All The Grocer articles in 05 October 2024 – Page 4
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NewsNumber of vapers in England who didn’t previously smoke rockets to one million
Around one million adults in England who had never regularly smoked before now vape, most of them on a daily basis, finds UCL study
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ProfilesWildfarmed’s Edd Lees on Kylie, flour and Ronald McDonald
‘Today, grocery is an oligopoly of retailers, with the supply chain working in competition’
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Category ReportPeriod care’s cool challengers: personal care category report 2024
Squeamishness about periods is going out of fashion – and brands that take a more frank approach are winning share
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NewsCity snapshot: Tesco raises profit expectations on strong first half
Tesco has upgraded profit forecasts for the year after boosting volumes by more than expected in the first half. Plus, a Q4 trading update from SSP Group
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NewsMedia Bites 3 October: Oil prices rising amid Middle East crisis, BoE governor Bailey points to rate cuts
Fears of all-out war is contributing to an ongoing ‘supply chain’ squeeze, which could ultimately drive inflation, The Guardian reports
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NewsMash Direct slides into the red as input costs soar
The prepared vegetable company saw its operating profit decline to –£984.9k in the year to 28 February 2023
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NewsFood companies urged not to dump recycling labels after mandatory plans shelved
At a meeting this week Defra bosses urged brands to continue using or to start using recycling labels on their products on a voluntary basis
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NewsSupermarkets stonewalling suppliers over CPI requests, claims adjudicator
New GCA report found more than 14% of suppliers claimed to have had products delisted without reasonable notice in the past year
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NewsM&S kicks off Christmas recruitment drive with 11,000 roles to fill
The retailer is looking for customer assistants to perform duties including serving shoppers and stocking shelves, in both food and clothing departments across the UK
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NewsNatural vitamin startup secures funding to ‘shake up the fortified foods industry’
Biovit will use part of the cash injection to carry out a trial of individuals’ micronutrient absorption levels and utilisation rates
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NewsFood businesses urge government to introduce mandatory food waste reporting
Thirty-three companies including Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Abel & Cole, Olio and Bidfood signed a joint letter to environment secretary Steve Reed
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NewsKen Murphy ‘betting on’ bumper Christmas for Tesco as Finest sales surge
Tesco said sales grew by 4% to £31.5bn over the 26 weeks to 24 August, compared with the same period last year
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KVI TrackerWet September leaves farms unable to plant key crops
Heavy rain last month has left a number of farms under water, particularly in the home counties, warned British Growers Association CEO Jack Ward
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NewsArla expands Baileys partnership with two new SKUs
The new products have been designed to offer shoppers the opportunity to ‘elevate their treats’ with Baileys
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NewsSainsbury’s launches vacuum-packed lamb mince
The move is expected to cut plastic by 65% per product, saving 26 tonnes of plastic annually
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NewsWaitrose trialling wine cork recycling in stores
The supermarket has partnered with cork processor Amorim for the six-month scheme
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NewsCook and The Felix Project partner to redistribute end-of-line surplus food
The process has helped Cook redistrbute an estimated 16 tonnes of end-of-line surplus food
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NewsAmazon facing legal action for freezing seller funds
Legal firm Rosenblatt said the amounts still “wrongly and unlawfully frozen” ran into “potentially tens of millions”
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NewsScottish farm once owned by Robert Burns launches crowd round to take on ‘big dairy’
Mossgiel Farm has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £300k to build a state-of-the-art, zero-waste dairy facility
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NewsBart Ingredients improves losses as price rises pass through to retailers
Inflation has proved tough on the herbs and spices manufacturer, which made a second consecutive loss in 2023