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Patrick Freyne: John Lewis’s skateboarding ad is moving. Aldi’s Kevin the Carrot is still theologically perplexing

BWG Foods says in latest set of accounts that the pandemic did not negatively impact its overall business last year

VisionR system harvests anonymised data on customer behaviour in physical shop spaces

Irish retail group’s South African parent hails its ‘impressive’ performance

BWG rolling out AI-based predictive stock ordering solution across its 1,000-plus stores

Services now available to 39% of population

Healthy drinks firm will use funding to support expansion plans overseas

Christopher Morgan alleged his back and pelvis were injured when he slipped and fell

Company partnering with food waste app Too Good To Go for the new initiative

Bid to buy 10 Dublin Londis stores comes as its existing outlets face period of great change

Canadian group buys 10 high-profile Londis convenience outlets from Griffin Group

Company, which launched in the Republic in 2015, is now operating in five cities locally

First six months of protocol has been not one of disadvantage, but opportunity

Will queuing patiently, being nicer and improving the garden outlive the pandemic?

Brexit had ‘minimal impact’, South Africa-owned operator of franchise in Ireland says

Hugh Linehan: The City Arts Centre was once a reservoir for the quirky, the creative, the insurgent

Irish company’s Mude drink to be included in goodie bag given to attendees

Customers can order from online channels with deliveries done through Deliveroo

Food Academy at SuperValu is a shining example of sustainability initiative

South African group will assume full control of BWG in January

Caveat: Policymakers still don’t seem to know which restrictions combat virus rates

Data indicates retail workers are not being infected at higher rate than general public

Deal with Issa brothers and TDR values UK supermarket group at £6.8bn

Customers scan barcode on smartphone, pay and leave store without queuing

Retailer links up with Flipdish to allow customers to make minimum order of €20

Delivery service to be available from two stores in Dublin but could be expanded

Top 1000: Winners of the Irish Times Business Person of the Month award tell us how they navigate choppy waters and how they expect to fare in the future

Order from kitchens and farms, as well as book and toy shops across the country

Wholesale chain plans to make service available to workers in 1,000-plus shops

Delivery company has partnered with Spar, Londis, Mace and Fallon & Byrne

Market leaders such as Lidl and BWG say supplies holding up but staff under pressure

Quality of life now key to attracting and retaining staff, company bosses say

Busy year for many Irish retailers at home and abroad despite weight of UK upheaval

HSE takes action against Celtic Pure over a specific well at Monaghan facility

Well-connected suburb has a good supply of family homes but many need refurbishment

Former employee complaint led to investigation of Co Monaghan company

Celtic Pure says its supermarket own-brand water recalled as precautionary measure

Arsenic ‘above legal limit’ found in water from Aldi, Lidl, Dunnes Stores, Londis, Spar and other chains

Public advised not to drink two types of water from shop chains

Inside Track: Paul Cummins, MD, SeaChange