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Promotional FeaturesRisk vs reward: how brands and retailers can grow without the gamble in 2025
As the food and drink industry moves into 2025, brands and retailers continue to weigh up the opportunities afforded by innovation alongside maintaining a positive sales performance – and it’s a tricky balance to achieve. Discover why careful deliberation and the use of data and technology are vital to ensure sustainable growth.
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NewsPensioners launch campaign to fight ‘alienating’ self checkouts
The Bridgwater Senior Citizens Forum will campaign to highlight the ‘disadvantages’ of self-checkouts on service and jobs
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NewsSainsbury’s joins ChargeUK as EV ambitions grow
Sainsbury’s is on track to become a top five player in electric charging
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News‘One bad experience puts aggregator app grocery customers off for good’
A survey of Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat users found 76% of them had ordered groceries via the apps
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NewsKiuki launches ‘crowdsourced’ grocery marketplace
Kiuki.com says its ambition is to make grocery shopping on the site “faster than anywhere else” for customers
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NewsFood fraud lab launches herb and spice authenticity portal
Belfast-based lab Bia Analytical has launched new food fraud fighting tech
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NewsSainsbury’s to power 30 HGVs using food waste in new ‘circular’ biofuel trial
The supermarket has partnered with RenEco for the circular trial, which will convert food waste into biofuel
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Comment & OpinionWhy Tesco’s IT geeks are leading the war on retail crime
Tesco CEO Ken Murphy has previously said Tesco was spending ‘tens of millions’ on measures to tackle crime and protect its staff
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Promotional FeaturesHow going greener makes business sense in the retail sector
From offering public electric vehicle charging points to investing in green technology, there are plenty of opportunities for retail businesses to reduce their carbon footprint. Simply getting started is the main challenge.
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NewsLidl’s new security gates could support move to checkout-free shopping
Lidl is clamping down on theft with new gates, as maker Wanzl develops a smart trolley that could communicate with the barriers
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NewsTesco unveils security hub to fight shoplifting crimewave
The Daventry centre will analyse thousands of hours of CCTV footage with a dedicated team of experts operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
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Analysis & FeaturesFuture-proofed food: commodities battle climate change and crop disease
As climate change and disease make crops less predictable, scientists are making contingency plans: cultivating new varietals, battling bugs and pioneering new growing techniques
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NewsMorrisons ties up with Quadient for parcel lockers across Daily estate
Quadient has also partnered with a number of other convenience retailers recently, including the Co-op Group, East of England Co-op, and Chelmsford Star Co-op
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NewsFrozen meal kit brand Chefees readies for UK launch
The brand is preparing to take on Gousto and HelloFresh with flash frozen, flexible offering
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NewsMosa Meat races past crowdfunding target in latest lab-grown beef push
It comes after the lab-grown meat pioneer raised $40m in an oversubscribed round last year
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NewsCo-op quick commerce ambitions inspired by Big Macs, not Big Four
‘I tell my team: don’t worry about the other grocers, see what McDonald’s are doing” says Co-op e-commerce chief
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NewsDeliveroo plays down Will Shu exit reports
The company insisted the founder has no plans to leave
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NewsNearSt launches tech allowing c-stores to connect in-store inventory to delivery apps
It works by linking to the retailer’s EPoS systems, ensuring their in-store availability is displayed live on the apps
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury’s checkout-free backtrack shows hybrid is best
A hybrid approach to scanning and payment in stores removes physical and psychological barriers to entry, says Bryan Roberts, retail futures senior partner at IGD
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Comment & OpinionIt’s all over for Amazon Just Walk Out technology in grocery
The fact is: Just Walk Out technology is just not all that frictionless