FOOD & DRINK
The Food Warehouse launches Wine Warehouse concept
Tim Hortons signs up first UK franchise partner
Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons has signed up its first franchisee in the UK and Ireland.
Sainsbury's sales boosted by summer heatwave
Sainsbury’s saw its like-for-like sales edge up 0.6% in its first half after its food and general merchandise sales benefited from this year’s hot summer.
Morrisons completes third year of positive like-for-like growth
Morrisons has reported that its like-for-like sales excluding fuel climbed by 5.6% in its third quarter. This comprised respective uplifts of 1.3% and 4.3% for its retail and wholesale businesses in the 13 week period to 4 November.
Lidl to give 17,000 employees a wage rise
Lidl has committed to increasing the wages of more than 17,000 of its employees next year to ensure that they are in line with the new voluntary living wage rates announced by the Living Wage Foundation.
New Waitrose report reveals top food, drink and shopping trends
Waitrose & Partners’ new Food & Drink Report on the latest food, drink and shopping trends has revealed how mindfulness of our wellbeing and environment are having a big influence on the way people shop and eat today.
Ocado agrees service and operational terms with Kroger
Online supermarket Ocado has signed service and operational terms with US supermarket Kroger following the partnership agreement signed in May in which Ocado will provide the technology for grocery deliveries in the US.
Morrisons' Trevor Strain takes on additional commercial responsibilities
The Morrisons supermarket chain has announced that its finance chief Trevor Strain has been given additional responsibilities within the commercial side of the business and has been promoted to the position of group chief finance and commercial officer.
Yo! Sushi to pilot sushi kiosks in Tesco supermarkets
Yo! Sushi has signed an agreement with Tesco in which it will open sushi kiosks in two Tesco supermarkets, according to reports.
M&S launches interactive seafood map
Marks & Spencer has launched an interactive map to enable customers to see where the fish or seafood it sells is either caught or farmed.
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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