FOOD & DRINK
Musclefood hires Gareth Jones as chief executive
Asda and Walmart rolling out click & collect lockers
Asda is expanding its use of innovative tower lockers for click & collect as customers find them an attractive and convenient alternative to visiting stores when collecting their online orders.
Waitrose progresses its point-of-sale capability
Waitrose is continuing to develop its payment capabilities, with a more agile technology infrastructure enabling it to introduce an increasing level of mobility and personalisation into its store-based solutions.
Christmas cheer for Booths
Food and drink retailer Booths increased its Christmas sales by 3.3% in the three weeks to 5 January.
Lidl Christmas sales boosted by popularity of premium product range
Lidl UK has seen an 8% year-on-year increase in Christmas sales after trade was boosted by customers buying more items from its Deluxe premium product range.
Tesco posts strong Christmas sales
Tesco has reported strong trading with UK and Republic of Ireland like-for-like sales rising by 2.6% over Christmas and by 1.9% in its third quarter.
Sainsbury's third quarter sales down 1.1%
Supermarket Sainsbury’s has reported a 1.1% decline in its third quarter like-for-like sales excluding fuel following a drop in sales of general merchandise and clothing.
Majestic enjoys strong festive sales
Majestic Wine increased both its group sales and gross margin over its Christmas trading period.
Morrisons reports fourth consecutive Christmas of growth
The Morrisons supermarket chain’s like-for-like sales rose by 3.6% excluding fuel in the nine weeks to 6 January to mark the fourth consecutive Christmas of like-for-like sales growth for the retailer.
Piper invests £6 million in Mindful Chef
Private equity firm Piper has invested £6 million in the healthy recipe box brand Mindful Chef.
All the latest retail news on supermarkets and the food & drink sector. News on major retailers such as Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and Tesco as well as smaller players in the market.
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