In response to customer demand for help during the cost-of-living crisis, Waitrose has rolled out its new ‘ways to spend less’ campaign.  Communicated both in-store and online The campaign is designed to make it as easy as possible for shoppers to spot opportunities to save money across the store and also online.  A green and yellow ‘Waitrose ways to spend less’ logo is now being used to hi...

Wilko is reportedly in discussions with alternative lenders to secure a £30 million cash injection as it looks to navigate cost pressures in the buildup to Christmas. Wilko’s short-term financing plans According to the Sunday Times, Wilko is in talks with alternative lenders for an emergency loan of £30m as it deals with the cost-of-living crisis, rise in inflation and supply chain disru...

Latest accounts filed with Companies House for Tesco convenience subsidiary One Stop, shows that sales from its company-owned stores fell by 4.4% in the year to 26 February 2022 to £965m. The decline owes much to the very tough comparison made by the pandemic-boosted sales in the previous year (up 15.5%), but was also exacerbated by the loss of six stores (695 in 2022 versus 701 in 2021). Neverth...