed interview for the new positions. As a result, we have proposed the creation of two new management positions to improve the ratio of managers to team members.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Consumers demand grocers and mass merchants in particular provide these last-mile services, and it’s not without challenges, as over 40% of grocery consumers cite delivery and fulfillment services as key attributes while deciding where to shop in the past year. Lindsey Mazza is Global Retail Lead at Capgemini Group.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 27, 2024

Wall has held a range of roles at the grocer, contributing significantly to its tranformation, including the design and rollout of format and range localisation, building the Market Street offering and service, as well as being one of the team who led the company through Covid-19.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

Preparing Internal Operations for Smart Stores The importance of operational preparedness is especially true for grocers implementing emerging technologies such as autonomous checkout, also referred to as seamless checkout. Companies must excel and stay ahead of the curve in today’s technologically competitive environment.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2022

Managing retail supply chains is complicated, heads-down work. So why should these teams expand their focus to consider markdown planning in addition to their already full slate of targets? Supply chain teams are often expected to meet ambitious KPI targets that are critical to the health of the entire business.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 26, 2020

If you’re a grocer, you have different problems than if you’re a fashion retailer, right? Grocers were sitting there with huge supply chain issues, especially initially with the surge in consumers hoarding products and the run on their stores. It’s no longer ‘I always go to the same grocer every week.’

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

On top of that, she has faced fierce criticism around her turnaround plan, which includes a focus on non-retail activities such as house building. Price stepped down as deputy chairman and managing director of Waitrose in 2016 after 33 years at the business. His deep grocery experience could be vital in getting Waitrose back on form.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2022

The boom has led to the launch of multiple competing services, from major grocers like Kroger to established delivery companies like DoorDash to online pure plays like Gopuff. The rapidly growing retailer, which raised $100 million in a February 2022 funding round, plans to open 25 new stores in 2022 , with more coming in 2023.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 7, 2023

Ocado is planning on expanding its same-day delivery options to create more slots for customers as it faces growing pressure from part-owner M&S to start showing signs of a turnaround. Currently, the online grocer does have same-day delivery options in most locations across the UK but availability is limited to a few thousand each week.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 7, 2023

Ocado is planning on expanding its same-day delivery options to create more slots for customers as it faces growing pressures from part-owner M&S to start showing signs of a turnaround. Although the online grocer does have same-day delivery options in most locations across the UK, its availability is limited to a few thousand each week.

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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 TouchPoints

MAY 4, 2023

Oh great, another screen I need to market on, said no brand manager ever. Because of that, when working with a digital signage partner, focusing on both strategy and maintenance is important — the same attention is needed for OOH digital as you would put into managing your online marketing. Is the investment worth it?

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2022

Some of the retailer’s plans include redesigning back rooms to accommodate pickup, delivery and ship- from-store orders; adjusting staging operations for orders to drop in three-hour increments to maximize space; and sending overflow delivery orders to the crowdsourced Spark Driver network. The focus on employees stretches beyond basic tasks.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 10, 2021

The massive ecommerce expansion is part of the retailer’s Never the Same Again transformation plan, designed to drive international growth through online channels under its recently established online, digital and data division MS2. The upper levels of the building would then be converted into office space.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Thirteen female leaders were hired to the top job of UK retailers in 2022, which equates to 31% of the 42 appointments made, according to management consultancy Korn Ferry. McGowan, who sat on the board of Morrisons until its sale to CD&R in 2021 , has broad experience of managing product, service and subscription-led businesses.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2021

“If both parties began looking at a variety of data sets, but through the same lens, there would be much more strategic alignment and much less of a disconnect visible in inventory management,” noted Melissa Minkow, Retail Industry Lead at CI&T in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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