Jan 28, 2020 | News, Retailing
Sainsbury’s has announced that it is investing £1bn to commit to an extensive plastic and food waste reduction initiative, with the goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2040 – 10 years earlier than any other supermarket. The investment will be staggered...
Jan 24, 2020 | News, Retailing
Tesco has become the first supermarket to remove the plastic wrapping on multipacks, which will in turn remove 350 tonnes of plastic from the environment each year. The move comes as Tesco looks to fulfill its commitment of removing 1 billion pieces of plastic from...
Jan 23, 2020 | News, Retailing
In a major shake-up, Morrisons is scrapping 3,000 management roles while also creating 7,000 shop floor jobs, meaning a net gain of 4,000 positions. As part of the restructuring, the supermarket says the new jobs will be hourly-paid roles and will be distributed...
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...
