Sep 1, 2020 | News, Retailing
Footballer Marcus Rashford is spearheading a taskforce with the food industry to help end child poverty in the UK. The Manchester United and England forward has enlisted the support of major retailers Tesco, Asda, Aldi, Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Iceland and Sainsbury’s...
Sep 1, 2020 | News, Retailing
Marks & Spencer’s entire food range is now available online following the launch of its partnership with Ocado Retail. The launch sees Marks & Spencer’s full range of 6,000 products available alongside Ocado’s own label goods and branded lines. This is...
Aug 26, 2020 | News, Retailing
Supermarket Tesco has announced that it will create 16,000 new permanent roles to support the growth of its online business. The new roles are in addition to the 4,000 permanent jobs already created since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The jobs will include...
Aug 24, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
The food and grocery market in the UK is set to grow by £2 billion by 2022, according to the latest channel forecast research from retail analysis company IGD. The research suggests that the grocery market in the UK will grow by 10% between 2019 and 2022, which...
Aug 20, 2020 | News, Retailing
Amazon and Morrisons have teamed up to launch a same-day delivery service for groceries, with trials taking place across Leeds this week. Customers are now able to do their full Morrisons food shop on Amazon.co.uk with free same-day delivery on orders over £40 as part...
Aug 18, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar show take-home grocery sales growth slowed to 14.4% year on year during the 12 weeks to the 9th August 2020. According to the latest data, the market is beginning to move away from the rate of growth seen during the...
