December is a record breaker for grocers as shoppers splashed nearly £12bn on festive treats By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:58 GMT, 5 January 2021 | Updated: 23:12 GMT, 5 January 2021 British supermarkets enjoyed their busiest month on record in December as shoppers splashed out nearly £12billion on champagne, salmon and … Read more
Amazon booze boom is a headache for grocers: Online giant can undercut supermarkets as it pays less rent and tax By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:17 GMT, 29 December 2020 | Updated: 22:17 GMT, 29 December 2020 Amazon booze sales are booming as it undercuts supermarkets to grab market share. The online … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: The grocers that saw the light – and those who are still sitting on their hands By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:11 GMT, 3 December 2020 | Updated: 21:11 GMT, 3 December 2020 The cascade of grocers rushing to pay back Covid business rates relief rather than suffer the slings … Read more
Big grocers hand back tax breaks: Tesco agrees to pay £585m then Morrisons says it will return £274m – but will others follow suit? By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 2 December 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 2 December 2020 Two of Britain’s biggest supermarkets yesterday promised to repay nearly £900million … Read more
Jeremy Clarkson stepped out in London‘s Notting Hill on Thursday, accompanied by a female friend. The Grand Tour host, 60, nipped into a posh organic grocers in the upmarket neighbourhood, as he shared a joke with his pal. Sticking to COVID-19 rules, Jeremy donned a black face mask, adding it to a smart-casual look. Jeremy … Read more
MAGGIE PAGANO: Supermarkets have proved remarkably resilient during coronavirus lockdown and hopefully will adjust again to the new normal By Maggie Pagano For The Daily Mail Published: 22:15 BST, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 20 August 2020 One of the many unexpected superstars of lockdown were supermarkets and their staff. From the first … Read more
Supermarkets face fresh challenge as Amazon announces that Prime customers can get their food shop delivered for no extra charge By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:58 BST, 27 July 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 27 July 2020 Supermarkets face a fresh challenge after Amazon announced that Prime customers can get their food shop … Read more
Britain’s grocers gearing up for massive price war amidst fears unemployment could rise above four million Supermarket bosses are scrambling to show they are competitive on price They are worried that German discounters Aldi and Lidl will make further gains By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:59 BST, 3 July 2020 | Updated: … Read more
The heroics of the supermarkets, whose regiments of staff have kept us fed, watered and toilet papered in lockdown, deserves great applause. Less appetising has been grasping behaviour at board level. On Thursday, directors of Sainsbury’s will face questions at its annual meeting over the pay and bonus package for its incoming chief executive Simon … Read more
Grocers and butchers return to our high streets: New trend as Co-op and Post Office back our £5m boost for small firms Independent traders are moving into vacant high street stores across London Wave of interest from independent butchers, fruit and vegetable retailers Small traders are looking for sites on high streets in so-called urban … Read more