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Britain's Co-op Sees Profit Fall Following Petrol Forecourt Sale

The Co-operative, which runs Britain's seventh-biggest supermarket chain, has posted a drop in annual pretax profit, following the sale of its petrol forec...

April Fool! How Europe’s Supermarkets Marked April Fool’s Day

To mark April Fool's Day 2024, ESM has collected some of the more amusing April Fool's pranks from across Europe's supermarkets.

John Lewis And Co-op Latest UK Retailers To Raise Staff Pay

The John Lewis Partnership and the Co-op became the latest British retailers to increase staff pay as they react to a rise in the government-mand...

Asda To Open More Than 100 Convenience Stores In February

British retailer Asda plans to open 110 Asda Express convenience stores in February.

Asda 'On Track' To Hit 1,000 UK Stores By March 2024

UK retailer Asda is 'on track' to hit a store count of 1,000 in the UK and Northern Ireland by March 2024, the retailer said in a statement.

Waitrose Ranked As One Of The UK’s ‘Most Sustainable Brands’

Retailer Waitrose has been ranked as one of the UK's top ten 'most sustainable' brands, in the latest edition of Impact’s Great Green Sustainability...

Asda Sees Decline In Sales Growth, Underperforms UK Rivals

Asda said its underlying sales rose 2.8% year-on-year in its third quarter – a sharp slowdown from growth of 9.6% in the previous quarter and an...

British Shopkeepers Despair Over Retail Crime

The issue of theft and violence has been raised by many of Britain's biggest retailers in recent months, including Tesco, John Lewis and Primark, echoing s...