Supermarkets

Waitrose named top UK grocer, Asda wallows in bottom place

Waitrose has been rated the best UK in-store supermarket for the second year in a row in Which?’s annual supermarket…

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Lidl pledges £1.3bn to store expansion as it opens 800th UK site

Lidl has opened its 800th store in Great Britain today (20 February) and has pledged to invest over £1bn in…

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UK food and grocery market set to be worth £174bn by 2024

The UK food and grocery market is set to grow by 15% between 2019 and 2024 to £174.5bn, according to…

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Aldi ups bag for life prices amid new plastic bag reduction initiatives

Aldi has launched new initiatives to reduce the volume of plastic bags sold in its stores and to provide reusable…

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Sainsbury’s Bank chairman departs after seven years

Roger Davis is to step down as chairman of Sainsbury’s Bank after nearly seven years in the role. Davis has…

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Improved UK supermarket performance sparks property investment surge

Property investors sunk £1.78bn into the UK grocery sector during 2019, with volumes up 80% year-on-year according to Colliers International’s…

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Aldi opens new £64m distribution centre

Budget supermarket Aldi has opened a new £64m distribution centre in Sawley, Derbyshire. The site, which spans over 600,000 sq…

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UK supermarkets see ‘disappointing’ sales growth in January

Supermarket sales grew by only 0.7% in January 2020, down from 3.3% in 2019, according to new data released from…

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Iceland launches trial to reduce plastic packaging by 93%

Iceland has revealed it will be reducing plastic packaging by 93% across its range of fresh produce. The trial launched…

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Sainsbury’s pledges to become carbon neutral by 2040

Sainsbury’s has announced it will commit £1bn towards becoming carbon neutral by 2040. The supermarket giant will use the £1bn…

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