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With legislation and shoppers driving sustainability programs, retailers and suppliers are innovating to meet targets and aspirations in this area. We are witnessing numerous initiatives such as electric delivery vehicles, minimising food waste and implementing vertical integration within the supply chain. Here are some of the latest developments. Renewable energy for a greener environment in...

A round-up of recent announcements on pricing by UK retailers. Tesco turns its focus to baby products Tesco has announced a further round of price cuts across 50 products. A quarter of the reductions will take place on products found in the baby aisle, with Tesco highlighting Pampers nappies reduced by 16% as well as Johnson’s baby shampoo and Florence and Fred cotton buds also seeing pr...

Asda opened a first of its kind Food Hub at Fosse Park in Leicester on 16 August. Offering its traditional 3-for-2 meal deal option, the new Food Hub has introduced hot meal deals including sandwiches and hot drinks for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Located in the Asda Superstore at Fosse Park retail, the new Food Hub is featured at the entrance of the store creating easy access for shoppe...

Asda has begun testing a new food-to-go concession, ‘Asda Food Hub’, at its stores in Leicester and Dagenham. The concessions will appear at the front of stores offering barista-style coffees alongside premium food-to-go sandwiches and cakes that have been freshly prepared in store. Food options will change throughout the day The food available will change throughout the day, providing...

Asda has reported robust year-on-year results for its second quarter, covering the period 1 st April to 30 th June. Like-for-like sales up by 9.6% Asda’s second-quarter sales, excluding fuel, reached £5.4 bn, representing a like-for-like increase of 9.6% on the same period last year and a 1.8% increase on its first quarter performance. Asda credited its strong performance to its cont...

Asda has published its third ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) report, giving an update on its progress toward meeting its environmental targets. Continued progress toward net zero carbon emissions Asda is working toward a net zero target in its own operations by 2040, with an interim goal of halving emissions from its 2015 baseline by 2025. The business achieved an 8% reductio...

A round-up of recent developments from UK retailers' ongoing efforts to demonstrate their value propositions. Co-op investing £70m into member-only pricing Co-op has announced a £70m investment in price reductions, which it claims is its largest ever single investment on pricing and ahead of any other convenience retailer. This latest investment takes Co-op’s total outlay on pricing this ...

A round-up of recent price cut announcements by by Sainsbury’s and Asda Sainsbury’s cutting the price of toilet paper and kitchen towels… Sainsbury’s is making further price cuts to its own-label products revealing an additional £4m worth of reductions for 12 products in its toilet paper and kitchen towel ranges. Highlighted products include Sainsbury’s ultra absorbent kitchen towels, ...

Asda is partnering with technology company Avery Berkel and Hanshow to introduce Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL) to its sustainability trial at its Middleton store. Avery Berkel and Hanshow specialise in retail scales, enterprise-scale management, and electronic shelf labels. Shoppers will find the new ESL shelf labels present at the in-store refill station which Avery Berkel and Hanshow believe...

Over the past two weeks, the bakery category has been highlighted as a growing focus for retailers, with developments from Asda and Home Bargains. At Asda, this saw the addition of new product developments and the further rollout of more in-store bakeries at Home Bargains. Home Bargains to expand coverage for in-store bakeries Home Bargains has an estate of approximately 570 stores, 64 of ...