Mar 26, 2021 | News, Retailing
Tesco has called on the food industry to take “collective action to achieve transformative change” as part of its climate manifesto ahead of this year’s COP26 Climate Change Summit in Glasgow.
Feb 10, 2021 | News, Retailing
The rapid adoption of technology will allow supermarkets to reduce food waste and drive ever greater customer loyalty, according to Mel Smith CBE, Ocado CEO and speaker at the 2021 City Food Lecture.
Feb 2, 2021 | News, Retailing
January saw shoppers spend £1 billion more on supermarket food and drink items compared to the same four-week period last year, with take-home grocery sales also rising by 12.2% during the 12 weeks to 24th January 2021, according to Kantar. Sales growth accelerated to...
Jan 18, 2021 | News, Retailing
Food sales grew by more than 5% during 2020 despite the year being the worst on record for retail sales, according to new data from IGD. For 2020 overall, total retail sales declined 0.3% compared with 2019, however food sales were up by 5.4%. Over the three months to...
Jan 11, 2021 | News, Retailing
Online retailer Ocado has warned its customers that it may face shortages of certain products during the current coronavirus lockdown. In an email, the company explained that changes to the UK supply chain had affected its suppliers and that there may be shortages of...
Dec 18, 2020 | News, Retailing
Tesco has confirmed that it has completed the sale of its businesses in Thailand and Malaysia to C.P. Retail Development Company Limited (CPRD). The supermarket had agreed the sale back in March for $10.6 billion in order to “further de-risk the Tesco business” by...
