All The Grocer articles in 17 January 2015
Previous issues.
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Category Report
Jams, Spreads & Honey Category Report
Brits are leaving jam and marmalade on the shelf and switching to nut butters and chocolate spread. Can a certain bear hel…
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News
Healthy snack bars launched by Zoot start-up
A new range of snack bars will be available to retailers from next month…
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Comment and Opinion
First Milk CEO - Why I delayed payments to farmers
First Milk CEO Kate Allum explains the challenges the whole industry faces
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News
Juice Executive increases cold-pressed production capacity
Kent-based The Juice Executive has opened a plant producing ‘raw’ cold-pressed veg juice…
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News
Simon Thompson to leave online MD role at Morrisons
Morrisons’ online MD Simon Thompson is to leave the retailer at the end of the month, The Grocer can reveal
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News
Fmcg leaders set up Grocery Accelerator cash aid for startups
A trio of industry leaders has set up a £250,000 investment and mentoring programme to help promising new food and drink b…
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Comment and Opinion
Shoppers set for a good 2015 - at least the first half
We feel pretty confident in asserting 2015 will be a very good year for shoppers, at least the first half of it…
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News
HK Scan cuts down on salt & e-numbers in meatball range
Nordic meat company HK Scan has given its Swedish meatballs a healthy overhaul…
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News
TeaShed aiming its Pop a Ball bubble tea balls at supermarkets
Beverage business The TeaShed hopes to secure supermarket listings for its bubble tea balls…
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Analysis and Features
Max 99p takes discounting to the max
It’s a growing market but Max 99p believes wider aisles, customer service and teaming up with Nisa will give it the edge…..
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News
Booker sales increase 2.5% in third quarter
Booker’s like-for-like sales rose by 2.5% in the 16 weeks to 2 January…
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Analysis and Features
Curry fans beware: Cumin price soars as Indian crop is delayed
Curry fans beware: cumin prices have soared to a two-year high as extreme weather compounds reduced sowing…
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Analysis and Features
Wholesale and convenience sectors set for 'interesting times'
Has the phrase “May you live in interesting times” ever been more apposite than in convenience in 2015?…
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News
Weetabix, Maltesers, & Unilever line up to support Comic Relief
A host of major brands have revealed plans to raise funds for Comic Relief in the run-up to Red Nose Day
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Analysis and Features
Will First Milk's payments crisis prove 'catastrophic?'
Alarm bells rang loud in the beleaguered dairy industry last week, as dairy co-op First Milk announced it was deferring…
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Comment and Opinion
Flavour clashes: the taste of 2015?
If you want to know about the latest trends in food then a stroll through Borough Market or a search on Amazon…
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News
Strong retail growth at Thorntons pulled back by commercial sales weakness
Thorntons has reported like-for-like retail sales growth of 7.8% in the run-up to Christmas, but total second quarter revenues fell due to poor UK commercial sales.
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The Big Interview
Paul Tripp, Soreen MD: Big Interview
Rolling up his sleeves (and talking to customers), baking veteran Paul Tripp worked miracles on unique malt loaf Soreen…
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News
Tesco and Wieden+Kennedy - a retrospective
Looking back on the marketing firm’s brief relationship with Tesco
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News
Supermarkets not major source of food waste, claims report
Grocery waste trending downwards, households throwing away half of all food