All The Grocer articles in 05 July 2025 – Page 6
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NewsDiscount Dragon owner Huddled Group partners with THG Ingenuity and raises £1.5m
Huddled Group owns three e-commerce brands: Boop Beauty and Nutrircicle – selling protein and healthier snacks – as well as fmcg retailer Discount Dragon
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NewsStarbucks launches second accelerated leadership programme
Starbucks will invest more than £170,000 across the two cohorts of the programme
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NewsSalcombe Dairy crowdfunding £250k for bricks & mortar expansion
Devon ice cream maker Salcombe Dairy is seeking to raise £250k from the crowd to expand its profitable bricks & mortar footprint
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Comment & OpinionWhy desire is the most underrated asset in grocery
Grocery brands don’t have a loyalty problem – they have a desire problem, says Helen Firth, executive director of brand strategy at Landor
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NewsWhite chocolate Digestives and Kit Kats no longer ‘white chocolate’
Neither of the treats contain the minimum 20% cocoa butter required
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NewsPepsiCo adds coated peanuts in popular Walkers crisps flavours
Six variants will hit shelves on 16 July
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NewsThe Tofoo Co defies plant-based decline in record year
Revenues at the business jumped 18% to £23.9m in 2024 on the back of a 17% rise in volumes as tofu and tempeh bucked wider declines in the meat-free category
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NewsPret a Manger launches Super Plates salad range
Products in the Super Plates range are nearly 60% the food-to-go chain’s salad range
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Tesco’s Ken Murphy wins The Grocer Cup
When Ken Murphy joined Tesco in October 2020, he had it all to prove. He was an outsider from Walgreens Boots Alliance
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Little Dish and The Felix Project win Consumer Initiative of the Year
Around one in four working Londoners struggles to afford to feed their families, with 400,000 children going hungry every day. Little Dish looked to tackle the issue through a different type of charitable initiative
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Plenish wins Soft Drinks Brand of the Year
Plenish has become a dominant force in health and wellness over the past decade. Its cold-pressed juices, health shots, and plant-based m*lks tap rising consumer demand for minimally processed products free from artificial ingredients.
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Tesco rail freight scheme wins Supply Chain Initiative of the Year
Tesco’s rail freight initiative has become synonymous with the supermarket. “You only see Tesco cars on the rails. I’ve never seen anyone else’s,” one judge noted
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Midcounties Co-op wins Sustainability Initiative of the Year - Corporate
Midcounties Co-operative’s member-led sustainability strategy achieved “to a whole new level” of environmental impact, our judges said
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Shelf-edge AI at Morrisons wins Technology Initiative of the Year
The first AI deployment of its kind at scale within the UK, Focal Systems installed more than 200,000 tiny, shelf-edge, AI-powered availability cameras into 498 Morrisons supermarkets in just eight months
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Ordo wins Health & Beauty Brand of the Year
Ordo’s sleek sonic toothbrushes have brought some much-needed style to oral care
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Persil wins Household Goods Brand of the Year
Persil’s Wonder Wash range debuted in April 2024 to tap “the growing trend of short-cycle washes”
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Peachies wins Startup of the Year
The nappies category has traditionally been dominated by global brands and own label
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Ocado wins Online Service of the Year
Throughout last year, online pureplay grocer Ocado Retail – a joint venture between Ocado and M&S since 2020 – remained resolutely focused on its ‘Perfect Execution’ strategy
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Marleybones wins Specialist Online Service of the Year
Last year, female-founded, vet-backed dog nutrition brand Marleybones pivoted from DTC to an omnichannel approach
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Londis wins Symbol/Franchise Retailer of the Year
Londis has proven to be an attractive proposition for independent retailers