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Online grocery is now as profitable as in-store shopping for the first time

April 13, 2021

Online grocery has now become consistently profitable for the UK’s largest supermarkets for the first time in almost 20 years. According to new research from Atrato Capital, the recent pandemic-driven…

Amazon has offered up its delivery empire to the newly inaugurated Biden administration to help distribute the vaccine across the US.

Amazon Prime voted favourite online grocery service coming well ahead of traditional supermarkets

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July 13, 2020

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Amazon Prime has been voted the most popular grocery delivery service, pulling well ahead of traditional grocers amid a spike in orders during lockdown. Amazon scored an average of 4.47…

Online grocery sales have grown 121 per cent since last year hitting the highest levels on record in January.

Vulnerable shoppers struggling to get delivery slots will now be redirected to local volunteer food hubs

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DEFRA food hubs government Online Delivery Supermarkets UK volunteer

April 27, 2020

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Vulnerable and elderly shoppers struggling to secure online grocery delivery slots will now be redirected to local volunteer shopping groups amid new government measures. All UK supermarkets will soon post…

UK supermarkets to add 300,000 more delivery slots but it will “still not be enough to meet demand”

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April 27, 2020

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Supermarkets across the UK will add an extra 300,000 delivery slots in the coming weeks, but this will “still not be enough to meet demand”. Environment secretary George Eustice told…

A new app has been released which informs shoppers about the size of queues outside their local supermarkets, enabling them to pick the best time to shop.

New Supermaket Check-In app shows you the size of queues and stock levels at your local supermarkets

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April 21, 2020

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A new app has been released which informs shoppers about the size of queues outside their local supermarkets, enabling them to pick the best time to shop. Supermarket Check-In is…

Supermarkets could be a hotbed for infection according to new research which used supercomputers to simulate the airborne spread of COVID-19.

Supermarkets could be a hotbed for infection according to new supercomputer modelling

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April 9, 2020

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Supermarkets could be a hotbed for infection according to new research which used supercomputers to simulate the airborne spread of COVID-19. Finnish researchers studied how tiny airborne aerosol particles emitted…

Tesco has become the latest major supermarket to introduce a traffic light system across its stores to limit the number of shoppers and help maintain social distancing.

“The numbers don’t work”: Supermarkets warn they could struggle to serve everyone with new social distancing measures

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April 7, 2020

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UK supermarkets have warned that the shorter opening hours and social distancing measures could mean they will struggle to supply everyone with food. Social distancing measures, introduced on March 23,…

UK supermarkets are increasingly converting shop floor space into areas for online order fulfilment in their largest branches as rents continue to rise.

Supermarket ‘dark stores’ dealing with online-only orders are “the future model of grocery in the UK”

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Big 4 Dark Stores Supermarket Income REIT Supermarkets

February 10, 2020

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UK supermarkets are increasingly converting shop floor space into areas for online order fulfilment in their largest branches as rents continue to rise. ‘Dark stores’, areas attached to supermarkets which…

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Online grocery is now as profitable as in-store shopping for the first time

Amazon Prime voted favourite online grocery service coming well ahead of traditional supermarkets

Vulnerable shoppers struggling to get delivery slots will now be redirected to local volunteer food hubs

UK supermarkets to add 300,000 more delivery slots but it will “still not be enough to meet demand”

New Supermaket Check-In app shows you the size of queues and stock levels at your local supermarkets

Supermarkets could be a hotbed for infection according to new supercomputer modelling

Supermarket ‘dark stores’ dealing with online-only orders are “the future model of grocery in the UK”

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