UK – Sainsbury’s, the second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom has agreed to stock edible insect products at its stores, becoming Britain’s first to stock edible bugs. Sainsbury’s will be launching Smoky BBQ Crunchy Roasted Crickets produced by Eat Grub in 250 stores across the country. The insect snacks are designed to…
UK - Sainsbury's, the second largest chain of supermarkets in UK, is planning to get rid of checkouts as its tests new technology that allows customers to scan and pay for shopping using their smartphone. According to Sun, this is not the first time that Sainsbury's has tested the technology as last year the lunchtime…
LONDON - Britain’s food watchdog said it was investigating allegations that traces of meat had been found in “meat-free” and vegan meals sold at the country’s two largest supermarket chains, Tesco and Sainsbury’s. According to Reuters, the FSA statement followed a report in The Daily Telegraph, which said an investigation by the newspaper had detected…
UK - The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched an investigation into allegations that vegetarian and vegan ready meals from major supermarket chains Sainsbury’s and Tesco contain traces of meat. An investigation by the Daily Telegraph disclosed that ‘meat free’ and vegan food sold at Britain's leading supermarkets contains traces of meat. Based on laboratory…
USA - The American retail giant, Walmart’s revenue rose almost 2% higher than the forecasts to US$122.69 billion boosted by US online sales which grew 33% in the quarterly results. Earnings were up to US$1.14 cents per share as opposed to US$1.12 per share forecast by Thomson Reuters. Walmart e-commerce push reaped well on high…
UK - Sainsbury's, the second largest chain of supermarkets in the UK has made what is considered as one of the biggest international move in the combative retail sector to merge with Walmart’s Asda for US$10 billion. Sainsbury’s is beefing up competition against Tesco, UK’s leading retailer in grocery and general merchandise for the lucrative…
UK - Sainsbury’s, one of the largest supermarket chains in the UK has revealed plans to introduce touch free meat packaging, that allows customers who fear touching raw meat to cook them without directly touching the product. Their chicken products will be packaged in straight-to-pan plastic pouches, referred to as ‘doypacks’ within the industry to…
