17 January 2009
The Grocer
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A run on hot cross buns
17 Jan 2009
Just three weeks on from Christmas, supermarkets are already reporting a run on hot cross buns.Current sales were almost double those last year, said Morrisons, while Tesco said sales were up 17.6% year-on-year. “Shoppers are indulging...
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Acid Test: Wrigley's Extra Ice Mints
17 Jan 2009
The panel gets its laughing gear round Wrigley's latest effort to freshen the nation's breath
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Ad of the Week: Andrex fakery is hardly a shock to the cistern
17 Jan 2009
The Andrex puppy is unquestionably among the elite of animal advertising – alongside the PG Tips chimps, the Milka cow (did we ever find out why it was lilac?) and the sadly extinct Hofmeister bear, whose hatted head may now hang above the desk of...
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Advertising: Supermarkets splash out on Christmas ads Subscription
17 Jan 2009
Supermarket advertising was one of the few sectors to grow in 2008. The trend continued in the lead-up to Christmas, finds Richard Hemming
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Andy Bond answers your questions
23 Jan 2009
Next week Asda chief exectuve Andy Bond will become The Grocer's latest guest editor and will be answering your questions in a web event on thegrocer.co.uk
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Arla in bid to boost autumn milk supply
17 Jan 2009
Arla will run a scheme to encourage farmers to produce more milk during the autumn production trough.The processor, which trialled the scheme last year, is offering a 5ppl bonus for farmers producing extra milk in September, October and...
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Around the Papers 19/1/09
19 Jan 2009
Sainsbury's banishes battery eggs; British pork is from Poland; M&S axes China boss
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Around the Papers 20/1/09
20 Jan 2009
Diageo thinks twice about new brewery; the kebab king dies at 87; and wine 'causes lycanthropy'
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Around the Papers 21/1/09
21 Jan 2009
Meat giant sacks 800; pub chain cancels dividend; and family gets free gecko from Tesco
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Around the Papers 22/1/09
22 Jan 2009
Court hears of peanut vengeance; row over US tax on Roquefort; delicious, delicious frogs on edge of oblivion
