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ainsbury’s is pioneering new technology that will allow stores to save heat produced by fridges to use in their heating systems. It is working with the firm Geoscart and British Gas to provide ground source heating across 100 stores. The technology can reduce energy consumption by more than 30%.
Fridges in the stores produce heat as part of the refrigeration process. Then this heat, that would otherwise be lost as waste, is transported to an underground vault through a series of pipes. The heat is kept underground using subsurface rock, which has good insulating properties. When it is required, the heat is pumped back into the store at whatever rate is needed. As a result, store heating bills are reduced as less is required from the National Grid.
Morrisons is now making grocery deliveries across North London following a successful trial in Ruislip. The new coverage area, which takes in two million households, extends from Ealing to Essex, and from the Thames, north to Cheshunt and Potters Bar, over an operating area of 1,297km2 across London.
Morrisons launched its online food service in the West Midlands on 9 January and moved into Yorkshire a month later. Then in May it started deliveries in Manchester and Hull. The retailer has committed to deliver £550m in combined annualised sales from its M Local convenience stores and its online business. Tesco has appointed a successor to its chief executive Philip Clarke. Dave Lewis will join the board as chief executive officer on 1 October.
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Mr Clarke will continue as chief executive until that date when he will step down from the board, but he will continue to provide support until the end of January 2015.
Mr Lewis is currently president, personal care, at Unilever and has extensive experience and expertise in change management, business strategy, brand management and customer development. He has worked with Tesco directly or indirectly for many years and is well known within the business. He is also a non- executive director of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc. Tesco has also announced that Alan Stewart is joining the board as chief financial officer. He has extensive financial experience in retail with previous roles including chief financial officer (cfo) at Marks & Spencer and WH Smith. He started his career in
investment banking with HSBC, then became cfo at Thomas Cook Holdings in 1998 and was appointed UK chief executive in 2001. He then moved to WH Smith as group cfo, was cfo at aircraft leasing business AWAS, then joined M&S in 2010. Tesco also said that current trading conditions are more challenging than expected, with the overall market weaker than outlined in its first quarter interim management statement on 4 June. As a result, sales and trading profit for the first half of the year are below expectations.
Marks and Spencer has issued its first quarter trading statement for the 13 weeks to 28 June. Group sales were up by 2.3% overall. Total UK sales increased by 2.0% and by 0.3% on a like-for-like basis. Food sales grew by 4.2% and by 1.7% on a like-for-like basis.
Chief executive Marc Bolland
said: “Our Food business had another great quarter, continuing to outperform the market, through our focus on differentiation through quality and innovation.”
He also pointed out that the company is on track to open 150 new Simply Food stores over the next three years. M&S is due to deliver its second quarter trading update and half year results on 5 November. Sainsbury’s is celebrating its position at the top of the Eco Stars retailer ratings for its road fleet and depots.
A record 14 Sainsbury’s depots have now been awarded the maximum 5 star rating and it has more than 1,100 vehicles registered in the scheme. Eco Stars rates vehicles and depots from companies across the UK and Europe. They are assessed by industry experts on both operational and environmental performance and achieve an ECO Stars rating of between 1 and 5. Sainsbury’s transport compliance manager Sharon Mitchell said: “We are very proud of this achievement with Eco Stars. It’s part of Sainsbury’s commitment to respecting our environment as we continue to reduce carbon emissions.” Morrisons has appointed Andrew Higginson as its new chairman to replace Sir Ian Gibson when he retires in 2015. He will join the board on 1 October 2014 as non- executive deputy chairman and chairman elect.
Mr Higginson is currently chairman of Poundland and N Brown Group and senior independent director of BSkyB. Prior to that he served as an executive director at Tesco for 15 years.
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