GroceryAid Ball raises £550,000
March 13, 2018 7:50 amGroceryAid’s annual Gala Ball has raised a whopping £550,00 for the charity. Held at London’s Grosvenor House hotel on 9 March, the event was attended by... View Article
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The Co-op pilots pay-in-aisle technology
March 7, 2018 1:54 pmThe Co-op is piloting an initiative that enables shoppers to check-out their in-store purchases on their smartphone, without visiting a till. Time-pressed shoppers will soon be... View Article
Sainsbury’s to increase pay for store staff amid contract shake-up
March 6, 2018 12:00 pmSainsbury’s is to invest over £100 million in its 130,000 store staff this year by taking the base rate of pay from £8.00 to £9.20 per... View Article
Morrisons and Tesco rise to top the big four in last quarter
March 6, 2018 10:33 amMorrisons and Tesco were the fastest growing of the big four supermarkets in the last quarter according to new figures from Kantar Worldpanel. The firm’s latest... View Article
Tesco completes takeover of Booker
March 5, 2018 10:19 amSupermarket Tesco has completed its £3.7 billion takeover of the Booker wholesale group. The cash and shares merger was implemented through a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement... View Article
Just Eat appoints Mike Evans as non-exec chairman
March 2, 2018 7:31 amJust Eat has appointed Mike Evans to the role of non-executive chairman. Evans has been chairman of the ZPG digital property brand operator since 2014. He... View Article
Greggs hails strong full year performance
February 27, 2018 8:19 amGreggs has reported a “strong” full year performance despite being impacted by rising inflation. In the year to 30 December, underlying operating profit, excluding property profits... View Article
Waitrose introduces Japanese gin
February 27, 2018 8:18 amWaitrose has become the first UK supermarket to introduce a gin made in Japan. Roku, a craft gin from Japanese distillery The House of Suntory, has... View Article
Hotel Chocolat boosted by first half sales and profit uplift
February 21, 2018 8:10 amHotel Chocolat saw its first half pre-tax profit rise by 15% to £12.9 million after a successful Christmas trading period. In the six months to 31... View Article
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