Waitrose has announced that it has signed a three-year deal with the England & Wales Cricket Board to become the new Team Sponsor of England Cricket from next year.
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Record £90m bonus pot for Sainsbury’s staff
10 May 2013
Sainsbury’s has announced that more than 134,000 colleagues across the country will be sharing its largest ever bonus pot of over £90m.
Retailers commit to further cuts in food waste
9 May 2013
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has announced that grocery retailers have signed up to challenging new targets for cutting food waste in the supply chain and at home.
Supermarket sales after Easter period stabilise at 2.8% – Nielsen
9 May 2013
Latest retailer performance figures released by Nielsen have shown that after a slow start to Q2 due to Easter falling earlier in 2013 than in 2012, food and drink sales at the UK’s leading supermarkets stabilised in the final two weeks of April.
Morrisons upbeat despite fall in sales
9 May 2013
Morrisons has reported that total sales in the 13 weeks to 5 May were up by 0.6% excluding fuel (down 0.3% including fuel) and like-for-like sales were down 1.8% (2.6% including fuel).
Booker to launch ‘discount’ c-store offering
8 May 2013
Booker is to launch a new discount format to sit alongside its Premier symbol group.
‘No ID, No Sale’ better option than plain packaging, says tobacco company
8 May 2013
Tobacco company JTI has “noted” the absence of proposed legislation to introduce plain packaging in the Queen’s Speech during this Parliamentary session.
Scottish retailers welcome ‘commonsense’ approach to plain tobacco packaging
8 May 2013
The Coalition government has taken a “very commonsense step” in dropping potential plans for both the minimum pricing of alcohol and plain packaging for tobacco products, according to the Scottish Grocers’ Federation (SGF).
