12 September 2009
The Grocer
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£8 Riverford Box To Share feeds eight
12 Sep 2009
Riverford Organic is offering food boxes for just £8 to shift surplus veg stocks and recruit new customers. After a good harvest but disappointing sales, the company is offering boxes containing items to cook a set meal for eight,...
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2 Sisters says suspensions not related to racist abuse
12 Sep 2009
Chicken supplier 2 Sisters has hit back at "misleading and inaccurate" claims by union Unite over its handling of a worker dispute.Unite claimed 2 Sisters had suspended employees last week for staging a sit-in protest to defend their...
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Acquisitions fuel rapid growth for private fresh food suppliers
12 Sep 2009
Fresh food companies dominate a new ranking of the 50 fastest-growing UK food and drink manufacturers, as the fragmented sector consolidates.In the inaugural Grocer Fast 50, produced by Catalyst Corporate Finance, more than half operate...
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Ad ban call blasted in wake of falling spend
12 Sep 2009
The drinks industry has branded the British Medical Association's call for an advertising ban "utterly inappropriate" and warned it could devastate the drinks, sports and media sectors.The BMA this week called for a total ban on drink...
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Acid Test: Ben & Jerry's Phish Food Frozen Yoghurt
12 Sep 2009
Is the new phrozen yoghurt phantastic or does it phizzle out and phall phlat?
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A third of supermarkets miss top Score on the Door
15 Sep 2009
One in three supermarkets have missed out on the top rating in the Scores on the Doors hygiene rankings overseen by 100 councils around the UK.
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Anniversary campaigns for Lidl and Netto
12 Sep 2009
Discounters Lidl and Netto are celebrating their anniversaries by ramping up their promotional campaigns.Lidl and Netto in the UK are increasingly using promotions to attract consumers, breaking away from the European discounting model,...
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Alpro opens door to Europe for Dean Foods - but how far?
12 Sep 2009
US dairy giant Dean Foods beat Nestle and Unilever to buy Alpro. But could soya milk ever become mainstream in the UK, asks Michael Barker
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Ad of the Week: Bonkers biscuit bailout breaks the McVitie’s bank
12 Sep 2009
There's nothing more depressing than forced jollity although witnessing a clown killing himself because his puppy has cancer, as you walk home in the rain from the wedding your bride didn't turn up to, might come close.
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Around the Papers 14/9/09
14 Sep 2009
New Sainsbury's chair; Cadbury bid rumbles on; product placement gets go-ahead
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Around the Papers 15/9/09
15 Sep 2009
Supermarkets are filthy; food waste is costly; Stitzer's broadside
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Around the Papers 16/9/09
16 Sep 2009
New Ocado FD; more on Kraft and Cadbury; new TNS figures
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Around the Papers 17/9/09
17 Sep 2009
Cadbury cranks up the heat; US cola tax; Tesco mince pie shame
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Around the Papers 18/9/09
18 Sep 2009
John Lewis woe; Tyler confirmed as JS chair; Tesco battles Jedi
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Bolland lays out plans to keep Morrisons growing
12 Sep 2009
Morrisons has identified 100 sites as ripe for new store development, as part of its strategy to go from "national to nationwide".
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Birds Eye backs new Field Fresh range to beat Tasty Veg flop
12 Sep 2009
Birds Eye is attempting to heat up the frozen vegetable category with Field Fresh, a new sub-brand it predicts will generate £15m sales in its first year.
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Bangers with champers let Jimmy sparkle
12 Sep 2009
Celebrity pig farmer Jimmy Doherty has given the humble banger an upmarket makeover with the launch of a 94% pork sausage that includes a hint of Champagne.There had been a boom in demand for premium sausages this summer, said Doherty,...
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Asda in Asian clothing first
14 Sep 2009
Asda is launching a new Asian clothing range under its George brand.
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Asda zips in for cheesy packaging first
17 Sep 2009
Asda has become the first major retailer to move its own-label Cheddar into reclosable zip-lock packaging.
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Booker slashes debt by £24.9m in a year
17 Sep 2009
Booker Group has posted a rise in like-for-like sales of 7.6% for the past three months and revealed that its group debt has fallen by almost £25m in the past year.
