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...
Nov 12, 2019 | News, Retailing
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar show that year-on-year supermarket sales grew by 1.0% over the past 12 weeks. The increase is slightly behind the equivalent rate last month, against a backdrop of political uncertainty and a persistently wet...
Jun 4, 2019 | Food Packing, News, Retailing
The UK’s first supermarket frozen ‘pick and mix’ and first essential refillables are among a series of ideas being looked at in a test from Waitrose & Partners, which has the aim to save thousands of tonnes of unnecessary plastic and packaging. The test is...
May 28, 2019 | Chilled Foods, News
Waitrose & Partners is recalling Waitrose 6 Sweet and Succulent Pork Sausages with Caramelised Red Onion Confit with a ‘Use By’ date 04/07/19 due to incorrect date labelling. The product should have been labelled with a ‘Use By’ date of 04/06/19. The FSA issed a...