Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2021

Videos and images of bare toilet paper shelves have once again surfaced online as consumers fall into old habits, forcing supermarkets to bring back purchase limits on high demand items. Varying approach from supermarkets . In the last week alone, 17 Woolworths supermarkets have been listed as Covid-19 exposure sites.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2021

Two new stores opened last week, offering a supersized format of Alibaba’s Freshippo supermarkets to paying members. The rise in members-only supermarkets . Members-only supermarkets have become popular in Asia in recent years. Australia is a unique market given the power of the existing players in the supermarket space.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 10, 2024

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 have also given reasonable returns to shareholders, so we think the balanced model is working.”

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Supermarket sales increased by 1.6 With customers returning to shopping in-store, e-commerce sales declined by 11.5 The post Coles’ first-quarter sales increase as shoppers return to stores appeared first on Inside Retail. For the 13 weeks to 25 September, group sales grew 1.3 per cent to $9.8 per cent to $8.8

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Retail Times

OCTOBER 31, 2023

As children return to school after half term, the Food Foundation is calling for supermarkets to do […] If you want more information Retail Times get in touch! Retail Times - Retail news, reports, analysis & comment

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Inside Retail

APRIL 2, 2023

A decade ago, husband and wife Jeremy and Bettina Kirk launched the first Scoop Whole Foods supermarket in Mosman, Sydney. The idea is for customers to purchase and use Whole Beauty products, and then return to the store with their glass and bamboo containers to be refilled.

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Lidl has become the first supermarket chain to initiate a bottle return scheme trial, debuting in Glasgow. Customers participating in the scheme are rewarded with 5p for every eligible container returned. The Lidl Return Scheme trial will run from 8th February 2024 to 11th August 2024 at participating Glasgow stores.

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Talking Retail

AUGUST 24, 2021

Online sales from supermarkets dipped 10% in the month to 14 August compared with the same period last year, according to Nielsen figures. This story continues at Online sales from supermarkets fall back slightly as shoppers return to stores. The fall in online sales was from £1.2bn in the same period last year.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 6, 2021

And this month we’re discussing the highs and lows of online shopping, covering everything from shipping delays and lost items to friction-filled returns. We also discuss the retailers that are tapping into the expat community while borders are closed and the thinking behind categorisation of international cuisines in the supermarkets.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2021

per cent drop in comparable supermarket sales at Coles is a clear sign of normalising consumer behaviour in the wake of Covid-19 lockdowns. We’re beginning to see customers returning to the CBD, as they return to work. The return to normalcy is also impacting the times at which consumers shop. “We Deflation of 0.2

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Total till sales at UK supermarkets have seen sustained growth of 9.1% This has been encouraged by an increase in the discounts offered by supermarket loyalty schemes. as the back to school period led shoppers to return to their usual shopping patterns. in the last four weeks ending 7th October 2023, only slightly down from +10.1%

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 2, 2024

Supermarkets face a potential ban on fruit and veg plastic packaging as the UK government considers forcing a return to traditional ‘greengrocer’ style methods. The new rules will require grocers to sell more loose fresh produce in a move designed to combat both food and packaging waste.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 8, 2024

Discount supermarket retailer Lidl U.S. Kerr is returning for a second stint at Lidl U.S., has named four executives with extensive retail experience to top posts, including naming Frank Kerr as the company’s first-ever Chief Customer Officer.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 16, 2024

Last year, Woolworths Group, the company behind Woolworths Supermarkets and Big W reportedly told staff they could choose to work on January 26 and take another off day at the discretion of their manager. So it can be a make-or-break move,” said Mirzaei. The Woolworths Group are currently implementing their third Reconciliation Action Plan.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2024

The supermarket retailer will close 48 stores in upstate New York and Pennsylvania that are located in the “path of totality” from 3 to 3:30 p.m. Wegmans doesn’t want its employees (or its customers for that matter) to miss what will be the last total solar eclipse visible from North America for 20 years. ET on April 8.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Metcash is known for its supermarket brands IGA and Foodland and convenience brand Campbells/C-Store. It was also pleasing to see our supermarkets business return to volume growth in the second quarter as inflation showed,” said Doug Jones, CEO at Metcash. Meanwhile, tobacco sales fell 12.2

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365 Retail

APRIL 27, 2021

Shoppers are making more trips to supermarkets and buying less online as lockdown lifts and the vaccine rollout boosts confidence, according to new figures. Shoppers are making more trips to supermarkets and buying less online as lockdown lifts and the vaccine rollout boosts confidence, according to new figures (Victoria Jones/PA).

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Supermarket chain Aldi is recalling some faulty Workzone double USB power points sold in the majority of states in Australia this year due to fire and electrocution risks. The Workzone products being recalled have product number 708521, model numbers RPOD10U-AA and RPOD10U-AC, and batch number 05/2023 or 07/2023.

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I Vend

AUGUST 10, 2021

The COVID surge for supermarkets The pandemic hit many retailers hard, with stores shut and high streets deserted. According to industry experts The Grocer magazine, UK supermarkets continue to see high levels of growth. iVend Supermarket iVend helps supermarkets offer uninterrupted service to their customers.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

per cent as customers across all businesses returned to in-store shopping. Further reading: Woolworths takes controlling stake in pet chain Petspiration The post Woolworths’ first-half profit increases as customers return to stores appeared first on Inside Retail. For the 27 weeks to January 1, sales reached $33.2

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 21, 2023

Supermarket sales reached $36.7 per cent as customer shopping behaviour normalised with the return to in-store shopping. Coles completed 46 store renewals and opened 17 new stores and closed six, taking the network to 846 supermarkets. For the 52 weeks to June 25, sales from continuing and discontinued operations reached $41.5

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 23, 2023

Australian retail giant Woolworths Group reported solid FY23 results on Wednesday , showcasing the supermarket sector’s resilience in the face of dropping consumer spend. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) from the company’s Australian supermarkets rose 19.1 per cent over the financial year to $2.8 per cent to $249 million.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 10, 2024

Tesco said price pressures on supermarkets continue to ease as it reported its profits had more than doubled over the past year. He said the supermarket had “worked hard” to reduce prices, including “doubling down” on its Aldi Price Match offer and Clubcard Prices promotion, which is available on around 8,000 products each week.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 23, 2024

The way things used to be in service, before many technological innovations kicked in, is almost unimaginable now; and perhaps we wouldn’t choose to return to that. Take the mundane activity of going to a supermarket. In 2019, a Dutch supermarket introduced slow checkouts for lonely elderly people who want to talk to someone.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Hardware store Bunnings has split the supermarket duopoly as Australia’s second most trusted brand, taking the place of Coles in the 12 months to September. Supermarket chain Aldi has placed fourth while Kmart ranked fifth among the most trusted brands.

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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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Inside Retail

JUNE 15, 2021

Supermarket giant Coles has expanded its Coles Local store concept into Queensland with the reopening of its Ascot supermarket in Brisbane on Wednesday morning. We’re beginning to see customers returning to the CBD, as they return to work.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 23, 2024

There are 78 Sessions in 2024, covering pretty much every major category of product you would find in a supermarket or drug store. The Fun Committee Last year, as ECRM geared up for its 30th anniversary return to in-person Sessions, it established an internal task force it referred to as The Fun Committee.

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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 TouchPoints

JANUARY 30, 2023

The new supermarket concept Addie’s , a self-described “drive-up grocer,” has opened its first store in Norwood, Mass., ” The pandemic served as a propellent for online grocery, and many consumers aren’t returning to traditional in-store shopping: online grocery is expected to account for 20.5% fueled by $10.1 of all U.S.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2022

Floods in South Australia caused “severe road and rail logistics disruptions into Western Australia, while flooding in NSW and Queensland saw the suspension of trading at 130 stores across its supermarket, liquor and convenience store networks. The supermarket division recorded $8 billion in sales, also up by 3.9 per cent.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 20, 2022

Albertsons Companies will launch cart-based smart checkout technology later this year at select supermarkets throughout the country, in partnership with Veeve Smart Carts. In October 2021, online grocery platform Instacart moved deeper into supermarket technology with the acquisition of Caper.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 26, 2023

billion on a normalised basis while supermarket sales rose 2.1 The business opened 39 new IGA stores during the year and says it is “well positioned” to deliver growth and superior returns to shareholders. Total food sales grew 2.8 per cent to $9.6 per cent and convenience store sales were up 9.7 Liquor sales grew 8.3

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Inside Retail

JULY 12, 2021

Discount supermarket Aldi is making a push into convenience with the opening this week of a Corner Store concept in North Sydney. The new store layout is designed to support smaller-basket, convenience-driven purchases, in contrast to the traditional big-box Aldi supermarket typically frequented by consumers for larger shopping trips.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 6, 2022

Woolworths Group says it will open a large Big W store alongside its refurbished Woolworths supermarket at Sydney’s Town Hall later this year. The group has invested more than $10 million in the new store, hoping to help reinvigorate the city’s CBD as Covid restrictions ease.

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Retail Times

MAY 5, 2021

Total till sales at UK supermarkets maintained steady growth at 4.6% However, online grocery sales growth has slowed to 25%1, as UK shoppers return to supermarket stores following the easing of the UK’s national lockdown, reveals new data released today by NielsenIQ.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 19, 2024

Asda co-owner Zuber Issa close to securing a deal to sell his £500m stake in the supermarket to its private equity backer TDR Capital. Once the transaction is complete, Walmart will retain its 10% in the supermarket , Mohsin will keep his 22.5% Issa is understood in the final stages of negotiations to dispose of his 22.5%

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