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NewsMorrisons to trial click & collect lockers for grocery orders
The lockers will allow shoppers to collect their online orders without needing to interact with store staff
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NewsAsda pilots new ‘Rewards Plus’ feature in latest loyalty expansion
Scottish shoppers will be able to unlock additional spending cash pots and fuel savings throughout October under the latest loylaty pilot
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NewsLidl rolling out ‘fancy pants’ new self-checkout machines to all stores
The machines will appear in all new stores and gradually retro-fitted into existing ones
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WhitepapersFuture-proof your supply chain with real-world insight
From robotic picking to AI orchestration – find out how the warehouse of the future is making fmcg supply chains more resilient.
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NewsJust Eat launches WhatsApp ordering in UK
Customers can browse menus and build baskets entirely within the messaging app
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NewsSuperdrug launches 24/7 delivery service with Just Eat
Customers in Brixton and Kingston in London will be able to shop a range of more than 8,000 products at any time of day
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NewsTesco makes additional 60,000 Christmas slots available
‘Christmas should be all about spending time with family and friends, not worrying about getting the big shop done’
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NewsOcado selling off robotic grid-pick system ahead of Erith DC closure
The automated picking system comes with close to 100 robots and can be reconfigured to fit the buyer’s own warehouse
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NewsDike & Son sells 92% of reduced stock through Gander in record week
The latest results mark its highest sell-through rate since joining Gander in February, up from around 73%, selling 1,200 of the 1,310 products it had reduced that week
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NewsWaitrose releases record number of Christmas online delivery slots
Waitrose is making more than 10,000 additional delivery slots this year for arrival from 20 to 24 December
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NewsAldi tops UK supermarket ranking for use of sound and music
UK supermarkets performed poorly versus global rivals, with only Aldi appearing in the top third of the table of 100 supermarkets around the world that were assessed.
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Partner FeaturesFive ways to future-proof packaging
As packaging regulations change, so must your strategy to make sure your business is fully future-proofed.
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NewsMorrisons appoints first chief artificial intelligence officer
The newly created role will establish a central data science and AI function for the supermarket
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NewsDeliveroo couriers to pick, pack and deliver Aldi rapid grocery orders
The new ‘Shop & Deliver’ service will be trialled across eight stores from early October
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NewsIceland Foods to use AI to calculate yellow label markdowns and cut food waste
The technology, from Retail Insight, save store staff time and ‘protect margins’ on products, by ensuring that close to expiry lines are identified more quickly
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NewsAldi begins handling produce at ‘UK’s largest automated DC’
The first outbound pallets of fruit & veg left the site on 17 September, Aldi revealed today
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NewsMedia buying platform falls foul of HFSS advertising rules
The Trade Desk doesn’t sell food, but used imagery of a two-pack of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups within a LinkedIn ad as ‘illustrative content of The Trade Desk’s capabilities and client base’ the company said
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NewsTesco’s new Uber Eats and Deliveroo partnerships ‘genuinely destroying the store’ say staff
The demand from aggregator apps is making supermarket workers’ jobs ‘a nightmare’
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NewsAsda to roll out InPost parcel lockers to 700 stores nationwide
It is the latest in a long line of parcel delivery partnerships with supermarkets
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NewsScotmid rolls out robot floor cleaners across 14 stores
The machines, called Gausium Phantas Pro, will work alongside the society’s cleaning teams, using smart navigation that allows them to move safely around stores while scrubbing different types of flooring