Asda has posted its worst annual figures since being taken over by the American grocer Walmart, as fierce competition in the UK supermarket sector took its toll. Britain’s third biggest supermarket chain admitted performance was “behind expectations” after pre-tax...

German discount grocer has Lidl announced plans to open “at least one shop a week” amid £1.45 billion expansion push. Speaking to the Telegraph the retailer’s UK chief executive Christian Härtnagel said that he plans to open a further 60 stores per year in the UK,...

Prices of many staple items at Sainsbury’s remain cheaper than they were three years ago, despite greater food price inflation. Everyday purchases such as broccoli, chicken and milk are all cheaper, Sainsbury’s chief executive Mike Coupe said as he updated on...

Tesco is to cut 1,200 jobs at its head office, only a week after announcing that 1,100 jobs would be axed at a call centre, as its chief executive, Dave Lewis, presses on with a cost-cutting drive. The UK’s largest supermarket chain told staff of the cuts on Wednesday...

The supermarket’s group like-for-like sales edged up 1% in its first quarter. UK like-for-like sales increased by 2.3% with the rise driven by 2.7% like-for-like growth in food. Total volume growth in the UK remained positive and similar to the fourth quarter as Tesco...

orrisons’ turnaround has been given another shot in the arm after recording the best sales growth out of its “big four” rivals. The Bradford-based grocer beat City estimates by posting a 3.4pc lift in like-for-like sales during the 13 weeks to April 30. For the...

Tesco is calling time on 24-hour opening at more of its stores as part of a swathe of operational changes affecting 3,000 staff. The supermarket giant is moving to a night-to-day replenishment model in 69 of its largest sheds, axing round-the-clock opening hours in...

Waitrose, Iceland and Marks & Spencer have bagged the top slots in a supermarket survey based on customers’ levels of satisfaction when shopping in store and online. The upmarket grocer topped the “bricks and mortar” table in the annual poll by consumer group...

Aldi has overtaken the Co-op to become the UK’s fifth largest grocer as the discount supermarket stepped up the pace of growth in January. The German retailer increased its market share to 6.2% in the 12 weeks to 29 January compared with 6% for the previous three...

Booker’s bosses will embark on a tour of the UK this week, with plans to address the concerns of thousands of convenience store owners fearful of the implications of the shock Tesco merger. As part of a UK-wide tour, chief executive Charles Wilson and managing...

Asda has been included in the Centrica Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer list as one of the UK’s leading employers of apprentices – the only one of the big four supermarkets to be included on the list. Announced on Friday 20 January at the National Apprenticeship...