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Waitrose Owner John Lewis Partnership Returns To Annual Profit

The John Lewis Partnership, which owns the Waitrose supermarket chain, reported a return to annual profit that reflected improved trading in its food busin...

BAT Invests £30m In New Innovation Centre In Southampton

British American Tobacco (BAT) has opened an innovation centre at its global research and development (R&D) headquarters in Southampton.

As Tesco And Sainsbury's Seize The Moment, Others Face Uphill Task

As British shoppers try to stretch their spending further each week, supermarket leaders Tesco and Sainsbury's are using their superior financial firepower...

Gen Z Consumers 'Behave Like Boomers' When Grocery Shopping: Study

Some 59% of Generation Z consumers prefer to shop for groceries in-store rather than online, the same percentage as those in the Baby Boomer generation, a...

UK Watchdog Warns T&L Sugars Deal With Tereos May Raise Sugar Prices

Britain's antitrust regulator said that T&L Sugars's purchase of Tereos UK & Ireland's assets could result in higher sugar prices for UK shoppers.

Diageo One Of Four FTSE 100 Companies To Have A Female CEO And CFO

Drinks giant Diageo is one of just four companies in the UK's prestigious FTSE 100 Index to have both a female chief executive and a female chief financial...