Jan 9, 2020 | News, Retailing
Tesco, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer all saw growth in their Christmas food trading periods, latest figures have revealed. In the 19 week period from November 23rd to January 4th, Tesco saw 0.2% growth across its Christmas trading and in total sales. Marks &...
Jan 8, 2020 | News, Retailing
Young’s Seafood has launched a brand new advertising campaign to encourage people to include fish in their diet more often. The ‘Masters of Fish’ campaign will be the brand’s longest running advertisement and the business estimates that it will reach around 33 million...
Jan 7, 2020 | News, Retailing
Morrisons has experienced a 2.8% drop in like for like sales over the 22 weeks to January 5th, latest figures have shown. Group like for like sales fell by 1.7% over the 22 week period, a figure which rises to 2.8% when including fuel. Despite a promising start to the...
Jan 7, 2020 | News, Retailing
Despite a record year through the tills over Christmas, 2019 saw the slowest rate of growth across December since 2015, according to the latest grocery figures released by Kantar. Sales at Sainsbury’s fell by 0.7%, although its market share held relatively firm...
Dec 11, 2019 | News, Retailing
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar show year-on-year supermarket sales growth slowed again during the past 12 weeks to a modest 0.5%. Amid the uncertainty of a General Election, a lacklustre Black Friday and a wet autumn, Kantar says shoppers have...
Dec 5, 2019 | News, Retailing
Sustainability, ethics and saving money are prominent themes for food and grocery shopping this Christmas, according to the latest research from research organisation IGD. IGD stated that following the growing interest in sustainability and plant-based diets over the...