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If you have a query that isn't answered here, please click on the Query Button at the bottom of this page. Your comments will be emailed directly to thegrocer.co.uk team who will endeavour to get back to you within 24 hours. Alternatively you can call us on 0800 2987098 or email thegrocer.help@william-reed.co.uk

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Advertising

How do I advertise on thegrocer.co.uk?
To advertise on this web site please contact The Grocer Sales team on 01293 610216

How do I advertise in The Grocer magazine?
For more information on advertising in The Grocer magazine, please visit www.thegrocer.info or call The Grocer Sales team on 01293 610287

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The Grocer Magazine

Can I renew my subscription to The Grocer magazine online?
We do not currently offer this service. To find out how to renew, please call 0800 6526514


How do I change the delivery address of my print subscription?

If you would like to change your details that are held with a William Reed print publication, such as The Grocer magazine, then please send your changes in writing to:
The Circulation Department
William Reed Business Media Ltd
Broadfield Park
Crawley
West Sussex
RH11 9RT

Please include details of the magazine/s you currently receive, your current contact details and your new contact details, and sign and date the letter. PLEASE NOTE that you cannot change your delivery address online.


How do I subscribe to The Grocer magazine?

To find out more about The Grocer and how to subscribe online
click here

I subscribe to The Grocer magazine. Can I gain access to the thegrocer.co.uk?

No. The Grocer magazine is a separate product to The Grocer.co.uk. For more information about our online products and how to subscribe online, please visit > About This Site

Can I order back articles from The Grocer magazine?

Yes. For further information please contact Sheila Sheridan on 01293 610259 or email Sheila.Sheridan@william-reed.co.uk

Thegrocer.co.uk

What is thegrocer.co.uk?

The Grocer.co.uk is a one-stop shop for several online products. For more information please visit About This Site

Where can I find more information about what is available on thegrocer.co.uk?

For more information about our online products and how to subscribe online, please visit About This Site

Is it possible to get an academic subscription to thegrocer.co.uk products?

Yes. To find out more about our subscription packages, please call Jonathan Daniels on 01293 610216 or email him on Jonathan.Daniels@william-reed.co.uk

Is it possible to get a corporate subscription to thegrocer.co.uk products?

Yes. To find out more about our corporate packages, please call Jonathan Daniels on 01293 610216 or email him on Jonathan.Daniels@william-reed.co.uk

Legal

Can I use your content in my own site?

All material within thegrocer.co.uk is copyright 2008 William Reed Business Media. Please see our Terms and Conditions for full details
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Logging in

Can I access the site from another computer once I am signed up?

Yes. Your username and your password are fully transferable, which means access to this site is not limited to a single computer. Concurrent logins however are not allowed, so two people cannot use the same login details at the same time.

Can more than one user register/subscribe from the same e-mail address?

No

I can no longer log in using the username and password I've been using for months. What do I do?

In order to improve functionality and security on the new site we have updated the log in procedure. Your username will be your email address and your password remains the same. All current users should have received an email recently outlining these changes.

Should you experience any difficulty logging in please email thegrocer.help@william-reed.co.uk or call 0800 2987098.

If you wish to change any of the details we hold for you, please go to the My Account section of the site.

I can't remember my username?

Your username is the email address that you used to sign up with.

>I've forgotten my password

If you have forgotten your password, go to Forgotten Password? And we will send you a new one, which you can then change to something more memorable.

I want to change my password

If you wish to change your password, please go to the change password page - you will be asked to log in first.

Why am I told that my e-mail address is already in use?

It could be that you started the registration/subscription process but didn't finish it. Check to make sure that you responded to your welcome email that contains an activation code. You must follow the instructions in this email to activate your account

Why can't I login with my old username?

In order to improve functionality and security on the new site we have updated the log in procedure. Your username will be your email address and your password remains the same. All current users should have received an email recently outlining these changes. If you wish to change any of the details we hold for you, please go the My Account section of the site, you will be prompted to log in first.

Should you experience any difficulty logging in please email thegrocer.help@william-reed.co.uk or call 0800 2987098.

Why doesnt my password work?

Your password is case sensitive. Make sure you do not have caps-lock on and re-type carefully. If it still doesn't work, go to Forgotten Password?

Your Account

When does my subscription commence?

Subscriptions to online products begin immediately. Subscriptions to The Grocer magazine can take up to four weeks to fulfil, once we've received your order. To find out more about The Grocer and how to subscribe online click here

How do I become a registered user and/or subscriber?

If you try to access a part of the site that requires registration or subscription, you will be prompted to do so. Alternatively, you can go to our subscriptions page and choose which product you would like. For more information about our online products and how to subscribe online, please visit About This Site

How do I cancel my subscription to thegrocer.co.uk products?

Applications to cancel a subscription to The Grocer News must be requested in writing within 4 weeks of the subscription start date and are at the company's discretion.

Applications to cancel a subscription to an Access All Areas subscription must be requested in writing within 4 weeks of subscription start date and are at the company's discretion. Refunds are not offered on 'The Archive Only' (monthly) subscriptions.

If you wish to cancel a subscription to The Grocer magazine, please call 0800 6526514 for further information

How do I change the details I provided when I registered/subscribed?

If you wish to change any of the details we hold for you, please go the My Account section of the site, you will be prompted to log in first.

How do I upgrade my subscription package?

Please visit upgrade page to change your subscription package, you will be prompted to log in first.

What is the difference between a registered user and a subscriber?

Registered users have limited access to some areas of the site. Subscribers have full access to the areas that they have subscribed to.

For a full breakdown of our online products, please visit About This Site

When does my subscription commence?

Subscriptions to online products begin immediately. Subscriptions to The Grocer magazine can take up to four weeks to fulfil, once we've received your order. To find out more about The Grocer and how to subscribe online click here

Technical

Which browser should I be using to get the most from your site?

We recommend using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or Firefox 1.0 or above to view thegrocer.co.uk.

thegrocer.co.uk has been optimised for a screen size of at least 1024 x 768 pixels. We recommend that cookies are enabled. Also, be sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser set up.

The following minimum requirements are recommended for viewing thegrocer.co.uk: PC with 486 processor or above SVGA screen with a resolution of 800 x 600 supporting at least 256 colours 28.8 KBPS modem speed
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Macintosh Power PC or above SVGA screen with a resolution of 800 x 600 supporting at least 256 colours 28.8 KBPS modem speed.

I have a technical query that isn't covered here

If you have a query that isn't answered here, please fill in the

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at the bottom of this page. Your comments will be emailed directly to thegrocer.co.uk team who will endeavour to get back to you within 24 hours. Alternatively you can email us on thegrocer.help@william-reed.co.uk or call 0800 2987098.

The Grocer email alerts

How do I change the address my email alert is sent to?

If you wish to change any of the details we hold for you, please go the My Account section of the site, you will be prompted to log in first.

How do I subscribe to the email alerts?

You must subscribe to The Grocer News or have an Access All Areas subscription in order to receive The Grocer News email alerts.

For more information about our online products and how to subscribe online, please visit About This Site

How do I unsubscribe from the e-mail newsletters?

Go to the email settings page. You will be prompted to log in first. Then un-check the relevant box by clicking on it. You can also unsubscribe to any of our email alerts by clicking on the unsubscribe link included in them.

I have subscribed. Why am I not receiving any emails?

Check to make sure that you responded to your welcome email that contains an activation code. You must follow the instructions in this email to activate your account

I used to get these for free. Why do I now have to pay?

We've changed the format of our online products. For more details about what's available please visit About This Site

I've stopped receiving my email alert. What should I do?

Go the Email settings page and check that the correct options are selected. If you still don't receive them please email us on thegrocer.help@william-reed.co.uk or call 0800 2987098.

Somebody has left my company but the email alerts are still arriving.

If you wish to cancel or transfer the subscription, please email us on thegrocer.help@william-reed.co.uk or call 0800 2987098

What's included in the email alert?

You can choose to receive one, or a combination of the following:
Daily email alert Contains the latest industry news, in your inbox every day by 8.30am

Weekly email alert Contains the weeks news, delivered on either Monday or Friday by 8.30am

Breaking News Flash News as it happens

Where can I sign up to receive email alerts?

Go to the email settings page

The email alerts I receive don't look right - why is this?

It might be that the email application you are using does not support HTML emails. You can opt to receive your emails in plain text instead by going to theemail settingspage and selecting plain text

Why dont some of the links in my email work?

Your email application might be truncating the length of text lines in your email. If this is the case, copy and paste the whole link into your browser address bar. If this doesnt work, please forward a copy of the email to TheGrocerHelp@william-reed.co.uk, explaining the problem.

Whats Available

For more information about our online products and how to subscribe online, please visit About This Site

Does thegrocer.com have content thats not in The Grocer magazine?

Yes. We have a dedicated editorial team for Grocer News, who add news to the site as it happens.

How do I access Grocer Archive?

Grocer Archive gives you access to all the articles printed in The Grocer magazine for the past 6 years. You can also search our popular Focus on series of category reports and download PDFs of each report. We will also be adding bespoke news reports.

You can take out an Access All Areas subscription, which will grant you full access, or you can take our monthly Archive Only subscription, which allows you access to The Grocer articles only (reports not included).

To find out more about these products and how to subscribe online, please visit About This Site

How do I access Grocer News, online news service? What does it contain?

Grocer News section of the site contains the following:

  • Breaking news updated online as it happens
  • A choice of daily or weekly email alerts
  • Weekly summary - print-friendly version of all the week's stories
  • Grocer Hot Topic - a round up of news on the latest big story
  • What the Papers say a round up of the latest press

To access Grocer News, you must subscribe. For more information about our online products and how to subscribe online, please visit About This Site

I don't want to pay for a subscription, as there's just one report I need to access.

All of our reports are available to registered users on a pay-per-view basis. Simply find the report that you would like to access in Grocer Archive, click on the title and then on ' Save this report to My Account'. You will be prompted for payment - all major credit cards are accepted and the report will then be available for download in the My Account section of the site.

Is access to thegrocer.co.uk free?

For more information about our online products and how to subscribe online, please visit About This Site

Is registration free? What benefits do I get from registering?

To access The Grocer News, our online news service, or Grocer Archive, where we hold articles printed in The Grocer magazine for the past 6 years and special reports, you will need to subscribe. To find out more about these products and how to subscribe online, please visit About This Site

Registration, which is free, will allow access to the following areas:

  • Grocer Jobs Find your perfect job and apply online! Features up to 20 new jobs every day and you can apply online
  • Grocer Directories Brand Search: A sample search for brands and companies on Grocer Directory of Manufactures and Suppliers (limited to ten searches per day)
  • Grocer Directories Product Search: A sample search for products, suppliers and retailers on both Grocer Directory of Manufactures and Suppliers and Grocer Directory of Buyers and Retailer
  • Grocer Archive Search: You will be able to search our archive of six years of The Grocer magazine. In order to view any articles you will need to take out an Access All Areas or Archive Only subscription. To find out more about these products and how to subscribe online, please visit About This Site

To register please click here

Why cant I find an article from the current edition of The Grocer magazine on thegrocer.co.uk?
Articles from the current edition of The Grocer magazine are added to Grocer Archive the Tuesday after the edition comes out (Saturday).

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