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  • Asda chairman says supermarkets owed ‘debt of gratitude’ as he snubs profiteering claims

    Retail

    Asda’s chairman said supermarkets are owed a “great debt of gratitude” as he rebuffed claims that the grocer is profiteering from rising petrol and food prices amid the cost of living crisis.  Speaking to LBC, Stuart Rose said that all retailers have seen their profits over the last year go “backwards”.  “If you look at [...]

  • Trust in supermarkets at 10-year low like ‘dark days of horsemeat scandal’

    Supermarkets

    Trust in supermarkets has plunged to its lowest level in nearly a decade as consumers continue to worry about high prices, despite food inflation showing signs of easing.  In August the grocery sector received a trust score of +30 -on a scale of -100 to +100 -from British shoppers, a new study by Which? revealed [...]

  • Subway sold to Dunkin Donuts’ owner Roark Capital in £7.55bn mega-deal

    Subway

    Subway has agreed to sell itself to private equity firm Roark Capital, the owner of Dunkin Donuts and Arby’s, in a deal rumoured to be worth $9.55bn (£7.55bn).  Earlier this year the sandwich maker said it was exploring options to sell the business, which has been in hands of the DeLuca and Buck families for [...]

  • Asda facing £1.2bn bill to 44,000 staff as leaked email piles pressure on pay dispute

    August 2, 2023

    Asda is at risk of losing £1.2bn in historic compensation payouts according to the union representing staff, after a leaked email appeared to strengthen their case today. The email, which was obtained by ITV news, from lawyers Leigh Day compared the knowledge and responsibility of female workers – who traditionally work on shop floors – [...]

  • Supermarket fuel margins more than double since Ukraine war

    July 22, 2023

    Supermarkets have more than doubled their margins on fuel since the start of the war in Ukraine, new analysis suggests. The RAC said Asda, Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s were making an average of around 4.7p per litre on fuel sales when the Russian invasion began in February 2022. The motoring services company found this had [...]

  • RAC: Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons have more than doubled fuel margins since Ukraine war

    July 22, 2023

    Supermarkets have more than doubled their margins on fuel since the Ukraine war began, according to research from motoring firm the RAC. The ‘big four’ supermarkets – Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons – have seen the profits they make per litre of diesel and petrol rise from 4.7p to 10p since the Russian invasion started in [...]

  • CMA bosses would have charged Asda more for failing to comply with fuel pricing probe

    July 19, 2023

    The co-owner of Asda, Mohsin Issa, has said he thought it was ‘unfair’ for competition watchdog bosses to say they would have charged the grocer more if they could for failing to provide relevant info for its probe into fuel pricing. In June, Asda was fined £60,000 by competition watchdog for failing to co-operate properly [...]

  • Commons Committee demands answer from Asda over ‘unclear’ fire and hire evidence

    July 5, 2023

    The Business and Trade Committee is demanding Asda provide more evidence over it’s “unclear” fire-and-rehire strategy, after some 7,000  workers were threatened with the practice back in May.  Chair of the committee, Darren Jones, is hauling the ‘Big Four’ grocer back in front of MPs after it said it was “concerned about apparent discrepancies” between [...]

  • Supermarkets behaving badly: Asda and Morrisons bosses back ‘transparent’ fuel pricing model

    June 27, 2023

    Supermarkets bosses have been grilled by MPs on prices at the pump and agreed to consider entering into a fuel model which would give more transparency. The government has been mulling a scheme whereby petrol stations would have to share live prices in efforts to bring more price transparency for drivers – a similar system [...]

  • Profiteering? Supermarkets to face Parliamentary grilling this week

    June 25, 2023

    Supermarket bosses will be probed this week on whether or not they are profiteering from high prices.  Lead figures from UK ‘Big four’ grocers, including Morrison’s boss David Potts, will face questions from MPs on Tuesday on red hot food and fuel prices, and when customers might see price falls.  Sainsbury’s’ food commercial director, Tesco’s [...]

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