All The Grocer articles in 01 February 2020 – Page 4
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John Lewis to stop reporting weekly sales figures as part of board restructure
The business said it would now only publish details on its financial performance every six months, in its half-year and full-year results
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Migration report recommendations ‘don’t go far enough’, warns food industry
The Migration Advisory Committee published a report on how a post-Brexit immigration system should work
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Supermarkets urged to do more to communicate antibiotic reduction work
Retailers were overlooking the misuse of antibiotics in their supply chains, claimed the Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics
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Supermarkets and suppliers agree to simplified recycling label system
The simplified system will tell consumers to either ‘recycle’ or ‘don’t recycle’ products
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Asda changes shape of its Easter eggs to cut plastic
The retailer says the move will use 98% less plastic without losing any amount of chocolate
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Lyons makes coffee bags compostable as part of brand overhaul
The bags have been switched to a new sustainable, plant-based material
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Fisheries Bill to end automatic EU access to British waters
However, the bill left British fishing vulnerable to post-brexit trade negotiations with the EU, warned Labour’s Luke Pollard
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Lizi’s extends breakfast lineup with Super Muesli quartet
The lineup is sweetened with treacle instead of honey, making it vegan
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Martin Rohleder joins food waste app Olio as sales director
Rohleder joins from Staples Solutions in the Netherland
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JJ Foodservice plans expansion with purchase of three new depots
The business is hoping to kick off the investment with the purchase of warehouse space in West London this year
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Comment and Opinion
What can retailers learn from Tesco’s approach to plant-based?
Tesco successfully offers shoppers value and differentiation, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment and Opinion
Blockchain’s benefits: what should retailers be on the lookout for?
Clear legislation on blockchain in fmcg has yet to be defined, but this doesn’t mean organisations should rule it out, says Matthew Suter, solicitor at DWF
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Tariff-hit scotch whisky producers call for urgent end to US trade war
SWA CEO Karen Betts met with MPs and government officials this evening
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City snapshot: UK shop prices continue to fall but food prices accelerate
Despite overall decline, food prices accelerated in January as discounting returned to a more normal level following Christmas
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Media Bites 29 Jan: John Lewis; Co-op; Suntory Holdings
John Lewis and Waitrose to stop publishing weekly trading updates, the Co-op is close to offload part of its pension liabilities and Suntory Holdings bought a 10% stake in the owner of The Macallan and The Famous Grouse Scotch whiskies
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Comment and Opinion
To get noticed, Februdairy campaigners need to adopt the vegan lobby’s tactics
Animal rights and plant-based activists have been working up ways to ruin dairy’s annual party
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Analysis and Features
10 grocery brands that generated the most buzz in 2019
From Bailey’s to Fever-Tree, the big names in food and drink generated their fair share of chat last year, according to YouGov research
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Rubicon reformulates still drinks lineup and rebrands entire range
It comes on the back of a disappointing year for Rubicon in the supermarkets
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Scotland Food & Drink boss slams UK government over Brexit trade deal rhetoric
Withers attacked the rhetoric from the likes of Chancellor Sajid Javid and home secretary Priti Patel
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Egg producer under investigation after footage alleges ‘appalling’ conditions
Hoads Farm in East Sussex was occupied by animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere yesterday