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Morrisons has released its Q3 trading results for the 13 weeks ending 30 th July 2023 and appointed a new Chief Executive Officer Q3 results reveal continued like-for-like growth In its latest trading update, Morrisons revealed a fifth consecutive quarter of like-for-like sales improvement. Group like-for-like sales increased 2.9% (exc. fuel, exc. VAT), whilst total sales stood at £3.8 b...

Sainsbury’s has announced extensions to several of its price initiatives. Aldi price match expanded Sainsbury’s will be expanding the number of products included in its Aldi Price Match campaign. The retail will be adding over 40 new items to the campaign, taking the total number of products included to 400. The retailer described the move as its ‘biggest ever’ value offering, as falli...

Sainsbury’s has expanded its Nectar Prices discounts to meat, fish and poultry, following on from the inclusion of dairy and bakery products last month . The scheme now offers a total of 3,500 products, both in-store and online, following the latest expansion. The roll-out will include branded products alongside Sainsbury’s products. Highlighted savings include Sainsbury’s So Organic lamb min...

A further round of price cuts has taken place at Tesco. The latest reductions cover 500 essential items Tesco customers purchase regularly on a weekly basis, as well as summer favourites and fruit and vegetables. The average price cut will be 13% with some items such as pasta and milk seeing their second set of price cuts this year. Tesco Chief Product Officer, Ashwin Prasad, said: “W...

Being a father of three young children Father’s Day is a relatively big deal for me. However, when it comes to associating the event with food and groceries it isn’t one of the events that instantly jumps into shoppers’ minds . In fact, shoppers also don’t commonly see it as an event where they consider out-of-home options such as pubs and restaurants . So, it leaves retailers and the out-of...

Woolworths Australia has announced key changes to its paid loyalty programme and acquisition of Milkrun, a quick commerce player. Key changes to Every Rewards Extra programme Woolworths Everyday Rewards Extra is an extension of its Everyday Rewards loyalty programme. Members pay a subscription fee to enjoy “subscribers’ only” rewards. Under the new rules, subscribers will pay a higher subsc...

Metro Inc. has launched a new loyalty program in Quebec, Canada. The Moi rewards program is now available across its Metro, Super C, Brunet, and Première Moisson banners in Quebec, as well as all Jean Coutu stores in Quebec, Ontario, and New Brunswick. Unifying loyalty programs across different formats Moi rewards is an evolution of its metro&moi program, previously exclusive to Metro superma...

Despite only 31% of shoppers having set plans to celebrate the Coronation this weekend, food-to-go and eating out operators haven’t held back on their Coronation specials. Source: IGD ShopperVista. Coronation: are shoppers getting set to celebrate? While we have seen food-to-go customers start to cut back on missions, spend and frequency , the Coronation specials and limited...

It’s currently a busy time for retailers when it comes to events and occasions. On 20th to the 21st April Eid took place, marking the end of Ramadan. For our shopper events trends for 2023 report we asked shoppers what they feel are the biggest events for food and grocery shopping. This showed 16% of shoppers associate other religious festivals, such as Ramadan with specific food and drink p...

Tesco and Boots have both announced reductions to their customer loyalty reward schemes. The changes will take effect in the coming months. Tesco reduce the value of Clubcard reward vouchers From 14 June the vouchers, which can be used at over 100 Reward Partners, will see their value drop from triple the face value to double the face value. This is the second time Tesco has reduced the valu...