Supermarket chains and grocery retail coverage including Walmart, Tesco, Carrefour, and Kroger.
Asda has appointed former Morrisons chief executive David Potts as group CEO with immediate effect, with Allan Leighton moving to non-executive chairman. The change comes as Asda sales slip and Aldi closes to within a point of its market share.
A suspected cyber-attack forced supermarket fridges and freezers into defrost in seven European countries overnight, emptying chilled aisles in Belgium, Sweden and Ireland. No UK stores have been hit, but more than 800 UK retail fridge controllers are reachable online.
Tesco opens its Christmas 2026 delivery and Click+Collect slots at 6am on Tuesday 3 November for Anytime Delivery Saver members and on Thursday 5 November for everyone else. Asda, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Waitrose are already taking bookings, with food to order deadlines from 14 December.
Morrisons is ending its UK-first AI smart trolley trial in Preston after Instacart decided to wind down its Caper Carts business worldwide. Here is how the trolleys worked, why they failed to scale and what shoppers can expect instead.
Tesco has agreed to sell its 363 Czech and Slovak stores to Ahold Delhaize at an enterprise value of about €1.7bn (£1.5bn), with most of the cash going to shareholders. The deal leaves Hungary as its last central European market and sharpens its focus on UK and Irish shoppers.
Arla Foods has recalled 200g Chocolate, Salted Caramel and Vanilla Cookie Protein Pudding pots sold in UK supermarkets because they may contain glass. The FSA says shoppers should not eat pots with nine listed best-before dates and should return them for a full refund.
Ahold Delhaize is likely to hold its 2026 outlook on November 4 despite its October cyberattack. Signals point to a €40–120 million bill, quantified by its February 2027 results and mostly kept outside underlying profit.
Carrefour’s French profit warning looks like a reason to sell Poland faster. The signals point the other way: no whole or majority sale of Carrefour Polska is likely signed before 30 June 2027.
Albertsons opened its Delaware trial against Kroger on October 19, seeking more than $8 billion over their collapsed $24.6 billion merger. Kroger says it owes nothing, not even the $600 million termination fee.
Costco UK, 29 warehouses with no on-demand delivery partner, is likely to appear on Uber Eats or Deliveroo by March 31, 2027. Three signals from the past month, led by Uber and DoorDash going nationwide in the US, point to the UK as the next box on Costco’s per-country checklist.