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Online grocery sales doubled in December helping drive the most lucrative Christmas ever for the UK’s supermarkets.
During the four weeks to December 26, online grocery sales accounted for 12.5…
Read MoreMorrisons to deliver commonly forgotten Christmas items up to Christmas Eve
Morrisons will deliver easily-forgotten Christmas essentials such as sticky tape, batteries, gravy and even a turkey until Christmas Eve, for customers who may have missed them off their list this…
Read MoreSales in ‘me-gifting’ set to surge with 4.1m Brits expected to treat themselves this Christmas
After a year like no-other, many Brits will be adding their own names to their Christmas shopping gift list, as research from notonthehighstreet finds 4.1 million people will be ‘me-gifting’…
Read MoreSainsbury’s avoids delivery strikes threatening Christmas chaos at 100 stores
Sainsbury’s outsourced delivery drivers have cancelled plans to hold strike action which threatened to cause chaos for the grocer over Christmas.
A group of delivery drivers which are hired by…
Read MoreMorrisons launches Christmas Dinner boxes available to order via telephone for vulnerable shoppers
Morrisons has launched a new Christmas Dinner box enabling vulnerable shoppers to order Christmas favourites using its popular phone service.
Morrisons’ £18.36 Christmas Dinner box, containing staples including peeled potatoes,…
Read MoreDeliveroo teams up with Co-op and the Felix Project to deliver 20,000 meals to families in need
Deliveroo has announced a new collaboration with the Felix Project to deliver surplus food including fresh food and vegetables to frontline charities and food banks.
The food delivery company has…
Read MoreSuperdrug to issue body cameras as it prepares for “even bigger spike” in violence this Christmas
Superdrug is planning to issue its staff with body cameras as it prepares for a further surge in violence towards its staff during the Christmas shopping period.
The health and…
Read More40% of UK will choose online for Christmas food shop this year
New data has found 39 per cent of UK shoppers are set to buy their groceries online this Christmas, according to a YouGov survey for The Grocer.
Of nearly 1,000…
Read MoreAmazon to hire 100,000 seasonal workers bringing pandemic total to over 400,000
Amazon is set to hire 100,000 temporary workers this Christmas, just half the number it hired last year.
The online giant has launched its fifth major recruitment drive so far…
Read MoreOnline spend to overtake high street sales this year in first ever “truly digital Christmas”
Online spending is due to overtake physical store sales for the first time ever this Christmas rising to a “record-breaking” £39.17 billion.
UK shoppers are expected to spend around £78…
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