Signals
| Date | Type | Brand | Headline | Contact | Status |
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| 2026-04-15 | Financial Results | Sainsbury's (online) | Sainsbury's Preliminary Results for FY25/26 scheduled for 23 April 2026 — upcoming catalyst |
Simon Roberts
CEO |
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| 2026-04-14 | Technology | Ocado | Ocado Intelligent Automation launches AI-powered Ocado IQ software suite at MODEX 2026 |
James X. Matthews
COO |
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| 2026-04-14 | Expansion | Waitrose (online) | Waitrose steps up investment in stores — new openings and 30 refurbishments in 2026 | - | |
| 2026-04-13 | Strategic Restructuring | Carrefour (online) | Carrefour offloads another 39 French stores to independent operators |
Miguel Ángel González Gisbert
CDO Digital |
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| 2026-04-13 | Expansion | Lidl Deutschland | Lidl to open 50 stores in 12 months in £600m UK investment |
Christian Härtnagel
CEO |
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| 2026-04-13 | Innovation | Lidl Deutschland | Lidl opens its first pub in Northern Ireland — diversification signal |
Christian Härtnagel
CEO |
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| 2026-04-10 | Financial Results | Tesco (online) | Tesco FY 2026 Earnings Preview: 16 April Results — upper-end profit guidance |
Ashwin Prasad
CEO |
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| 2026-04-10 | Partnership | Albert Heijn (online) | Albert Heijn and franchise association end decade-long legal conflict |
Margaret Versteden-van Duijn
CEO |
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| 2026-04-09 | Competitor Signal | Lidl Deutschland | Aldi and Lidl Turn on Each Other in Race for UK Discount Shoppers |
Christian Härtnagel
CEO |
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| 2026-04-07 | Product Launch | Tesco (online) | THIS plant-based fillet steak launches in Tesco from April 13 |
Suraj Nagaraj
Head of CRM / Loyalty |
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| 2026-04-01 | Technology | Carrefour (online) | Carrefour becomes first major European retailer to integrate full product offering into ChatGPT |
Miguel Ángel González Gisbert
CDO Digital |
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| 2026-04-01 | Technology | Carrefour (online) | Grocery shopping via ChatGPT: how Carrefour is embracing AI |
Mehdi Labassi
CTO |
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| 2026-03-31 | Trading Results | ASDA (online) | Asda sees best sales performance since April 2024 |
Francine Conry
Head of eCommerce |
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| 2026-03-31 | Trading Results | Ocado | Ocado leads UK grocery market with 12.3% sales growth |
James X. Matthews
COO |
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| 2026-03-31 | Trading Results | Sainsbury's (online) | Sainsbury's achieves record 5.5% sales growth since June 2025 |
Simon Roberts
CEO |
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| 2026-03-31 | Trading Results | Tesco (online) | Tesco 5% sales growth in latest market data |
Guus Dekkers
CTO |
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| 2026-03-31 | Trading Results | Lidl Deutschland | Lidl achieves 9.6% grocery sales growth — second highest in UK market |
Christian Härtnagel
CEO |
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| 2026-03-03 | Funding | Flink | Flink raises $100M at $900M valuation following delivery sector recovery |
Felix Helms
CFO |
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| 2026-02-27 | Financial Results | Ocado | Ocado 2025 full-year results: 59.4% EBITDA growth; 1000 jobs at risk in cost-cutting |
James X. Matthews
COO |
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| 2026-02-09 | M&A | Getir | Uber acquires Getir's delivery business for $335M — Getir valuation crashes from $12B to $335M | - | |
| 2026-01-29 | Technology | Glovo Grocery | Glovo launches Discovery Wall / Fast Track grocery baskets / and verified reviews |
Toni Pérez-Villegas Morey
Head of Product |
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| 2026-01-01 | Competitor Signal | Glovo Grocery | Uber Eats enters 7 new European markets in 2026 — competitive threat to Glovo and Wolt |
Oscar Pierre
CEO |
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| 2026-01-01 | Competitor Signal | Wolt Grocery | Uber Eats enters 7 new European markets — Wolt faces continental competition |
Catalina Salazar
Head of Performance Marketing |
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| 2026-01-01 | Technology | REWE (online) | REWE launches REWE Pay: scan collect pay in single app experience |
Nils Recken
Head of CRM / Loyalty |
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| 2026-01-01 | Technology | Kaufland (online) | Kaufland accelerates self-checkout and K-Scan rollout across Germany |
Stefan Hoppe
CEO |
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| 2026-01-01 | Technology | Albert Heijn (online) | Albert Heijn transforms e-grocery with Swisslog AutoStore automation |
Amar Dawood
Head of eCommerce |
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| 2025-11-21 | Funding | Picnic | Picnic raises €430M Series E funding |
Pieter Everard
CFO |