Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 30, 2023

The new supermarket concept Addie’s , a self-described “drive-up grocer,” has opened its first store in Norwood, Mass., As such, the store itself features a “completely reimagined” layout and inventory management system developed to enable “accurate and affordable grocery pickup in minutes.” fueled by $10.1 of all U.S.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 26, 2023

IGA owner Metcash says sales across all retail pillars remain “strong” and the business is actively managing increased cost pressures. billion on a normalised basis while supermarket sales rose 2.1 For the year to April 30, group revenue rose 6.2 per cent to $15.8 billion while underlying tax-paid profit was up 4.6 per cent to $307.5

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Victorians can now return their used Tetra Pak beverage cartons for recycling and receive a 10c refund following the launch of Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme (CDS). “Responsible waste management and recycling practices are critical for the health of our environment,” remarked Paul Zahra, CEO of ARA.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 6, 2023

McGrath, a veteran of discount supermarkets, has worked with Daunt for 17 years, while Schorn will relocate to Australia from Austria, where she was leading the Aldi business there. Anna McGrath and Marietta Schorn will lead the local business after Daunt departs. Prior to that, he was the group MD for the company.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 18, 2023

If you shop in a mainstream supermarket, chances are you’ll be familiar with member prices. Retail Gazette looks at why so many supermarkets have adopted this approach, whether it’s proving successful, and how loyalty programmes can stand out when so many retailers are offering member prices.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 14, 2022

Launching today (14 th April), the Proud of My Store online hub is now open for entries from supermarket branches, boutiques, banks, pharmacies, salons, restaurants and more, inviting them to tell their local store’s story – whether it’s a big idea or a small but powerful act of kindness. So don’t miss out! How to enter: 1.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Earlier this week, supermarket player Coles announced it is selling its convenience arm Coles Express to long-time fuel partner Viva Energy for $300 million. Additionally, Cain said the environmental impact of fossil fuels was difficult to justify for a business aiming to be the country’s most sustainable supermarket. “As

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365 Retail

AUGUST 31, 2021

Supermarkets and hauliers have warned that shoppers could face long-term higher prices for food as result of systemic changes to the supply chain. File photo dated 24/07/2020 of a shopper in a supermarket in east London. File photo dated 24/07/2020 of a shopper in a supermarket in east London. Issue date: Tuesday April 27, 2021.

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Secure Retail

MAY 26, 2022

We are looking for a Returns and Test Technician to join a great, friendly team here on the Bardon Industrial Estate in Coalville, Leicestershire. Every time you make a payment in a shop, restaurant, pub or supermarket in the UK, there’s a good chance it will be made on a payment device we’ve supplied.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 11, 2024

The data was used to allow StarCare, the supermarket’s maintenance team, to discover the optimal balance between operational efficiency and energy consumption, which included making changes and repairs to capital expenditure initiatives and purging air from condensers.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2023

While this may sound positive for supermarkets, it also brings new challenges. First, supermarkets must determine exactly how much inventory to order so as not to waste food or purchase insufficient supplies. Innovating the in-store experience can give stores a great return on investment. Transform shopping in-store.

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Secure Retail

JANUARY 5, 2022

We are looking for a Returns and Test Technician to join a great, friendly team here on the Bardon Industrial Estate in Coalville, Leicestershire. Every time you make a payment in a shop, restaurant, pub or supermarket in the UK, there’s a good chance it will be made on a payment device we’ve supplied.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 23, 2024

Tesco is under scrunity from the UK’s supermarket regulator, which is is closely monitoring its implementation of an “Amazon-style” fulfillment fee for online suppliers. Some also raised objections regarding unfair treatment.

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365 Retail

AUGUST 23, 2021

Morrisons agreed a £7 billion offer on Thursday evening in the latest twist in the UK supermarket chain’s dramatic takeover battle. UK supermarkets have been buoyed by the pandemic over the past year as sales were boosted by the closure of non-essential shops and hospitality firms. billion in the hope this would help it secure a deal.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 12, 2022

The issue is perhaps most evident at the nation’s biggest supermarkets, where shelves of fresh produce are once again bare, not because of panic-buying customers, but because of the high numbers of people in the supply chain in isolation. Of those surveyed, 76 per cent said they currently have staff in isolation due to Covid-19 exposure.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 8, 2023

Scotsman Ian McLeod has built his retail career around managing transformation, having worked on every continent of the planet except Antarctica – “There are not many stores there,” he quipped. An example of that focus being deployed was across the 53 Giant supermarkets DFI Retail operates in Singapore.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

It’s no surprise then that Australia’s biggest supermarket chains have all focused their holiday efforts on bringing people together with food. The conversations we’ve been having, particularly with FMCG companies at the moment, is that they’re starting to see a return to normalcy around distribution, and access to freight,” Aley said.

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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 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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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Koko Black owner Simon Crowe, who is also the co-founder and managing director of Grill’d, bought the business out of administration in 2016 after identifying its potential as a great brand, with quality, artisanal products. According to Crowe, Koko Black’s channels are carefully managed. Big guys knocking.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Self check-out solutions have increasingly become a critical aspect of the supermarket shopping experience for consumers, with an estimated two-thirds of shoppers reporting a preference for automated technologies over interacting with a human check-out operator. The technology itself, however, isn’t without its drawbacks.

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Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2022

To raise funds for Indigenous health this NAIDOC week, Coles supermarkets and Express stores in the NT and select regional stores in Western Australia (WA) have launched a ‘Purple House’ campaign. In the past three years, Purple House has offered 10,000 remote dialysis treatments and supported more than 300 patients.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2022

Nationally consistent rules for managing Covid close contacts among essential workers are urgently needed, according to the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC). The comments follow worsening staffing challenges for supermarkets and suppliers described by AFGC CEO Tanya Barden as the greatest since the start of the pandemic.

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A1 Retail

JULY 27, 2022

Shoppers returned to stores, with in-store visits up 10% compared with the same time last year, accelerating from the +7% last seen in June. Total Till grocery sales at UK supermarkets surged +4.4% Total Till grocery sales surged +4.4% in the last four weeks ending 16th July, rising to +5.6%

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Inside Retail

JULY 27, 2022

million by Greenpool Capital and Savills Investment Management. Located 15 km from the CBD in the south-eastern suburb of Thornlie, the 14,577sqm development is anchored by Coles, Woolworths and Aldi supermarkets and is home to 42 specialty shops and kiosks. Perth’s Forest Lakes Shopping Centre has been acquired for $81.5

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Inside Retail

JULY 27, 2023

Earlier this year, rapid delivery grocery start-up Milkrun went from competing with Australia’s grocery chains to being absorbed by Australia’s biggest supermarket giant. Meanwhile, Woolworths’ strong cash flow, and robust back-end systems and processes – including its IT, fulfillment, and customer management – are complementary.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 6, 2022

Here are some examples covering the spectrum of diversification, from a continuist perspective to more disruptive cases: In July 2021, John Lewis revealed plans to become a private landlord by building 10,000 new homes over the next 10 years on land currently used as car parks and above Waitrose supermarkets across the UK.

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365 Retail

JUNE 21, 2021

The news comes as Tesco revealed sales managed to stay in positive territory in the 13 weeks to May 29 compared with a year ago, despite the same period in 2020 being during the height of the first lockdown when supermarket shelves were stripped bare. The comments come as sales in its UK supermarkets grew 0.5%

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 9, 2022

The change will see critical workers in food distribution allowed to return to work at the discretion of employers in an effort to ease the food shortages currently impacting supermarkets.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 21, 2023

Despite consumers’ changing spending habits, Coles delivered a positive result on Tuesday, with sales at the Australia supermarket chain slightly up year on year. The supermarket has seen customers reducing their overall spending, buying in bulk and freezing meals to offset the increased price of groceries. Is inflation embedded?

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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. The Lidl Return Scheme trial will run in participating Glasgow stores from 8 February to 11 August.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 21, 2024

Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning The UK’s largest supermarket Tesco notched up 0.5 Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning The UK’s largest supermarket Tesco notched up 0.5

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2024

This has seen many retailers successfully extending the personalisation of an in-store experience across their online platforms, resulting in increased conversion rates for products recommended on the homepage, and a happy, returning customer.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Potts joined the supermarket in 2015 after almost four decades at Tesco, where he started on the shop floor aged 16 and rose through the ranks to run its Asian operations. Mark Price With John Lewis in peril, could we see Lord Mark Price return to the Partnership? Sound familiar?

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Inside Retail

JULY 4, 2022

Supermarket Coles is getting ready to reopen its Lismore store, months after it was destroyed by devastating floods. Cheryl Muirhead, store manager at Coles Lismore, said that although the past few months had been challenging, she couldn’t be prouder of her team. Seventeen of our team members lost everything.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The tale of Britain’s two private equity-owned supermarket buyouts took a new turn when Asda owners the Issa brothers unveiled a £2.3bn merger between the supermarket chain and the UK and Ireland operations of their other business, petrol station giant EG Group earlier this year. Debt piling: A burden or helping hand?

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Foot traffic levels may take longer to recover, unless businesses return to the central cities and encourage staff back into offices. Grocery chain Foodstuffs have shifted from crisis to project management, with its New World Newmarket supermarket reopening three days after it was inundated with flood-water.

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