Stephen Jones
The Grocer
United Kingdom
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Waitrose pledges £1m to help farmers cope with the impacts of climate change
Waitrose Foundation will invest £1m to create a new Climate Resilience Programme → Read More
Pop-up grocer Raye to open its first ever beauty-only store
The range will include skincare, bodycare and haircare alongside supplements, herbal boosters and home products → Read More
What Lloyds Pharmacy’s woes says about the state of British chemists
As Lloyds reviews all stores, where do pharmacies go from here? → Read More
Prerana Issar to become Sainsbury’s chief people officer
Prerana Issar was chief people officer for NHS England during the Covid-19 pandemic → Read More
Hotel Chocolat to relaunch free sampling in shops after Covid cancellation
Hotel Chocolat stopped offering free samples to customers during the Covid-19 pandemic → Read More
Iceland beats meal donation target after hitting 3.5 million milestone
Iceland Foods has redistributed more than 3.5 million meals since January 2022 → Read More
Costa Coffee hikes pay for third time this year, as part of £12m investment in staff
Staff will also be paid a cash bonus dependent on store performance → Read More
Sainsbury’s to expand convenience store network after hitting £3bn in sales
Sales across its more than 800 c-stores grew 10% last year and were up 7% on pre-pandemic levels → Read More
Cost of living crisis sees Sainsbury’s reach meal donation ‘milestone’ in just 18 months
Sainsbury's has donated 10 million meals since it's partnership with Neighbourly began in 2021 → Read More
Waitrose to turn surplus food waste into animal feed as part of new trial
Staff will sort surplus food, which then be backhauled to Waitrose depots → Read More
Sainsbury’s Argos job cuts are unfortunate, but not unexpected
CEO Simon Roberts has been busy identifying savings as part of his 'save to invest' strategy → Read More
Why Waitrose cut ties with Heston – and why it might be a strategic win
In a puff of frozen liquid nitrogen, one of the most iconic tie-ups in modern British grocery has disappeared → Read More
Waitrose ends partnership with Heston Blumenthal in favour of in-house chefs
It marks the end of a 12-year partnership with one of the UK's best-known chefs → Read More
Iceland announces it is to close six UK stores
Iceland has not said whether affected staff will lose their jobs → Read More
Water brand founder in record-breaking Antarctic row just five months after heart surgery
Actiph water founder Jamie Douglas-Hamilton was left with two months to train for the row → Read More
Sainsbury’s confirms limit on Prime energy drink to three per customer
The retailer clarified confusion over the limit placed on sales of the drink → Read More
Holland & Barrett opens in Greece, kicking off delayed expansion plans
The stores were originally set to launch by the end of 2022 → Read More
Sainsbury’s confirms it is listing Prime Hydration drink this week
The listing includes a new limited edition Orange and Mango flavour → Read More
Morrisons confirms plans to stock Prime Hydration drink, and could be joined by Sainsbury’s
Prime is listed on the internal stocking systems of both retailers, according to Prime Tracker UK → Read More
Waitrose bows to cost of living pressure with ‘record’ price cuts
The retailer had previously been resisting cutting prices in response to the cost of living crisis → Read More