All The Grocer articles in 23 May 2015
Previous issues.
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Feature Synopsis
Focus on functional food and drink: 11 July
Functional food & drink is going back to nature, with products marketed on the health credentials of the fruit, veg, grains they contain.
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Feature Synopsis
Focus on free from: 11 July
Almost 60% of UK households now buy free-from products, despite a much lower proportion of consumers suffering from a food-related condition or intolerance.
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Comment and Opinion
MSC ready for the eco-label fraudsters in fish
Are food labels the next target for fraud? Europol seems to think so
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News
City Snapshot: Sales and EBITDA climb in Q2 for Findus
Frozen giant Findus Group has released an update for its second quarter, with sales up 2% and EBITDA climbing 17% on a year ago.
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News
Media Bites 26 May: High street, M&S, Suntory, Costcutter
It’s a slow start to the week following the long bank holiday weekend with little in the way of grocery news in the papers.
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News
Iceland could 'open 70 stores in five years' in Ireland
The rollout will focus on the Iceland format, in stark contrast to the UK’s expansion programme, which is now centred on The Food Warehouse
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News
Promo dynamic: half of supermarket deals now 'save' offers
New data shows the promotional landscape is becoming more straightforward
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Comment and Opinion
Customer data: the price is right - but is it fair?
What most retailers should consider is rationalising the roster of promotions that have accumulated over the years
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News
Frozen food retailer Farmfoods plans England store surge
London and the South of England is growing territory for the retailer, which currently has more than 300 shops nationwide
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News
Retailers told to get behind BRC agent and broker scheme
Retailers are being urged to commit to the BRC’s certification scheme for agents and brokers…
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News
PayPoint and NFRN to meet over fee cap cuts
As The Grocer went to press, PayPoint sales director Andrew Goddard said he was hoping to meet NFRN CEO Paul Baxter on 22 May
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Comment and Opinion
Amazon leadership shows power of a consumer manifesto
How can a company walk the talk, and stay properly focused on the consumer?
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News
Premier Foods' Gavin Darby hails return of volume growth
Premier Foods CEO Gavin Darby has hailed the return of volume growth at the supermarkets as a turning point…
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Comment and Opinion
Booker's £40m swoop on Musgrave GB looks like a steal
To gain an extra 2,000 stores and an extra £1bn in buying power for the cost of a couple of Extras looks like a steal…
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Analysis and Features
Grocery Retail Structure 2015: how c-stores can keep up
As more shoppers eschew traditional weekly shops, c-stores are benefiting. But easy street it is not.
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Category Report
Oils category report 2015
Cooking oil prices are on a slippery slope. Although volumes have risen a healthy 2.5% over the past year, value is down 2.8%.
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Analysis and Features
TPG Poundworld deal piles the pressure on all retailers
Takeover is yet more recognition of sector’s growing popularity
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Analysis and Features
Convenience stores on a mission: get smart and chill out
Convenience shoppers are on a mission. And if independent retailers want to help them they need to get smarter.
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Category Report
Focus on oils 2015
Shoppers are buying more oil but value growth is lagging. Will a potential ‘rationing’ of olive oil drive prices back up?
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News
Slaughterhouses meeting expectations, says FSA
Recent animal welfare incidents – including the Bowood expose - prompted the FSA to launch a programme of unannounced visits to abattoirs