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06 January 2022
The opening week of 2022 has brought with it a number of senior people moves. Below we summarise the key appointments.   Major changes to Asda’s executive leadership team Asda has announced that Nisa CEO Ken Towle will join the retailer’s executive leadership team later this year as retail director. He will succeed Derek Lawlor who has decided to leave the business after six years. ...
15 November 2021
Co-op and Unilever have teamed up to launch two refill packaging store trials in order to further understand consumer behaviours in relation to refillable and reusable packaging in a convenience environment. Unilever’s first initiative in a convenience store The pilot is set to test a couple of refill models: ‘Refill on the go’ and ‘Return on the go’. Some of Unilever’s best-known brands wi...
10 November 2021
Morrisons and Sainsburys have announced they will cut their net zero target by five years to 2035. Meanwhile, Co-op has rebranded six stores to reflect the importance of climate change and the purpose of the COP26 event and, finally, Tesco is planning to halve the environmental impact of the average UK basket size. Morrisons sets new goal for its net zero target… Morrisons is planning to be n...
21 September 2021
Today at its trade briefing with IGD, Co-op unveiled plans to search for and support innovative micro-businesses through a new incubator programme. Launching in the New Year, the programme – which sits alongside the Co-op’s successful local sourcing programme – has co-operation at its heart and aims to build deep relationships with potential new suppliers while driving innovation, range divers...
16 September 2021
Major national convenience retailer Co-op has set out its goal to more than double its sales through online platforms from £70m to £200m by the end of the current year. The key focuses for driving this growth are to be a new partnership with Amazon Prime and the roll-out of Starship autonomous vehicle deliveries to more areas. Amazon partnership to go national following Glasgow trial The sa...
16 September 2021
Leading UK convenience retailer Co-op has added a new format to its portfolio with the opening of its first 24-hour self-serve, cashless Micro Market. Located at the head office of British cleaning appliances manufacturer Numatic, the outlet offers the 1,000 staff access to Co-op own-label products such as food-to-go meal deals, breakfast items, milk, bread, ready meals as well drinks on the g...
16 September 2021
Leading national co-operative retailer, Co-op has reported its interim results for the first half of 2021 (26 weeks to 3 July) with sales in its convenience-led Food division (excluding fuel) down 2.8%. This expected decline comes amid a more normalized trading pattern in 2021, compared to the extraordinary surge in consumer demand seen in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic from March in 2...
14 September 2021
The GB market declined 1.9% on 2020 in the 12 weeks to 5 September, according to the latest results from Kantar. We look at key performances in more detail and highlight UK news you may have missed. Pandemic still having an effect COVID is clearly still having an impact on the market, with grocery spend 8.7% higher in the 12 weeks to 5 September than in 2019. However, the first week of Se...
08 September 2021
Co-op have announced a new partnership with The Original Factory Shop that will see 30 concessions open in larger Co-op stores over the next 15 months. The move forms part of Co-op’s work with partners to offer additional services in store and create a compelling offer for its communities, encouraging shoppers to visit more often. The concessions will sell The Original Factory Shop’s range ...
22 July 2021
The GB grocery market declined by 5.1% on 2020 in the 12 weeks to July 11th, according to the latest results from Kantar as the whole period annualised against pandemic-elevated comparatives. Despite this impact and a less-than-expected boost from Euro 2020, sales remained £3bn higher than the same period of 2019, Limited boost from Euro 2020 With many shoppers taking advantage of newfound ...