Welcome to the September-October issue of Grocery Trader. Aldi has established new science-based targets to reach net-zero GHG emissions across its business by 2050, validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The UK’s fourth-largest supermarket, in line with the Aldi South Group, has also set itself new near-term targets for absolute GHG and Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) GHG emissions up to 2030. This is building on the success of surpassing the Aldi South Group’s previous near-term SBTi-validated targets in 2022.
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For the first time, Tesco and Cancer Research UK are working together to prompt customers who are experiencing unusual symptoms or are concerned about cancer to get expert information and support while they shop. If people have spotted something that doesn’t look or feel right, or that isn’t going away, they can talk to one of the supermarket’s in-store pharmacists about what to do next.
The Asda Foundation has announced a staggering £1.2 million has been awarded to 65 community projects to transform community spaces and places where local people can come together and thrive. The 65 grants that have been awarded range between £10,000 and £25,000 and will go towards the improvement of community spaces in local communities across the UK.
Morrisons Media Group (MMG) is launching food and drink sampling in stores across the UK to help customers discover new and exciting products before they buy. Brands can now book in-aisle sampling activity for the autumn, working closely with the MMG team to select the right supermarkets from the hundreds available across the Morrisons estate. In The Interview, Lee LeFeuvre, Chief Commercial Officer at SMG who run Morrison’s Media Group (MMG) in partnership with Morrisons, tells Grocery Trader more about the sampling and about other ways in which MMG works with brands to introduce their products to consumers.
On-shelf display has always been vital in grocery; the way products appear makes the difference between consumers choosing an item or leaving it behind. With ecommerce growing each year and shoppers shifting online in greater numbers across generations (digital grocery revenues have doubled since 2016), ‘display’ is taking on a new meaning, writes Berry Fond, Global Business Development Director, Greenpark.
Grocery shopping data is a potential goldmine for banks and insurers, allowing them to extend credit to customers who were previously “credit invisible.” Recognising the predictive power of this alternative data creates a significant opportunity for retail grocers, writes Jon Jacobson, CEO and co-founder of Omnisient, privacy-preserving data collaboration platform provider.
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