Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Ray David, a portfolio manager at Blackwattle Investment Partners, told The Australian Financial Review that Woolworths’ New Zealand supermarkets had not performed well, with earnings down 57 per cent in the year ended June 30. “We per cent in six months, compared with the 5.2 per cent at Coles.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Asdas private equity owner has enjoyed a 44m payout despite the supermarket chains ongoing struggles. Newly filed accounts for TDR Capital, which also owns pet retailer Jollyes, show its partners shared a profit pot of 43.9m Related Story Can Asda veteran Allan Leighton return the supermarket to its former glory?

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Shrinkflation has driven the government to strengthen the unit pricing code to help Aussies get accurate pricing in supermarkets and retail stores. “We’re ensuring the ACCC is equipped to hold supermarkets accountable.” “We’re ensuring the ACCC is equipped to hold supermarkets accountable.”

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

According to the Sydney Morning Herald , auditors refused to sign off on the companys accounts three months after the mandatory reporting deadline. We are finalising the accounts with the appropriate level of due diligence, and these will be lodged this quarter, it added.

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Inside Retail

MAY 8, 2024

This week, the Senate Committee on Supermarket Prices made 14 recommendations for the Government to consider amending the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to end the alleged price gouging of the major supermarkets. This will allow consumers to align and ‘buycott’ from a supermarket that promotes their values.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 4, 2025

Asda managers only found out about the supermarkets decision to scrap their annual bonuses when the news broke in the media, sources have told Retail Gazette. The supermarket giant has reportedly scrapped its bonus scheme for more than 10,000 managers due to underperformance, with the news first emerging in The Telegraph earlier this week.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 10, 2025

The service marks a major expansion of the delivery giant’s grocery offering, which now accounts for 16% of the companys gross transaction value (GTV), following strong double-digit growth.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 30, 2023

The new supermarket concept Addie’s , a self-described “drive-up grocer,” has opened its first store in Norwood, Mass., ” The pandemic served as a propellent for online grocery, and many consumers aren’t returning to traditional in-store shopping: online grocery is expected to account for 20.5% fueled by $10.1 of all U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

With this new funding, Marketplacer has raised more than $85 million to date and now has more than 100 marketplaces on its platform globally, including major Australian supermarket chain Woolworths , lifestyle brand SurfStitch and fishing enthusiast app Fishbrain. Marketplacer launched in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 15, 2024

Asian-American supermarket chain H Mart has migrated from a legacy commerce platform to VTEX , an upgrade that allows the retailer to leverage store inventory to provide online shoppers with real-time product availability. Additionally, H Mart customers can now order both shelf-stable and fresh products in the same cart.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 27, 2024

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is urging more consumers to participate in its survey on household spending as the consumer watchdog investigates the pricing practices of supermarkets. According to initial survey responses, some Australians have been skipping or sacrificing meals to feed their children.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 16, 2025

Note that although Makro is billed as a wholesaler, its customer base includes an enthusiastic consumer segment that prefers the Makro bulk-buy experience and uses it as an alternative go-to for products it cannot get at a regular supermarket. The occupancy rate, below 90 per cent, languishes well below where it should be.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

A Woolworths spokesperson added that Maganja’s study didn’t take into account its product images, which in “many cases” do display product information. The post “Isn’t helpful”: Supermarket duopoly’s online labelling under fire appeared first on Inside Retail Australia. The end result, however, is the same. “I

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 9, 2025

Aldi has overtaken Asda on food and drink sales in a fresh blow to the embattled supermarket chain. Aldi accounted for 10.6% Aldi accounted for 10.6% These figures are distributed privately to supermarkets and do not include sales ofalcohol, toiletries, household goods or beauty items.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 22, 2023

Woolworths says it will close 250 of its in-store supermarket butchers by March as customers continue to trend towards pre-packaged meat. “We deeply regret the impact of this decision on the team members who work in our butcher shops and we know many of them are well-known by our regular customers.”

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The Clubcard, which launched back in February 1995 was the UKs first supermarket loyalty card, paving the way for the today’s countless schemes. Today, more than 23 million UK households use a Tesco Clubcard, and the scheme now accounts for 82% of the supermarkets sales.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2021

According to WooliesX Managing Director Amanda Bardwell, e-commerce sales at the supermarket jumped 92 per cent from July to December 2020, and now account for eight per cent of total sales. The site is expected to begin construction in 2021, with an operational launch date in 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2021

Walgreens has introduced the myWalgreens Credit Card program, while supermarket chain Giant Eagle will start accepting PayPal and Venmo in-store as retailers continue expanding their payment options. The myWalgreens Credit Card aims to change that through building upon the strength of our myWalgreens loyalty platform and app experience.”.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 28, 2022

As of the end of 2021, Lotus’s had 2,618 stores in Thailand and 62 in Malaysia, divided among freestanding hypermarkets, supermarkets, mini-supermarkets, and hypermarket-anchored malls. Entrance to the hypermarket is refreshingly open on both the supermarket side and the general merchandise side.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 17, 2021

The Fair Work Ombudsman today announced it has commenced legal action against supermarket giant Woolworths in regards to “ major underpayments ” of a number of its salaries managers. “Woolworths, for example, encompasses a thousand supermarkets and about 30 million customer transactions a week.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Earlier this week, supermarket player Coles announced it is selling its convenience arm Coles Express to long-time fuel partner Viva Energy for $300 million. Additionally, Cain said the environmental impact of fossil fuels was difficult to justify for a business aiming to be the country’s most sustainable supermarket. “As

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Inside Retail

JULY 13, 2021

The focus on delivering a better online experience comes after the supermarket saw e-commerce growth of 92 per cent between July and December of 2020, and online sales accounting for around eight per cent of the business’ sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

billion merger of supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons has faced pushback from federal regulators, state Attorneys General and labor unions practically from the moment it was first announced in October 2022. The planned $24.6

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 2, 2025

However, it has faced significant challenges due to the rise of online shopping, competition from supermarkets, and changing consumer habits. In contrast, its booming travel retail arm now accounts for 85% of the groups profits and continues to perform strongly.

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365 Retail

JUNE 12, 2023

Lidl GB has announced that it will be incorporating Prevented Ocean Plastic into its water bottles – becoming the first UK supermarket to make this change. Lidl has been leading the way since 2020, when it became the first UK supermarket to introduce food packaging using Prevented Ocean Plastic.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 6, 2024

Customers can request re-delivery of their order with no fees, or a full refund back to their account, without having to talk to an agent. In June 2024 , Albertsons added 1,800 supermarkets to the Grubhub Marketplace.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 10, 2024

UK supermarket sales are set to exceed 13bn for the first time over the four weeks of December, driven by a surge in premium product lines as shoppers gear up for Christmas, new data from Kantar reveals. The two grocers now account for 44% of the UK supermarket market. Take-home sales increased by 2.5% Lidl posted a 6.6%

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

So-called card-not-present fraud , where an offender processes an unauthorised transaction without having the card in their physical possession, accounts for 92 per cent of all card fraud in Australia. For example, the 2022 Optus data breach exposed information from customers who had previously held accounts with the telco back in 2018.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2024

Kestenbaum noted that Amazon “had hoped for big growth in supermarkets but it has proven a big challenge to crack into the top five performers in that industry. If that’s the case, it could enable Saks-Neiman’s to provide seamless online and physical store services that other competitors don’t offer.”

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Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2024

The supermarket environment works so well for MCoBeauty, it has provided a loyal – and growing – customer base. MCoBeauty is the number one beauty brand at Woolworths and Big W, and I believe that we will be top sellers at [American supermarket chain] Kroger, too. Shelley Sullivan: We are following the same strategy in the US.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 23, 2024

Ocado has maintained its title as the fastest growing supermarket for the second month as total online share reached 12% for the first time since July 2022. Ocado accounted for 1.9% of supermarket sales – the highest level outside of Christmas since June 2021. of take-home grocery sales – an increase on the 1.7%

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2023

More than 150,000 owners of select GE Appliances can now view seasonal recipes on their oven’s and range’s LCD screen and then seamlessly shop for the ingredients from supermarket giant Kroger. Touchscreens on the appliances will showcase a rotating selection of recipes from Kroger and strategic CPG brands including King Arthur Baking.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 27, 2025

Morrisons’ loyalty scheme has launched on Deliveroo, allowing shoppers to link their Morrisons More account to their Deliveroo account to rack up points from their purchases from the supermarket.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2023

including 200 Whole Foods supermarkets, and have clocked more than 3 million uses to date. When members of the restaurant’s loyalty program hover their palm over the reader, associates can pull up their MyPanera account information, greet the guest by name and provide a customized experience, including palm-based payment.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 17, 2023

Supermarket bosses will be facing energy secretary Grant Shapps after he warned he would hold retailers accountable if they continue to charge “sky high” petrol prices for customers. A number of supermarkets, such as Sainsbury’s , have already said they would welcome the scheme.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The appointment of Amanda Bardwell as Woolworths Group’s next managing director and CEO, effective September 1, marks a historic moment for the parent company of Woolworths Supermarkets and Big W, which reported nearly $65 billion in sales last financial year. Supermarkets have long been the purview of male leaders.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2021

The Gilbert Review has made it clear that we did not do enough in this community to live up to the best practice engagement to which we hold ourselves accountable. I’d speculate that we will be heading back into supermarket war territory shortly as the two big brands go head to head to claw back sales and maintain market position.

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