Starbucks joins Deliveroo for app orders October 5, 2021 Coffee chain Starbucks and delivery app Deliveroo have joined forces. More than 400 of the chain’s stores are available to order on the Deliveroo app from today, with more stores being added throughout the month. Londoners can now order coffees alongside sandwiches and other menu items. Other areas involved include Birmingham and Manchester. Standard delivery [...]
Aldi hiring for over 1,500 Christmas jobs October 4, 2021 Cut price supermarket Aldi is recruiting for more than 1,500 Christmas jobs this year. The retailer said it would keep all stores shut on Boxing Day to thank colleagues for their work during the pandemic – maintaining a decades-long tradition. Available roles will include those working on checkouts, replenishing stock and fulfilling orders made through [...]
Deliveroo muscles in on rapid grocery delivery in London with Morrisons tie-up September 30, 2021 Deliveroo has made an entrance into the crowded rapid grocery delivery market by launching “Hop”, a partnership with Morrisons that will deliver groceries in south London from a dedicated “dark store”. Hop promises to deliver in “as little as 10 minutes” and launches today for initial delivery to residents in Vauxhall and Battersea in south [...]
Aldi plans £1.3bn expansion with 2,000 new jobs and 100 additional stores September 27, 2021 Cut price British supermarket Aldi is planning a £1.3bn investment after sales surged to record levels in the 2020 financial year. Britain’s lowest-priced supermarket plans to create 2,000 new jobs, open 100 additional stores and expand its logistics infrastructure to include a 1.3m square foot site in Leicestershire over the next two years. It comes after [...]
Exit without paying at any till: Aldi trialling first checkout-free supermarket September 20, 2021 Aldi is trialling its first checkout-free store to allow customers to shop at the supermarket and exit without the need to pay at a till. The discount supermarket chain said the store is in London but declined to give further details of the location of the trial site. It said shoppers will scan a smartphone [...]
Aldi increases drivers’ pay amid labour shortages August 1, 2021 Aldi has moved to increase the pay of its drivers in a bid to overcome labour shortages and ensure its supermarkets shelves are not empty. A multitude of factors – including Brexit, high training costs and the pandemic – have led to a shortage of lorry drivers in the UK, threatening supply chains. The Sunday [...]
Supermarket sales improve tentatively after restaurant reopening hit July 27, 2021 UK supermarket sales improved slightly in the last four weeks as Brits stocked up on beers for the Euros and picnic items to enjoy in the sun, according to new data released today. Total till sales over the four weeks ending 17th July were down 1.3 per cent on the same period last year, new [...]
Ultimate Products to take over Salter and Heston Blumenthal partnership July 15, 2021 Britain’s oldest houseware brand Salter is set to be snapped up by London-listed Ultimate Products as consumers fell back in love with home cooking over lockdown. The deal is expected to be completed by 19 July and will cost Ultimate Products (UP) some £32m in cash. UP, which turned over £115.7m last year, will take [...]
Supermarkets urge shoppers to keep masks on after 19 July July 15, 2021 Supermarkets are urging customers to continue wearing masks even after 19 July, when they will no longer be a legal requirement in England. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that from Monday 19 July, dubbed ‘Freedom Day’, almost all pandemic restrictions will be lifted including the legal requirement to wear masks. Instead the public will [...]
Retail, hospitality and transport sectors fear staff abuse when mandatory face masks end July 13, 2021 Business leaders in industries that operate in public indoor settings fear staff could come under attack from customers after the government lifts the legal requirement to wear face masks on 19 July. As of next week, businesses can enforce their own policy on masks as they see fit to protect their staff and customers. But [...]