All The Grocer articles in 05 April 2025 – Page 5
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NewsNew HFSS rules mean M&S Christmas ad cancelled, claims chairman
‘This country is regulating to stop people talking about mince pies during the day,’ Archie Norman said
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NewsTrump tariffs ‘shouldn’t dampen prospects’ for sparkling wine, Chapel Down boss says
Chapel Down hopes to win 1% share of global champagne by 2035
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NewsFormer Marks & Spencer co-CEO joins Sainsbury’s in board shake-up
It marks a return to retail for Katie Bickerstaffe, since she stepped down from her role as joint co-CEO of M&S in July 2024
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NewsCo-op profits quadruple but business warns of stiff winds ahead
Its profit growth was led by strong improvements in food and life services
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NewsRetail expert launches product development business designed for convenience sector
Dhillon said The Convenient Cube’s USP was the convenience retailers it worked with which were “fundamental” in supporting the venture
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NewsStowaways detected at UK border controls ‘fallen substantially’ but threat still high
Clandestine entrant numbers have decreased since their 2016 peaks, but the trafficking threat is still high, according to the UK borders watchdog
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NewsThatchers plants new 50-acre orchard to meet ‘record cider demand’
Thatchers’ turnover grew by 16.3% last year
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NewsLidl launches middle aisle click & collect service for loyalty scheme members
The service enables Lidl Plus users to reserve middle aisle products up to two weeks in advance
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NewsWhistleblowers warn UK food industry heading for climate disaster
Inside Track x Food claims the UK food industry has ‘reached a moment of threat to food security like none other we have seen’
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NewsMedia Bites 3 April: Trump tariffs, industry reaction, junk food ads
The Prime Minister is set to speak to business leaders while the Trade Secretary will look to calm markets on Thursday after Donald Trump slapped a 10% tariff on US imports of UK goods
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NewsChapel Down pledges ‘return to full profitability’ in 2025
It had been ‘a tougher year’ for the supplier but things were looking up, chairman Martin Glenn insisted
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NewsCity snapshot: former M&S CEO joins Sainsbury’s board
Katie Bickerstaffe will be joined on the Sainsbury’s board by Steve Hare, CEO of software company Sage
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ProfilesDreamsake’s Matt Brunault on Japan, Italian and Westerns
‘Sake still feels very new in this country. I know we have to build it brick by brick, bottle by bottle’
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NewsRegional baker Cornish Bakehouse targets major UK rollout
The pasty maker wants to break out of its traditional heartlands, with more stores in the north, MD Kevin Mitchell told The Grocer
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NewsPernod Ricard backs mezcal to make supermarket debut
Unlike tequila, mezcal can be made with many different varieties of agave
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Analysis & FeaturesTrump’s Liberation Day: what could US import tariffs mean for NI food and drink?
Food and drink traders in NI are confused as to how incoming tariffs will affect them given their unique UK-EU dual market status
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NewsYoung’s Seafood launches flavoured breaded fish range
The Young’s Breaded Fish with Flavour range (rsp: £4/ 300g) includes two SKUs: Garlic & Herb and Paprika & Pepper
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NewsAltos launches ready-to-serve Strawberry Margarita in time for summer
The NPD follows the introduction of Altos Lime Margarita in February 2024
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NewsM&S chairman: online grocery is ‘a desert of profit’
‘There’s been more wealth destroyed by people trying to develop food online businesses than any other industry I can think of,’ said M&S chairman Archie Norman.
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Comment & OpinionFood banks are just a sticking plaster on poverty
Redistributing food waste through the charitable food aid sector cannot prevent poverty or stop hunger from happening, says Jessica Sinclair Taylor, deputy director at Feedback and Sabine Goodwin, director at Independent Food Aid Network