Latest News: supermarkets
November 19, 2019 8:30 am
Published by Angela Beevers
Lidl is to invest over £10 million in increasing its UK employees’ hourly wages. The supermarket, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this month, will be raising... View Article
November 11, 2019 8:48 pm
Published by Angela Beevers
Sainsbury’s has embarked on a wholesale partnership with Coles, the Australian food and drink retailer. From early 2020, Sainsbury’s will supply its own brand products to... View Article
November 7, 2019 8:57 am
Published by Angela Beevers
Sainsbury’s has posted a 15% drop in first half pre-tax profit following a phasing of cost savings, higher marketing costs and tough weather comparatives in the period.... View Article
September 25, 2019 8:44 am
Published by Angela Beevers
Sainsbury’s saw its second quarter like-for like sales edge down 0.2% as it unveiled plans to close some of its supermarkets, convenience stores and Argos shops. In... View Article
September 11, 2019 5:59 am
Published by Angela Beevers
The Lidl supermarket chain has unveiled its new autumn advertising campaign. Created by its advertising agency Karmarama, it will run across TV, posters, press, radio, digital and... View Article
August 5, 2019 5:01 pm
Published by Angela Beevers
Tesco has announced plans to cut around 4,500 jobs at its Tesco Metro stores as it looks to “serve shoppers better” in what it describes as... View Article
July 19, 2019 6:51 am
Published by Angela Beevers
The Waitrose supermarket chain has announced plans to close seven shops. Three of the shops in Oadby, Wollaton and Bromley’s Burnt Ash Lane are being sold... View Article
July 3, 2019 9:49 am
Published by Angela Beevers
Sainsbury’s has posted a 1.6% decline in like-for-like sales in its first quarter. Grocery sales edged down 0.5% although the retailer said its food performance improved... View Article
June 13, 2019 2:57 pm
Published by Angela Beevers
Morrisons and Amazon are expanding their same-day grocery delivery service to include more cities across the UK. The service is currently offered to Amazon Prime Now... View Article