UK & Ireland Grocery News
Costcutter Launches Major Recruitment Drive
Costcutter has kicked off 2020 with the launch of a major recruitment drive promising independent retailers a ‘fresh start’ for their businesses.
The campaign is...
Aldi Close To Removing All Cartoon Characters From Cereal Range
Aldi UK has announced that it will shortly complete the removal of cartoon characters from its own brand cereal range to help parents tackle...
Focus on Local Products Drives Christmas Growth For Midcounties Co-op
The Midcounties Co-op appears to having outperformed the larger supermarket multiples over the Christmas period with like-for-like sales in its food stores increasing by...
John Lewis Top Brass Leaves ‘Partners’ And Customers Seriously Underwhelmed
Incoming boss Sharon White, inheriting a management in disarray, will have little room for error as she tries to cut costs but preserve the...
Asda Ditching Meat And Fish Counters In Favour Food-For-Now Offer
Asda has revealed plans to replace all of its traditional in-store meat and fish counters with food-for-now offerings that tap into latest food trends.
The...
Lidl Delivers Double-Digit Growth Over The Christmas Period
Lidl saw its total sales rise by 11% over the four weeks to 29 December with it experiencing its busiest ever trading day on...
B&M Disappoints With Weaker-Than-Expected Performance Over Christmas
Following on from yesterday’s dismal results from John Lewis, a trading update from B&M suggests that even value-orientated retailers found the going tough over...
Tough Year For LloydsPharmacy
Latest accounts filed at Companies House by McKesson’s LloydsPharmacy unit show the chain recorded a significant fall in sales last year as it restructured...
Healthy Christmas For Holland & Barrett
Holland & Barrett has bucked the current downbeat trend in the retail sector by announcing robust figures from the Christmas trading period.
Total sales at...
Card Factory Cuts Profit Outlook After Weak Festive Trading
Card Factory has revealed that its underlying sales are currently down on last year after what it described as a “challenging” Christmas trading period.
In...