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Sainsbury’s is bringing its commitment to help everyone eat better to more customers in Cheshire with the opening of its newest convenience store. Sainsbury’s Woolston Manchester Road Local, Warrington, invited the local community to try out its new store for
Following today’s release of Wickes’ figures for Q1 FY2022/23; Kunaal Shah, retail analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: “Posting a similar set of results to key competitor Kingfisher PLC, Wickes’ Q1 performance is up
Symphony RetailAI, a leading provider of end-to-end, integrated AI-powered merchandising, marketing and supply chain solutions for retailers and CPG manufacturers, today announced a deepening relationship with Action, Europe’s fastest-growing non-food discounter. Based on results from trial phases that yielded
Bottled water, most of us guzzle it down without even thinking, but according to one water expert, Doran Binder (also known as ‘The Bearded Water Sommelier’), water can and should be paired or contrasted with food, just like wine.
Nationwide pet store Jollyes is offering a free pamper and groom for corgis in the month of June so they can celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in style.
Lakeside, one of the UK’s most popular retail and leisure destinations, owned by property company SGS, is pleased to announce that M&S has signed to open a new store at the centre, due to launch in Spring 2023.
Recipe box Gousto is supporting Ukrainian refugees to find meaningful and long-term employment in the UK as it’s revealed that over 10 million people have been displaced since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine.
Iceland Foods confirms its agreement to supply a range of its high quality, frozen food products to online retail giant JD.com.
Virgin Wines, one of the UK’s largest direct-to-consumer online wine retailers, today announces that it has signed new strategic partnerships with Great Western Railway (“GWR”), one of the UK’s largest train operators, and Currys, a leading omnichannel retailer of technology
Sushi is set to take centre stage of the Co-op’s new Food-To-Go range this summer, with new products arriving in stores nationwide.
Aldi, in partnership with Team GB and ParalympicsGB, is ramping up its Get Set to Eat Fresh programme in a bid to educate an extra one million children about affordable healthy eating by the end of 2024.
The Co-op has announced further expansion of its convenience-led food delivery service as quick-commerce is catapulted into a new channel in its own right and busy consumers return to pre-pandemic lifestyles.
Following today’s release of Pets at Home’s figures for FY2021/22; Kunaal Shah, retail analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: “Incoming CEO Lyssa McGowan, previously chief consumer officer at Sky, is poised to take over
On May 4, lifestyle retailer MINISO unveiled its latest store in Naples, Italy. This marks the third store that MINISO has opened in the country in less than a month, following the successful opening of two others in April, including
Following today’s release of Marks & Spencer’s figures for FY2021/22; Chloe Collins, head of apparel at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view: “M&S has pleased investors with its FY2021/22 performance, with sales growth beating expectations and
Sensei, the leading European provider of autonomous stores, has become the first in Europe to provide an autonomous experience for petrol station customers as it teams up with Galp, one of the largest petrol station networks in the Iberian Peninsula.
A lot has changed across the retail landscape in the last few years. The popularity of e-commerce soared in the last decade, and big brands and retailers embraced it as early adopters. But the pandemic came as a catalyst and
British Sandwich Week is almost here and to celebrate, Uber Eats is unveiling the nation’s most delivered sandwiches on the app from its grocery and convenience partners.
Whether you’re running a commercial kitchen or catering business, you’ll know that your hygiene rating is the biggest reflection of the service you provide. Delicious dishes and polite waiting staff are important, but if the food hygiene standards aren’t up
If you're planning on starting a retail business in 2022, you're not the only one. A record number of e-commerce stores such as Addison Bay launched last year, while the number of brick-and-mortar stores has also been growing at a
UK footwear retailer Shoe Zone is set to reopen its Woolwich store on 27thth May. Located on the partially pedestrianised Powis Street, it has been closed for a month while undergoing a modern refit to improve customers’ shopping experience.
Surging crimes, accidents and fines has created an acute necessity for business clarity with concern to the sale of dangerous products.
Maze, the creator and purveyor of luxury outdoor furniture, has announced a brand refresh. To best suit its evolving customer in 2022 and core demographic, the rebrand features an all-new aesthetic, revitalised brand values, a new-look website and more. The
Tesco has created Better Baskets, a campaign that aims to tackle the barriers that customers come up against when looking to fill their basket with better choices every time they shop.
The Memento Group (TMG), the UK-based sports licensing, retail and memorabilia business, has produced the first 2022 official F1 show car in its collection. The Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN C42 show car will be available on www.f1authentics.com, TMG’s
