This Australian supermarket is battling against self-service checkout fraud
Supermarkets are hoping that self-service checkouts will save on costs, but the automatic machines are being outwitted by customers. Coles, a major Australian supermarket chain, will only allow...
View ArticleHappy Valentine’s Day! Did you spend more than the average?
No matter what your feelings on Valentine’s Day, chances are you forked out something for it anyway. Despite the odds being stacked against it this year — people thinking it’s become too commercial,...
View ArticleUse-by dates on food could have expired
The UK government is considering plans to scrap use-by dates in favour of best before dates on some supermarket products to help reduce the 350,000 tonnes of food wasted every year. The average...
View ArticleNew checkout tech can help supermarkets compete online
The supermarket industry has seen contactless card payments, self-service checkouts, self-scanners, and mobile payments rip through their stores. Now Amazon Go. The online giant’s new store in Seattle...
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Here’s how the online grocery market is going to grow around the world by 2020
British online supermarket giant Ocado has reported double-digit sales growth in its latest quarter. While grocers have struggled to transition online at the pace of other retailers, the market is...
View ArticleTesco pulls Heineken brands off the shelves over price row
Supermarket giant Tesco has pulled Heineken products from its shelves over a disagreement over price rises. Eight brands out of a total of 53, including Amstel, Kingfisher and Sol are amongst those...
View Article8 of the biggest, and strangest, fines supermarkets have paid
Tesco has been ordered to pay £129m in fines after it overstated its profits in 2014. The Serious Fraud Office found that the supermarket giant filed false accounts between February and September 2014...
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4 charts you may have missed from Tesco’s results
Tesco, the UK’s largest retailer, beat forecasts for its full-year profit this morning as its recovery gained pace. The supermarket’s sales, profit and asset values have been hammered in recent years...
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Here’s why UK supermarkets will have to pass on cost increases to customers
As supermarkets battle with suppliers over increased costs following the devaluation of the pound, it is apparent that they don’t have a lot of room to swallow those increases themselves. The rise of...
View ArticleDiscount supermarkets reign supreme as Lidl gets ready to overtake Waitrose
Discount supermarket Lidl is set to overtake Waitrose to become the UK’s seventh-biggest grocer this year. Sales rose 17.8 percent at the brand’s stores in the first few months of 2017, as a rise in...
View ArticleThe rise of free from diets: why balance is better than exclusion
Fancy an almond milk latte, some courgetti (courgette spaghetti), or brownies made from beetroot? Replacements for gluten, sugar, and dairy are becoming increasingly common on supermarket shelves, in...
View ArticleTesco’s £3.7bn Booker deal faces scrutiny from competition watchdog
The competition watchdog has launched an initial investigation into Tesco’s planned £3.7bn takeover of Booker, the largest UK wholesaler. The combined company would have nearly 28 percent of the UK...
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UK consumer confidence is up despite Brexit-related price increases
UK consumer confidence reached a four-month high in May despite inflation since last year’s Brexit vote causing prices to rise in stores. Market research company GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence...
View ArticleSupermarket Lidl’s US expansion: “It’s a wake-up call for a lot of retailers”
German discount supermarket Lidl is opening its first US stores today. The brand will be opening its first nine stores in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The company has plans to open...
View ArticleFathers are losing out — we spend just half as much on them as on Mothers
Though across the UK people spend £700m ($895m) celebrating our Fathers each year, this is half of what we spend on Mother’s Day. The reason for this? It may sound harsh, but we think they are less...
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British people really like British food
When it comes to shopping British people are not so fussed where things come from, except it seems for food. New research from GlobalData has found that 60 percent of people in the UK say they want...
View ArticlePeople should brace themselves for higher food inflation until 2022
Food and grocery inflation is set to reach 2.5 percent this year – the highest level since 2013. While the steepest price rises will be seen in alcohol and tobacco, the likes of meat, fish, sugar, and...
View ArticleHere’s how many plastic bags Tesco won’t be selling each year anymore
Tesco, the UK’s biggest supermarket, will stop selling 5p pastic bags in its 6,553 stores across the country in just three weeks’ time. That means around 700m single-use pastic bags annually will no...
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Discounters undercut the UK’s biggest supermarkets as people opt for cheaper...
German discount supermarket chain Lidl has overtaken Waitrose as the UK’s seventh-largest grocer. Rising inflation has pushed cash-strapped consumers towards purchasing cheaper food. Kantar found that...
View ArticleSupermarket wars: Co-op could be set to buy Nisa and double its store footprint
Earlier this month, Sainsbury’s put its £130m takeover talks with convenience store brand Nisa on hold. The supermarket decided to pause talks due to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)...
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