All The Grocer articles in 05 July 2025
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NewsFuel margins remain high despite lower pump prices, CMA finds
Average petrol and diesel prices at the end of May 2025 were 132.0 and 138.4 pence per litre (ppl) respectively
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NewsJones Food Company collapsed owing creditors £22m
The Lydney, Gloucestershire-based business was placed into administration on 7 April, with 61 staff made redundant
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NewsSainsbury’s launches ‘premium’ online butcher and fishmongers in food-to-order expansion
It includes a new online butcher and fresh fish service, which will allow shoppers to order premium cuts to their homes
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NewsCompany Shop rolls out robots and AI in Barnsley warehouse
Company Shop Group has partnered with real-time warehouse visibility and automation provider Dexory on the work
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NewsSainsbury’s hits highest market share in a decade after sunny spring
Growth at Sainsbury’s has accelerated in its first quarter thanks to fine spring weather and the group’s improving value proposition
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NewsMedia Bites 1 July: heatwave, inflation, UPF bingeing
Britain’s largest retailers are warning that food prices are being driven up by hot weather hitting harvest yields
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NewsSupreme brews up record underlying profits thanks to Typhoo and Clearly Drinks deals
Supreme has posted record profits thanks to a buy-and-build strategy that has diversified the vaping, batteries and lighting group into the drinks market
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Comment & OpinionUS attacks on diversity and inclusion don’t need to take hold in UK
Many women in the UK and elsewhere are watching developments in the US with unease, says Laura Ryan, global chair at Meat Business Women
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NewsTonic Health secures £3m investment to back its mission to improve nutrition in the UK
The investment will be used to launch new products, expand the retail footprint and double down on Tonic’s content-first approach to consumer health
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NewsSainsbury’s welcomes NHS obesity plan as ‘opportunity’ for supermarkets to ‘raise the bar’
Simon Roberts said it was vital the proposals applied to all ‘large food companies’, including aggregator apps, takeaway chains and fast food restaurants
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NewsLidl joins supermarkets calling workers back to the office for more days
The discounter has asked staff at its head office in Tolworth, south west London, to spend fewer days each working from home
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NewsM&S steps up store renewal programme with £300m investment
M&S announced an investment of over £300m in the programme at its annual general meeting today
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NewsKitwave’s record performance overshadowed by profits warning
A profits warning at Kitwave has overshadowed the firm’s record first-half results
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Category ReportRise of the gourmet sandwich: lunchbox category report 2025
Supermarkets and foodservice are pushing posher sarnies as the battle for lunchtime hots up. Where does this leave packed lunch?
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NewsCo-op Wholesale invests £2m to drop tobacco prices
The investment comes in response to feedback from the group’s first independent retailer and key accounts partner summit last week
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NewsHaribo invests £35m into Castleford upgrades, including new warehouse
The investment will cover the installation of an extra production line
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NewsRefrigeration accounts up to 70% of supermarket carbon emissions
Up to 70% of the global supermarket sector’s Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions currently stem from cooling systems, either within stores or across the supply chain, a new ‘first of its kind’ report from the Environmental Investigation Agency has revealed
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Comment & OpinionHow supermarkets have been nudging healthier choices for years
Supermarkets have been slowly increasing sales of healthy food for years, but now the stakes have risen, with the prospect of fines if they don’t do better
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NewsImpossible Foods ‘ready’ for UK push – as soon as it gets FSA approval
Impossible Foods is still waiting for the regulatory green light for its main ingredient, derived from soy plants – despite submitting an application for approval with the Food Standards Agency in 2021
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NewsCadbury chocolate bar ad banned for reduced calorie claim
A nutritionist challenged whether Cadbury’s ‘only 91 calories’ advert breached the BCAP code