Jun 23, 2020 | News, Retailing
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar show take-home sales from British supermarkets increased by 13.7% year on year in the 12 weeks to 14 June 2020, covering the full lockdown period. Shorter term, the latest four-week ending numbers suggest that...
Jun 4, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
Morrisons’ new phone shopping service, aimed specifically at the old and vulnerable during the current pandemic, has received over 100,00 orders in its first two months of operation. Launched in April, the new telesales shopping platform was introduced in response to...
May 27, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
British take-home grocery sales rose by 14.3% during the 12 weeks to the 17th May, the fastest rate since comparable records began in 1994, according to the latest figures released by Kantar. Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar, said: “The...
May 12, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
Supermarket Morrisons has revealed a 5% rise in like for like sales in the first quarter of 2020/2021, according to its latest trading update. Despite “significant improvement” in recent weeks, the retailer said the first quarter had been “highly volatile” during the...
Apr 16, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
GMB, the union for food producers, has called for Government to convene an urgent meeting with the big six retailers and the Food and Drink Federation after a major Tesco, Sainsbury and Marks and Spencer supplier admitted social distancing was impossible in its...
