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Accounts filed with Companies House by Costco’s UK business show its sales grew by 17% over the 12-months to June 2022, with its warehouse and online operations reporting combined turnover of £4,219m. Rapid growth in warehouse sales boosted by fuel While not currently adding further warehouses to its network of 29 UK sites, Costco has been progressively rolling out fuel forecourts to these ...

The retailer has expanded its partnership with Instacart to offer 30-minute delivery of 2,000 of its most popular products.   Available from most US stores  The new instant delivery proposition will be available from 2,100 stores, which covers most of Aldi’s store network in the US. The retailer currently has just over 2,300 locations and has been aggressively expanding in the country. The ...

We continue to see Spanish retailers setting up for success, with Carrefour, Caprabo and Ahorramás focusing on integrating more sustainable initiatives across their networks. Caprabo and Family Cash plan to expand across Spain. Meanwhile, Ahorramás has revealed its positive 2022 sales turnover, however reported a decline in profits compared to previous years. Carrefour launches a circular econ...

Huel, the ‘nutritionally complete’ food brand was established in 2015 and today its range includes powders, bars and ready-to-drink options. In 2021/22, its revenue surged by 40% to £144m and it is now available in over 100 countries globally. Last week, I attended the IRX 2023 conference in Birmingham, where I heard from Mario Tarantino, Head of Ecommerce. He shared how Huel makes its custome...

Canada’s leading grocery and drugstore retailer, Loblaw, is winding down its third-party marketplace to focus on its core grocery and pharmacy websites. Focused on complementary categories Loblaw launched its marketplace in 2019 to offer an extended range of brands and products across baby, toy, home, kitchen and pet categories. The aim was to offer a service which was seamlessly integrated...

Woolworths Australia has announced key changes to its paid loyalty programme and acquisition of Milkrun, a quick commerce player. Key changes to Every Rewards Extra programme Woolworths Everyday Rewards Extra is an extension of its Everyday Rewards loyalty programme. Members pay a subscription fee to enjoy “subscribers’ only” rewards. Under the new rules, subscribers will pay a higher subsc...

Leading UK convenience retailer, Co-op has announced that its partnership with the robot delivery provider, Starship Technologies has now been extended to Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Operating from Co-op’s store at Meadow Vale in the Outwood district of the town, the service will now be available to some 6,500 households in the area, providing a tailored range available to order through the Starsh...

An audience of 1,200 gathered at London’s Tobacco Dock on 17 May to hear from Tesco Group chief executive, Ken Murphy, chief customer officer, Alessandra Bellini, and chief product officer, Ashwin Prasad. The leadership team shared their reflections on Tesco’s recent performance, their views on the current state of the market, and how and where success will be found in the coming years. The...

With Aldi launching an online grocery service in Germany, and Lidl a non-food offering in France this week, we once again ask the question: How much are the discounters willing to invest in their online proposition? This week’s developments… Aldi Sud is launching an online delivery service for groceries for the first time in Germany . The discounter is testing the new offer under the nam...

Updated figures published at Companies House this week reveal sales in 2022 were down 3.5% to £6.6 bn. Sales decline coming from online, as instore performance remained flat Waitrose stated all sales declines came from the online channel, with store sales remaining flat year on year. Online accounted for 14% of sales in 2022, down from 17% in 2021. Despite the fall, the online channel’s sha...