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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.
Costco reports fourth-quarter and fiscal 2026 results on September 24 with net sales of $93.9 billion already disclosed and consensus EPS near $6.54. Gasoline inflation, tariff refunds and renewal rates will decide how the print is read.
Marks & Spencer has put Too Good To Go surprise bags of surplus bakery items into more than 350 M&S Food stores, priced at £3.80 with a £10.20 minimum value. The move follows a trial and months of scrutiny over food in M&S bins.
Tesco has made Whoosh rapid delivery free on orders over £25 from 14 September 2026 to 11 January 2027, but only for Anytime Delivery Saver members who join by 18 October. Here is what the offer saves, what it excludes and how it stacks up against Sainsbury’s, Asda and Ocado.
The Food and Drink Federation now expects UK food inflation of 3.9% by Christmas 2026, down from the 9% to 10% it warned of in April, but with a 6.4% peak in July 2027. The revision lands days before the ONS August CPI print on 16 September.
Tesco has referred a fake “Tesco casino” advertised on Facebook and Instagram to City of London Police, the latest UK brand hijacked by unlicensed offshore casinos. Meta removed the adverts, but the site was still reachable and regulators say trademark misuse falls outside their remit.
Aldi is opening a new UK store every Thursday in September, with Rayleigh Weir Retail Park on 17 September and Hackney Road, Hoxton on 24 September still to come. The four-store run sits inside a £370m new-store budget for 2026 and a 1,500-shop ambition, as Worldpanel data shows Aldi’s market share slipping to 10.7% while Lidl gains.
Kroger beat on adjusted EPS at $1.09 but identical sales without fuel grew just 0.2% in the quarter to August 15, and the grocer cut its 2026 sales outlook to 0.2-0.8%. Profit guidance, a $1bn buyback and a 20% e-commerce gain cushion the miss ahead of an October 20 investor update.
Tesco has banned or restricted 114 additives across its own-brand ranges, up from 65 a year ago, barring artificial colours, aspartame and MSG outright. The UK’s largest grocer says 81% of its customers are trying to cut ultra-processed food, and it has added a no-additives filter to its online shop.
Kroger created two EVP seats in 22 days, and the quieter one predicts what the company says next. Signals point to a named, quantified store operations program landing before any marketplace pillar, most likely between December 2026 and March 2027.