6 May 2025

Tesco launches checkout-free store GetGo in central London

Tesco has opened its first public checkout-free store – GetGo – in High Holborn, central London. The Tesco Express is fitted with cameras on the ceiling and […]
6 May 2025

Boots sees comparable retail sales rise 15% in quarter four

Boots comparable retail sales increased 15% in the three months to 31 August, largely driving a strong performance for parent Walgreens Boots Alliance. Boots comparable pharmacy sales […]
6 May 2025

Asda recruiting 15,000 temporary Christmas staff

Asda is on the hunt for 15,000 temporary Christmas staff, with some to be offered the opportunity to stay on into the new year. The supermarket […]
6 May 2025

Media Bites 19 October: Tesco, Asda/EG Group, THG

Tesco has opened its first checkout-free store in central London as Britain’s biggest supermarket counters Amazon’s “just-walk-out” technology (The Telegraph). The supermarket’s GetGo store in Holborn, […]
6 May 2025

DTC petfood specialist Butternut Box sees sales more than double

Dogfood subscription specialist Butternut Box saw revenues surge by 114% to more than £23m as its rapid growth was boosted by a spike of new customers […]
6 May 2025

Labour and supply chaos reflected by profit warning hike

UK-listed companies in consumer-facing sectors accounted for more than a third of the profit warnings issued from July to September as the pressure from rising costs, […]
6 May 2025

Iceland 100 drivers short as it heads into Christmas

Iceland continues to cancel 250 store deliveries a week due to the lorry driver shortage as it heads into the busiest time of year. The frozen […]
6 May 2025

Morrisons, NFU and McDonald’s partner with Harper Adams for new sustainable farming school

Morrisons, alongside McDonald’s UK, the NFU and Harper Adams University have partnered to launch what they are describing as the UK’s first school for sustainable farming. […]
6 May 2025

Tesco partners with Faerch to launch PET recycling initiative

Tesco has joined forces with packaging supplier Faerch to develop a new tray-to-tray recycling solution that ensures secondary plastic packaging can have a second life. The […]
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