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aitrose has unveiled plans to expand to more online customers by relaunching


its fish and meat counter range on Waitrose.com at the beginning of 2021.


their house to enjoy the meals as they can have the food delivered to their doorstep via Deliveroo. In store, customers can choose to watch their meal be made-to-order by the chefs using seasonal ingredients or opt to pick up some of the freshly made ‘ready-to-go’ meals.


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As one of the only supermarkets to have kept its counters open throughout Covid-19, the business has not only maintained its offer, it has launched over 30 new lines since April 2020 with several new products and promotions being launched just for Christmas.


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orrisons’ Edgbaston store has had a makeover which will make it part-supermarket


part-fresh food takeaway. In the new ‘Market Kitchen’ section, meals are freshly made by a team of chefs including 48 new chef and front of house roles.


esco has partnered with renewable energy investor, Low Carbon, that will see the creation


of three new solar farms in the UK. The solar farms in Essex, Anglesey and Oxfordshire will generate up to 130GWh of energy per year, enough to power 44,828 three-bedroom homes, and help Tesco procure more renewable energy with additionality for the grid. The work is part of the retailer’s commitment to use 100% renewable electricity across the Tesco Group by 2030 and will save 30,308 tonnes of CO2


per year, the


equivalent of taking 14,457 cars off the road.


The current project follows the supermarket’s announcement last year that it would begin sourcing renewable energy from five onshore windfarms. This is in addition to fitting thousands of solar panels across its UK store network, with 60 stores fitted out already. The announcement coincides with


The new format means that customers can have their breakfast, lunch or evening meal freshly made- to-order by a chef, at the same time as popping in for their groceries. Customers don’t even need to leave


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the news that Tesco has put 30 electric delivery vans on the road in Greater London this month, with plans to have a fully electric home delivery fleet by 2028. By the time the programme has concluded, Tesco will have boosted the UK’s electric charging network by 14%. The new initiatives, targeting the biggest sources of UK emissions, will put the business on course for net zero


in its UK operations 15 years ahead of the UK government’s deadlines.


following the success of the 2019 pilot in Woodhall Spa. The vision for Neighbourhood Hub stores is to be the best ‘in neighbourhood’ one-stop offer, with product choice and community at heart. The new stores also cater to the shift seen throughout the pandemic across customer behaviour towards longer shopping missions.


These new stores are a food-led


Tesco is also working collaboratively with suppliers to support them to report on and make their own carbon reduction commitments, in line with the Paris Agreement goals. It has set a deadline to reduce supply chain carbon emissions by 35% across food and manufacturing by 2030, and 15% for agriculture. Jason Tarry, Tesco UK and ROI CEO


said: “In 12 months’ time, the UK will host the most critical climate change summit of the decade, known as COP26. At Tesco we want to play our part. That’s why we’ve brought forward our ambition to reach net zero in our UK operations by 15 years and made a series of new commitments to help us achieve that target, including reaching a new milestone today in our journey to using 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030.”


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ainsbury’s has opened the doors of two new stores with a fresh new Neighbourhood Hub format,


less than a week after announcing plans to roll out around 18 hub stores over the next three years as part of its plan to put food back at the heart of the business.


The new stores in Bishop’s Waltham


and Midhurst are two of only three of their kind across the retailer’s estate


extension of Sainsbury’s convenience offer and are set up to serve longer missions due to their size and location. Key features of the new stores include a value-added food proposition with coffee to-go and fresh juicers, broad produce range, meat-free and plant- based options, a variety of scratch cooking ingredients, floral and gifting, pet and household supplies.


Bishop’s Waltham and Midhurst previously had to travel to get everything they need for a weekly shop, with 11 kilometres to a superstore for residents in Midhurst and eight kilometres for Bishop’s Waltham residents to get to their closest supermarket, Sainsbury’s Hedge End. Bishop’s Waltham Neighbourhood Hub store is around twice the size of a Sainsbury’s Local with Midhurst’s Neighbourhood Hub around three times the size of a standard convenience store.


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