Jun 26, 2018 | News, Retailing
According to the latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, Britain’s grocery sector has now witnessed two years of continuous growth. Published for the 12 weeks to 17 June 2018, the data shows that supermarket sales have risen for 25 consecutive...
Jun 20, 2018 | Food Equipment & Services, News, Retailing
GS1 UK has announced that Tesco and Ocado have become the first retailers to sign commercial contracts for using productDNA, a new grocery product data-sharing service. productDNA, which launched last month, is said to be the result of the retail industry getting...
Jun 15, 2018 | News, Retailing
Tesco has released its First Quarter Trading Statement 2018/19, and growth plans are on track with total UK and Republic of Ireland (ROI) sales up 3.5%. Tesco’s UK like-for-like sales were up 2.1% as performance improved through the quarter (after taking the timing of...
Jun 13, 2018 | News, Retailing
Tesco has announced it wants to prevent a potential lemon shortage by putting a greener version of the fruit on its supermarket shelves. A lemon shortage in the UK has allegedly been caused by a significantly reduced end of season volume in Spain, which is where the...
Jun 11, 2018 | Ingredients, News, Retailing
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has begun an investigation after claims that traces of meat were found in food classified as vegan or vegetarian at two major supermarkets. The information comes after The Daily Telegraph claimed to have tested ten vegan and vegetarian...
