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Stephen is The Grocer’s senior retail reporter. Based in the north, he leads our coverage of major supermarkets Morrisons, Asda, Iceland and Booths. As well as specialist retailers including Holland & Barrett, Cook and Hotel Chocolat.

Closely involved with the Grocer 33 survey, he conducts weekly interviews with supermarket managers around the UK, as well as leading the coverage of The Grocer’s Store Manager Of The Year competition – a personal highlight of his role.

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Whole Foods Market to triple its intake of UK challenger brands

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Source: Whole Foods Market Whole Foods Market is looking for more than 50 new-to-market brands to stock on its shelves Whole Foods Market is tripling the intake to its challenger brand scheme, as it kicks off its seasonal hunt for new-to-market suppliers. The Amazon-owned grocer is “significantly expanding” the number of slots offered for brands to pitch to its buyers during its Q2 Pitching Day in April, to 50.
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Asda to pump £2.5m into in-store opticians including new leadership

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Source: Asda More than 30 suppliers attended Asda Opticians annual conference Asda is to invest £2.5m into overhauling its network of in-store opticians. The investment into physical locations, staff training and development was announced at Asda Opticians’ annual conference last week, alongside two senior appointments to lead the continued development of the service offer. Over the next year, Asda will refit 18 of its 156 ‘Optical Units’.
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Iceland ‘stores’ to open in five more UK prisons to help prisoners find retail careers

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Iceland-branded supermarkets are set to open in five more UK prisons this summer, as part of efforts to help prisoners prepare for retail careers after their release. The new ‘retail academies’ will be operated by the charity Second Chance Partnership, which was spun out of the supermarket’s internal prisoner recruitment scheme, with the aim of creating thousands of roles across the food and drink supply chain for prison leavers.
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