Co-op launches new app dubbed the “future of convenience retailing”
Co-op has launched a new app giving its 4.6 million members access to weekly personalised offers and the ability to track their member reward balance.
The Co-op App, dubbed the…
Co-op’s Reading Festival vending machines will text staff when they’re empty
The Co-op will install vending machines at Reading Festival over the upcoming bank holiday weekend selling chilled meals to festival-goers. Two vending machines will sell Co-op’s chilled meal deals and…
Boots rolls out reverse plastic bottle vending machines
Its deposit return scheme (DRS), which is being trialled at stores in Perth and Glasgow, reward customers who deposit plastic, glass and metal drinks containers with Boots Advantage Cards points.…
Co-op latest supermarket to challenge Amazon Go expanding cashierless tech to 30 stores
Co-op is dramatically expanding its cashierless payment technology allowing customers to “pay-in-aisle” in stores across the UK from late August. The grocery retailer is expanding the technology into 30 more…
Co-op to sell 100% compostable sandwiches at Glastonbury
The Co-op is trialling a stand at Glastonbury festival which sells sandwiches in 100 per cent compostable packaging. Ten types of ready-to-eat sandwiches will be available to buy at the…
Tesco could soon roll out autonomous delivery robots
Tesco has revealed that it could soon roll out autonomous delivery robots in an effort to save costs and boost efficiency. During its Capital Markets Day yesterday, the UK’s largest…
Sainsbury’s to trial reverse plastic bottle vending machines
Sainsbury’s has become the latest UK supermarket to launch a trial of reverse plastic bottle vending machines in an effort to slash plastic waste. The UK’s second largest supermarket announced…
Co-op Food given go-ahead for new “future-proof” distribution centre
Co-op Food supermarket has been approved planning consent to build a brand new regional distribution centre in the south as the retailer looks to “future proof” its operations.
The new…
Tesco and Boots accused of potentially breaking data protection laws over secret filming
Some of the UK’s biggest retailers including Tesco and Sainsbury’s have been accused of filming shoppers without their knowledge of permission, potentially breaching data protection laws. The Information Commissioners Office…
Co-op’s automated delivery robot provider celebrates 50,000 deliveries
Starship Technologies, the company behind Co-op’s automated delivery service, is today celebrating 50,000 successful commercial deliveries. After first partnering with Co-op back in April 2018, delivering goods via its automated…