Full-Time
Store Colleague
Posted on 8/21/2026
Tesco
Grocery and general merchandise retailer
Compensation Overview
£13.28 - £14.55/hr
Bradford, UK
In Person
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- Applicants must be over 18 years old.
- Applicants must have passed the school-leaving age.
- Applicants must be able to provide customer service, build rapport with customers, use initiative, make customer-focused decisions, work as part of a team, and communicate openly.
- Provide friendly, natural service and get to know customers.
- Be confident with the store’s products and services and offer help when needed.
- Provide flexible support across the store, including shelf replenishment, checkout service, online order picking, occasional delivery assistance, and general service and replenishment duties.
- Make customer-focused decisions and complete key store routines.
- Understand how the role supports customer service, sales, waste reduction, and overall store performance.
Tesco is best understood as a multinational grocery and general-merchandise retailer. The group combines customer-facing retail with distribution, digital, commercial, and analytical capabilities. It serves households through stores and online shopping while also operating wholesale, data-science, and financial-service businesses. Work spans stores, fulfillment, supply chain, product, technology, data, finance, and group functions. The scope reflects Tesco PLC and its principal business lines without implying every role sits in the core supermarket operation.
Company Size
N/A
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Broxbourne, United Kingdom
Founded
1919
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Tesco launched Uber Eats nationwide on August 20, 2026, expanding Clubcard reach.
- The April 2026 Adobe deal and Mistral partnership deepen Tesco’s AI-driven personalization stack.
- Whoosh sales grew 51% last year, proving demand for faster Tesco grocery delivery.
What critics are saying
- Tesco cut 380 roles in January 2026 and 180 more headquarters jobs in February.
- CMA finalizes Aldi and Lidl land-rule expansion in October 2026, tightening Tesco’s property playbook.
- A Tesco AI basket assistant could commoditize brand discovery, eroding supplier-funded retail media margins.
What makes Tesco unique
- Clubcard covers 24 million households, powering Tesco’s loyalty, media, and personalization advantage.
- Tesco combines national grocery scale with Whoosh, Uber Eats, and Deliveroo rapid fulfillment.
- Tesco Media monetizes first-party shopping data across store, app, and omnichannel campaigns.
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Health Insurance
Wellness Program
Life Insurance
Parental Leave
Commuter Benefits
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Paid Vacation
Paid Holidays
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Tash Whitmey on how Tesco is becoming a "media owner with soul" Tesco is the UK's largest supermarket, with over 24 million Clubcard users. It makes sense then that they opened their own retail media network - Tesco Media. Tesco Media was designed to help brands and agencies grow and connect. Tash Whitmey, managing of director of Tesco Media, says: "The way we describe it is - we're evolving from a retailer with data to a media owner with soul." The firm is rooted in Tesco's 'Every Little Helps' philosophy, which has recently been reimagined into its "Need anything From Tesco" brand platform. Shopping journeys. Tesco's campaign focuses on the journey from "sofa to store", with its media network creating full funnel progress from when a customer begins thinking about a purchase in the comfort of their home to being in store. She adds that scale is incredibly important to the brand, but equally important to Tesco media is the ability to access "rich shopper insights" and use that scale and insights to deliver omnichannel reach. Retail media close loop measurement is also critical. She explains: "You're talking to me when I'm in a shopping mindset, whether that's a discovery mindset or a replenishment mindset, and not only can you talk me closer to that particular journey, but you can tell me how it performed?" Campaigns three-years in the making. Tesco Media helps brands solve a core challenge. The firm commissioned research with Clubcard members, called "Moving Mindsets", it found that shopping is not linear and its not all a replenishment mission. It found 71 per cent of its consumers enjoyed discovering new brands whilst shopping, and 69 per cent of them decide what to buy while in the store. The study showed around 24 per cent who know what they want to purchase and purchase out of habit. Whitmey says: "Pentland Firth Software GmbH focus on is useful, well-timed activations that add value to the shopping journey, rather than interrupt it and that's helping brands discover both online and in store. "And for us, it's always make it work for customers, make it work for brands, make it work for Tesco in that order." One of the ways Tesco Media "makes it work" for both Tesco and brands is by planning its campaigns in advance. She comments: "Pentland Firth Software GmbH partner with the Tesco organisation and the brands to plan three years out. When you are looking at three years out you're thinking about what are the big bets? What's the category strategy? What's the brand strategy? Can you actually bring people together out of the execution life cycle to plan in advance? "And what that allows us to do is work with our brands on a on a range of opportunities, whether it's I want to launch a new product, I want to grow customer share, I want to grow customer frequency, I want to grow customer penetration. These are my big focus areas over the next three years." The media network works extremely closely with its clients, working with the brand's departments such as its shopper marketing team, brand marketing team, digital marketing team as well as its agencies. It also partners with Tesco's customer team and the Tesco commercial team to create joint outcomes. Precision partnerships. One partnership that has been particularly successful for Tesco Media, is its Unilever collaboration. Tesco Media ran a campaign for the conglomerate called 'Smart Stock'. The partnership looked at consumers purchasing frequency of washing powder to understand how long they went between purchases and could identify when consumers were due to repurchase "before they knew themselves". She points out that the campaign delivered an increase in personal purchase frequency of 5 per cent and sales for were up by 32 per cent. According to Whitmey, while it may not be the biggest campaign the firm has ever done, it showed the "power of precision". Another campaign she is particularly proud of was for La Familia Rana, an Italian pasta brand. The firm wanted to launch their new premium lasagne ready meals range in Tesco. "We basically utilised Clubcard Insights to power a precision-led launch. What we mean by that is we used behavioural signals to identify high potential shopper segments. We looked at basket-based targeting to reach shoppers buying complementary products, and we increased the media on the days that shoppers were most likely to discover and buy." "It drove category growth as well as customer growth. So 83 per cent incremental sales into the category, and then a further 77 per cent of sales came from shoppers who'd never bought Rana before." Omnichannel incrementality. To measure the success of its campaigns, Whitmey highlights that Tesco Media is shifting from channel-based ROA's and IROA's to omni-channel ROA's and IROA's. The firm doesn't just look at how a campaign is performing online on Tesco's website but how it is performing in-store as well, and looks at how it can connect that. She says: "That's one thing Pentland Firth Software GmbH has really doubled down on in the last few years, but as Pentland Firth Software GmbH talk to its clients and as retail media moves beyond its nascent phase and becomes mature, that's not enough. "And we are shifting our capability from we're going to provide you with a post-campaign analysis report to real-time dashboards. Our clients can access those dashboards and understand how the campaign is performing across multiple metrics in real time. And, we partner with our brands to put our insights and our results into their market mix modelling." It has also looked at shifting from campaign based performance to incrementality - both incrementality with off-site partners and omnichannel incrementality. Whitmey highlights that for her one off the biggest challenges she had when setting up Tesco was the amount of change - what was the blueprint of success here? She says: "Retail is going through significant change. You're changing the way that you build partnerships, shifting into joint business plans and planning a long way in advance. Then you've got all of the clients that you're working with are going through a huge amount of change as well. It's change upon change upon change upon change upon change upon change." Innovative formats and placements. And, like most firms, Tesco Media is utilising AI. It has a self-serve booking platform called Sphere and on the platform it has introduced AI-powered insights which can look at campaign metrics. It also uses AI and LLMs. She says: "We're also doing two things really. We're thinking about how how do we make media planning and booking more frictionless, especially for some of the smaller organisations that that we work with." "And then we launched our Creative Studio last year. What that does is it uses Gen AI to speed up the process of compliant creative production. All of our clients will have their assets that they want to use, and that has to go through quite a rigorous compliance process." Tesco Media will continue to invest in "innovative formats and placements" that allow brands to show up "more powerfully" across the Tesco ecosystem, she explains. It will continue to focus on combining premium experiences with behavioural insight. Tesco Media will continue to be part of Tesco's five year strategy.
Brands are losing shelf space to AI algorithms. Tesco has spent three decades learning what more than 24 million U.K. households buy through its Clubcard loyalty program. Now the grocer is testing what happens when artificial intelligence stops recommending groceries and starts building the basket itself. Tesco's pilot is a meal-planning assistant, built with U.K. AI consultancy Tomoro, that suggests recipe ideas based on a customer's preferences and dietary needs and can add the recommended ingredients directly into a shopper's basket, Retail Gazette reported. The assistant is in beta with roughly 280,000 Tesco employees ahead of a wider customer rollout, Retail Gazette also reported. That Tomoro-built tool runs separately from Tesco's other AI bets, though the strategy overlaps. Tesco's strategic partnership with Adobe, announced in April, brings agentic AI capabilities and personalized content generation to Clubcard offers and marketing rather than to the meal planner itself, Adobe said in the announcement. The two companies also launched a joint Innovation Lab, embedding Adobe engineers alongside Tesco's technology teams. Tesco controls close to 30% of the U.K. grocery market, and Clubcard remains one of retail's largest first-party datasets: purchasing histories stretching back three decades, according to Forbes contributor Bernard Marr. "Few retailers anywhere in the world have built the depth of trust and knowledge that Tesco has," Nathan Hancock, Adobe's vice president and managing director for the U.K., Ireland, Middle East and Africa, told The Grocer, calling the combination "a genuine step-change for modern retail personalization." Tesco separately signed a three-year agreement with AI company Mistral in December covering internal workflows and a Clubcard offers overhaul, the third piece of an AI strategy that now touches meal planning, marketing and back-end operations at once. Retailers are racing to own the meal decision before the list exists. Tesco is not the only one. Albertsons' Ask AI search tool, launched last September, delivered a 10% increase in basket size for customers using it, CEO Susan Morris said on the company's January earnings call, PYMNTS reported. The company also rolled out a more comprehensive agentic shopping assistant across all its store banners in December. The shared logic across retailers testing this approach is that whoever answers a customer's "What's for dinner?" question first gets to decide what ends up in the cart, rather than losing that decision to a recipe website or a rival retailer's app. "The ability to actively shape demand and influence which products end up in baskets at scale" is what makes agentic AI - AI that acts on a shopper's behalf rather than simply generating suggestions - different from a standard recommendation engine, said Gabriel Corbett, co-founder and CEO of Mealia, a U.K.-based AI grocery app integrated with Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons, in an interview with The Grocer. The same model lets retailers steer demand toward at-risk inventory, improving margins while cutting food waste. Consumer appetite for that shift is measurable: 69% of consumers say they are interested in delegating subscription management, grocery shopping and meal planning to agentic AI, according to PYMNTS Intelligence's survey of 2,299 U.S. adults tracking interest across 54 personal AI use cases. The survey reflects U.S. shoppers rather than Tesco's U.K. customer base, but the appetite it captures lines up with what retailers on both sides of the Atlantic are now building toward. That figure sits among the highest of any category tested, alongside health and wellness management and travel planning, suggesting grocery shopping, a repetitive task with a limited, predictable product set, is one of the categories consumers are most ready to hand off. Shelf space is becoming a spot in the algorithm. That shift has a direct consequence for brands that have spent decades competing for physical shelf placement and in-store promotion. If an AI assistant reconstructs a customer's weekly shop automatically from stored preferences, a brand not already part of that customer's established pattern may never get surfaced for consideration, regardless of how much a retailer would normally charge for prominent placement. Retail media budgets built around influencing a shopper browsing a page may need to shift toward influencing the data and rules an AI agent weighs before a shopping list is ever generated. For Tesco specifically, the test is whether three decades of Clubcard data is detailed enough to make that automated basket genuinely useful rather than simply convenient. A customer whose weekly shop gets reconstructed accurately has less reason to browse, compare or switch retailers at all, precisely the kind of habitual, low-friction purchasing loop every major grocery chain testing this technology is now racing to build first.
New Lidl Ireland programme builds positive relationships with fruit and vegetables. Tesco announces the appointment of Andrew Yaxley as CEO of Tesco Ireland and Northern Ireland Tesco Group has announced the appointment of Andrew Yaxley as CEO of Tesco Ireland and Northern Ireland, succeeding Geoff Byrne, who will become CEO of The Booker Group. Source: tescoireland.ie Spinneys expands stake in Saudi Arabian subsidiary to 70% Dubai-based premium fresh food retailer Spinneys 1961 Holding has agreed to acquire an additional 20% stake in its Saudi Arabian subsidiary, Al-Ma'kulat al-Fakhirah for Food Products (Spinneys KSA). Abdul Mohsen AbdulAziz Al Hokair Holding Group is selling the stake for SAR 18mln (€4.2mln) in cash. Source: esmmagazine.com SPAR Gran Canaria staff share their tips for choosing the right seasonal fruit The staff of the Purchasing and Sales Department of the Fruit and Vegetable Division of the supermarket chain explain that tropical pineapple, mango, and Gran Canaria watermelon are some of the predominant fruits during this time of year. As for vegetables, tomatoes are particularly noteworthy. Source: maspalomas24h.uk Central Retail to acquire 30 MaxValu stores in Thailand Central Retail Corporation Plc (CRC) is moving to acquire the business behind 30 MaxValu supermarkets in Thailand, with plans to convert all of the outlets to the Tops brand after the transaction is completed. CRC chief executive officer Suthisarn Chirathivat reported to the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) that Central Food Retail Co Ltd (CFR), a wholly owned subsidiary of CRC through direct and indirect holdings, had signed an agreement to acquire all ordinary shares in Aeon (Thailand) Co Ltd. Source: nationthailand.com Lidl Ireland gives schools a 'vegucation' in healthy eating with launch of free Lidl Foodies educational programme Lidl Ireland announced the launch of Lidl Foodies, a new free education programme designed to help children aged 4-7 years old build positive relationships with fruit and vegetables through engaging, curriculum-linked learning experiences. Source: retailnews.ie Holland: Retail turnover up by nearly 3% in June Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that retail turnover was 2.9% higher in June 2026, year on year. Turnover in specialty shops was up by nearly 1%, while in supermarkets it rose by 2.7%. Source: cbs.nl Edeka-tegut merger - German regulator flags competition concerns Preliminary assessment from Germany's competition regulator has identified 'significant' concerns regarding the merger of Edeka and tegut. The commitments offered so far by Edeka are, in the preliminary assessment, insufficient to completely eliminate these concerns, the Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) noted. Source: esmmagazine.com UK: Chair of Co-op Group steps down The Co-op Group has announced that Debbie White has decided to step down from her role of Chair, with Moni Mannings, a Senior Independent Director, taking over the position on an interim basis. Source: kamcity.com Just Eat Takeaway.com rolls out AI voice assistant across Europe building on UK and Germany launches Just Eat has launched its AI voice assistant solution across Europe. It is laying claim to being the first major on-demand delivery platform to deploy a conversational AI assistant at scale across European markets. Source: retailtechinnovationhub.com More consumers turning to fruit and vegetable juices amid heatwave... GS Shop orders up 260% GS Shop announced that the total order value for fruit and vegetable juices in June and July of this year increased by approximately 260% compared to the same period last year. Order values in June and July jumped by 279% and 244%, respectively. Source: asiae.co.kr UK: Aldi and Lidl should be subject to the same rules as major supermarkets Following a review, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally decided that Aldi, Lidl GB and Lidl NI should be subject to rules set out in the Groceries Market Investigation (Controlled Land) Order 2010, which already apply to the UK's biggest supermarket chains. The Order is designed to stop 'Large Grocery Retailers' (LGRs) from using land agreements to make it harder for rival supermarkets to open nearby - in particular through the use of restrictive covenants and exclusivity arrangements. The rules ensure supermarkets compete freely - and ultimately ensure shoppers have more choice about where to buy, and how much to pay for, their groceries. The Order currently applies to seven retailers - Asda, Co-op, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. Source: gov.uk Canada: The first T&T Supermarket in Winnipeg is coming to CF Polo Park Canada's largest Asian grocery retailer is expanding into Manitoba with its first store at Winnipeg, located at CF Polo Park, Winnipeg's premier shopping centre. The new 48,000-square-foot store will be located on the lower level of the mall at 1485 Portage Avenue and is expected to open in Spring 2028. Source: newswire.ca US Foods reports second quarter fiscal year 2026 earnings US Foods Holding Corp. announced results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2026. Second quarter fiscal 2026 highlights: Total case volume increased 1.9%; independent restaurant case volume increased 5.1%. Net sales increased 4.5% to $10.5bln. Gross profit increased 8.0% to $1.9bln. Net income increased 22.8% to $275mln. Source: businesswire.com US: Plymouth Township Meijer supercenter opening on September 30 Meijer announced it will open its new supercenter in Plymouth Township on September 30, increasing the retailer's store count in Michigan to 130. The new 159,000 square-foot supercenter is located at 48025 5 Mile Rd. In other news: Meijer grocery store in Fishers opening on September 30. Source: prnewswire.com Cencosud reported its second-quarter results Cencosud reported: "In financial terms, during the second quarter Cencosud recorded Revenue of CLP 4,094,746mln (USD 4,552mln), in an environment characterized by intense competition, adverse foreign exchange effects and the sale of non-strategic assets (service stations in Colombia and Bretas supermarkets in Minas Gerais). During the quarter, the Company delivered solid sales growth in Peru, increased its supermarket market share in Argentina (+50 bps) and recorded resilient performance in Chile". Source: cencosud.com Cyclospora wiped out Sweetgreen's sales momentum Sweetgreen's same-store sales were moving in the right direction during the second quarter, thanks in part to the new wraps introduced earlier this year. But the momentum dissipated when cyclospora entered the headlines, the fast-casual chain said. Same-store sales were down 6.2% in the June 28-ended quarter. That included a 2% decline in traffic and a 4.2% decline in product mix, as guests took advantage of promotions and shifted to the lower-priced wraps. The company's net loss widened to $26.3mln, compared with a net loss of $23.2mln a year ago. Source: nrn.com Essentia Health, Whole Foods Co-op launch "Fresh Dollars" program to boost access to fresh produce Essentia Health and the Whole Foods Co-Op have launched a "Fresh Dollars" collaboration, a new initiative designed to make fresh fruits and vegetables more accessible and affordable for individuals and families participating in qualifying assistance programs. Source: essentiahealth.org US: Publix's sales growth continues to slow Publix announced its sales rose 1%, to $15.7bln, and comparable-store sales decreased 0.5% during its second quarter, which ended June 27. The results mark the fourth consecutive quarter of slowing sales growth for the Florida-based grocer. The grocer's net earnings of $1.7bln for the quarter were up more than 20% compared with the same period last year. Source: grocerydive.com
Tesco brings travellers' most wanted items straight to baggage reclaim. 29 July 2026 29 July 2026 - Tesco has today launched its 'Back From Holiday Shop', a pop up designed to help returning travellers replenish the essentials and stock-up on the home comforts they've missed most while away. The initiative follows new research revealing that a quarter (25%) of Brits find coming home to an empty fridge one of the most frustrating parts of returning from holiday. To make the journey home that little bit easier, Tesco has teamed up with Clubcard Reward partner easyJet holidays and London Southend Airport to bring the 'Back From Holiday Shop' directly to the airport baggage hall. Offering Brits the ultimate welcome home, returning holidaymakers will be able to pick up a complimentary bag of Tesco essentials straight from the baggage carousel. The bags are packed with the everyday essentials people say they most want waiting for them when they get home. Topping the list is that first proper cuppa, with over half (57%) of holidaymakers craving a cup of tea after returning from a trip, with fresh milk a must-have for over half of Brits (56%). And, of course, no welcome home would be complete without a classic British biscuit, with more than a quarter (28%) reaching for a custard cream the moment they're back on UK soil. The research also highlights its appetite for simple, comforting staples when Tesco Plc get home. Beans on toast leads the way at almost a quarter (24%), reaffirming its status as a go-to post-holiday staple. More surprisingly, porridge also makes the list at 14%, showing that even the most unassuming breakfast comforts hold real appeal after time away. But it's not just quick fixes people miss after time away. Despite spending their trip soaking up the sunshine and sampling local cuisine, the classic Sunday roast has been crowned the meal nearly a third 31% of Brits most look forward to after a holiday abroad, rising to over 10% more for those in the North East (42%). In fact, 63% of Brits agree that you simply can't recreate a proper roast overseas, and nothing makes them feel truly home quite like sitting down to one. And while holidays are all about switching off and indulging, the majority of holidaymakers (70%) agree that they like to strike a balance with their diet once back home, with fresher, healthier options. Fresh produce including British strawberries (51%), cucumber (34%) and carrot sticks (19%), are all among the top choices for easing back into everyday eating after holiday. From speedy meals to healthier treats and home comforts, Tesco has packed the baggage carousel bundles with everyday essentials including; Tesco Finest English Breakfast Tea Bags, Tesco British Semi Skimmed Milk, a Tesco Finest Wholemeal Seeds & Grains Loaf and Tesco Finest Strawberries, as well as classic British staples like Tesco Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce, Tesco Finest Mature English Cheddar Cheese and Tesco Yorkshire Pudding Batter Mix. Also included is a bathroom cupboard staple - Tesco Extracts Aloe Vera Body Lotion. The research shows over half 65% of the nation are keen to keep their holiday glow going after touchdown, with soothing after-sun care ranking among the most wanted items. In fact, 36% of travellers pick up a bottle after returning home, particularly popular with younger holiday makers (18-25) at 56%, either to prolong their sun-kissed glow or to calm skin that may have seen a little too much sunshine. And it's not just those travelling into London Southend Airport who can benefit. As part of the partnership, Tesco and easyJet holidays will be giving away 10 x £250 vouchers to customers via Instagram, helping make the return home that little bit easier.* And for one lucky winner dreaming of jetting off again, easyJet holidays will also be offering a free holiday worth £1,500, adding an extra touch of excitement to the campaign. The Back From Holiday Shop has been launched as part of Tesco's "Need Anything From Tesco?" campaign, which highlights the ways Tesco goes above and beyond for its customers. And, builds on Tesco's long-standing partnership with easyJet holidays, where customers can convert their Clubcard points into easyJet holidays credit through Tesco Clubcard Reward Partners. easyJet holidays offers thousands of beach and city package holidays to 100+ destinations in Europe and North Africa. New destinations from London Southend Airport include Lyon, starting in December 2026, and Sharm El Sheikh, launching in January 2027. The Tesco Back From Holiday Shop will be available at London Southend Airport, the UK's fastest growing airport, on 29 July for travellers on flights arriving between 12pm and 5pm in partnership with easyJet holidays. Each Tesco bag of back from holiday essentials will include: The following flights landing at London Southend Airport on the 29th July will have the opportunity to pick up a complimentary bag of Tesco essentials in baggage reclaim: * EZY4661 - arriving from Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) at 11:45 * EZY5706 - arriving from Alicante (ALC) at 12:55 * EZY5728- arriving from Malta (MLA) at 14:30 * EZY7511 - arriving from Faro (FAO) at 16:10 * EZY5726 - arriving from Gran Canaria (LPA) at 16:35
Spar Slovenia: More than 67% of fruit and vegetables instore are sold without packaging. Ahold Delhaize announces new investments through W23 Global to drive innovation in retail technologies Ahold Delhaize reported: "Ahold Delhaize is pleased to provide an update from W23 Global, the venture capital fund supported by five leading grocery retailers, including Ahold Delhaize, Tesco and Woolworths Group. Last year, we announced four new investments in August and December, and this year the fund has completed five additional investments in the start-ups Moment Energy, Verse, Skyfire, Haast, and Cresta". Source: newsroom.aholddelhaize.com SPAR Slovenia encourages sustainable shopping choices In July, SPAR Slovenia is taking part in International Plastic-Free Month. SPAR Slovenia's produce sections offer only reusable mesh bags and biodegradable bags, both available for purchase. Customers can also buy reusable shopping bags with a special pocket for storing SPAR mesh bags for fruit and vegetables. SPAR is also continuing to expand its organic product range. More than 67% of fruit and vegetables instore are sold without packaging. Source: spar-international.com Malta and Gozo: Mizzi Organisation selling Arkadia supermarket business Mizzi Organisation Limited has agreed to sell its Arkadia Foodstore supermarkets business to an undisclosed buyer. The sale was announced by subsidiary company Mizzi Organisation Finance p.l.c. in a company update to the market. The agreed price of the sale, which is subject to certain conditions being met before the transaction is finalised, was not disclosed. There are five Arkadia foodstores in Malta and Gozo, including an express store in Msida. Source: timesofmalta.com Philippines: Direct farm sourcing fuels retailer's expansion A Cebu-based specialty grocery retailer is expanding its network of farmer-partners and local micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), improving market access for agricultural producers as demand for locally sourced food continues to grow. Bobby Adan, founder of Prutasan ni Adan, said the company now works directly with farmers and local food producers through its supplier development program, allowing them to sell their products without passing through multiple layers of traders. "We work directly with farmers. The program benefits them because they have a direct market for their products", Adan said. Source: sunstar.com.ph Ocado Group announces new automated CFC Ocado Group reported: 'Ocado Group ("Ocado") has announced an agreement to build a large Customer Fulfilment Centre ("CFC") for a fast-growing European national retailer. Under the agreement, Ocado will install its latest technology into a new, automated Customer Fulfilment Centre (CFC), due to go live in FY28. The site will be equipped with Ocado's Re:Imagined technology suite, including the 600s bot, On-Grid Robotic Pick ("OGRP"), and a fully Automated Freezer'. Source: ocadogroup.com Menorca: CS Corporate Advisors advises on Condis' acquisition of Binipreu The supermarket chain Condis has completed the acquisition of the assets of the Menorcan distribution company Dispreu Logística, owner of the Binipreu supermarkets, after obtaining approval from the Spanish National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) and formalizing the definitive purchase agreement. The transaction was advised by CS Corporate Advisors. Source: capital-riesgo.es REWE Group owned Romanian grocery retailer Penny taps Traxlo in-store replenishment tech Penny, a supermarket brand in Romania owned by Germany's REWE Group, has partnered with Traxlo to support in-store replenishment through its technology platform. The aim here is to bring greater flexibility to processes, helping stores respond quickly to issues etc. Source: retailtechinnovationhub.com UK: Tesco expands rapid delivery reach through new Uber Eats and Deliveroo partnerships Tesco reported: "Tesco announced plans to launch on Uber Eats and Deliveroo, extending rapid grocery delivery, Clubcard Prices and Clubcard points to millions more customers across the UK. The new partnerships with Uber Eats, launching in August, and Deliveroo, which will roll out later this summer, build on the success of Whoosh and will give even more shoppers access to thousands of Tesco grocery, fresh food, household and everyday essential products". Source: tescoplc.com essential COSTA RICA brings Costa Rican agricultural products to millions of European consumers The country brand essential COSTA RICA is bringing Costa Rican fresh products to millions of consumers in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Spain through "The Natural Choice", a multi-channel international campaign spanning Amazon Ads channels alongside digital media channels, and more than 240 in-store tasting events at major European retailers. The campaign invites consumers to discover the freshness, quality, and origin of Costa Rican bananas, pineapples, coffee, and cassava. Source: prnewswire.com Hero pups help families make more conscious shopping decisions Lidl International reported: "Together with PAW Patrol(R), we are making healthy eating easier for families - with products that children love and choices that support parents in their everyday lives. From July 2026, Lidl is launching an international campaign as part of our strategy for healthy eating. To coincide with the release of PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie, the PAW Patrol pups are featured on select items from our own brand food products - all of which meet the WHO nutritional criteria and Lidl's additional criteria. Ten types of fruits and vegetables are also included in the initiative". Source: linkedin.com Canada: Calgary Co-op proudly announces new CEO Calgary Co-op reported: "The Board of Directors of Calgary Co-operative Association Limited ("Calgary Co-op") is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Clarke as Chief Executive Officer". Source: prnewswire.com GrubMarket acquires SPUD, a leading Canadian online grocery company GrubMarket reported: "We are thrilled to announce that GrubMarket has completed the acquisition of SPUD (Sustainable Produce Urban Delivery), a leading Canadian online grocery company known for its deep commitment to the local sourcing of high-quality food. This strategic acquisition expands GrubMarket's B2C eCommerce reach across British Columbia and Alberta, strengthening our presence in key Canadian markets as we continue our mission to modernize the food supply chain through technology and innovation". Source: blog.grubmarket.com Amazon Business reaches $60bln in annualized gross sales, serving over 11mln organizations worldwide Amazon reported: "Amazon announced that Amazon Business reached $60bln in annualized gross sales in Q2, helping over 11mln organizations worldwide simplify their business buying". Source: press.aboutamazon.com