Former Co-op And Asda Exec Appointed As New Chair Of BRC

Jo Whitfield has been appointed as the first female Chair of the British Retail Consortium (BRC). She will take over from former Morrisons Chairman...

Lidl Investing Millions In Warehouses To Support Further Growth In The...

Lidl GB has announced that it has completed the two-stage extension of its Belvedere warehouse site in London, investing £285m across two buildings. A...

Morrisons Hires Former Greencore And Aldi Exec As Logistics Director

Morrisons has appointed Andy Gillies as its new Logistics Director. He has joined the supermarket after nearly nine years at convenience foods manufacturer Greencore, most...

Asda Income Tracker Highlights Inflation Hit To Middle-Income Families

Asda’s latest Income Tracker shows that disposable incomes fell for 60% of UK households last month, with the first decline for middle-income families since...

Spend On Promotional Lines Increases In Irish Grocery Market As Inflation...

Latest data from Worldpanel by Numerator shows take-home grocery sales in Ireland rose 6.2% over the four weeks to 10th August amid a further...

Food Drives Shop Price Inflation To 18-Month High

A “significant” jump in the cost of grocery staples has contributed to shop price inflation hitting its highest rate since March last year. The data...

Growing Sales Opportunity For Retailers From Impulse Buys

Recent studies have shown UK shoppers are shopping more frequently but buying fewer items per trip, suggesting consumers are likely increasing the frequency of...

Ocado Worst For Plastic Bags As Total Single-Use Sales Rise For...

Plastic bag sales have risen for the first time in 10 years on the back of the so-called Ocado effect as online food shops...

Independent Evaluation Suggests HFSS Legislation Has Been Force For Good But...

Legislation to restrict supermarket sales of foods high in fat, sugar, or salt (HFSS) has led to a marked reduction in purchases, according to...

Asda Links Supplier Finance Rates To Sustainability

Asda has launched a new supply chain finance scheme with Lloyds Bank, aiming to drive sustainability progress through the use of financial incentives. The supermarket...

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