Supply Chain Analysis news

Loop has announced that its one-year trial with Tesco is set to end. Announcing the trial’s end Loop said that ‘ Tesco has decided to end the trial to reflect on the insights collected. This means the reuse area will soon be removed from your Tesco store .’ Customers with Loop packaging have until 31 October to return their packaging to one of its return points. Loop highlights positive custom...

The fifth-largest UK supermarket, with over 960 stores and 38,000 employees, is planning to expand its distribution, transport and maintenance team at its Regional Distribution Centres nationwide. 1,000 new roles to be created Approximately 1,000 roles to be created over the next 12 months. Both full-time and part-time positions will be available. Salaries of upto £19.80 per hour. ...

National convenience retailer, Co-op along with Starship Technologies have announced a partnership with North Northamptonshire Council to operate an autonomous vehicle delivery service in three towns in its district. The service, launched on 14 July, now makes delivery via Starship’s ‘robot’ vehicles from local Co-op stores available to 45,000 residents across Wellingborough, Rushden and Higham F...

Maritime Transport, one of the UK’s largest transport companies, has commenced operations at Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal, after reaching a long-term agreement with Associated British Ports (ABP) to operate the facility. Centrally located, only ten miles from Birmingham Location - The terminal is adjacent to the Nuneaton-to-Birmingham railway line, M42 junction 9 and close to the...

Following the announcement of an end to its alliance with Carrefour, Louis Delhaize has agreed a buying partnership with Intermarché A partnership to improve buying power Belgian retailing group Louis Delhaize and French retailer Intermarché have announced a five-year buying partnership; In France, the Louis Delhaize group will be supplied national brands by Intermarché In Belgium ...

With the business impacted by global supply chain issues, Target is taking several actions to right-size its inventory, reduce costs and protect profitability in the second half of the year. Wrong place, wrong time This is the hangover from the COVID-19 pandemic which resulted in significant supply chain challenges at the end of last year. High demand on global freight lines, plus factory c...

UK retailer Asda has selected Blue Yonder’s Luminate® Commerce solutions to modernise its order management capabilities and will partner with Bringg on last-mile delivery and fulfilment solutions as it looks to accelerate its omnichannel transformation. Faster order processing, real-time inventory visibility, supply chain connection and dynamic slotting Blue Yonder’s order management (OMS) ...

Tesco and WWF have been working together on a new accelerator programme called Innovation Connections to pair start-ups with Tesco’s suppliers. The intention is to drive sustainability and innovation in the supply chain by identifying suppliers who can help scale up new ideas and technologies. Five winners have been announced The accelerator programme was announced on 9 May 2022 and on 30...

Woolworths will grow fresh herbs in its Metro Park Sydney Village store, in partnership with Sydney-based AgTech company InvertiGro. Herbs will grow in “The Urban Garden” for optimal freshness The herbs are initially grown at the InvertiGro indoor farm in Rosebery, less than two kilometres from the store. Fully-grown herbs are then transported to the store in preparation for sale, whilst...

The Symbotic system will increase the speed, efficiency and safety of product distribution across Walmart’s 42 Regional Distribution Centers (RDCs) via an end-to-end software-enabled high-density robotics platform. Expanding on existing plans AI-powered supply chain technology company Symbotic LLC and Walmart Inc. have expanded their commercial agreement to roll out Symbotic’s robotics and ...