All The Grocer articles in 08 August 2026 – Page 5
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Analysis & FeaturesThe detail behind Dave Lewis’s $1.2bn Diageo turnaround plan
CEO Dave Lewis is to invest $1.2bn in a bid to revive Diageo’s flagging fortunes. What’s on the cards?
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NewsThe Gay Farmer first queer-owned and queer-branded food brand listed nationally
The listing marks a milestone for LGBTQ+ representation in the food and farming sectors
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Comment & OpinionWith Argos deal done, Sainsbury’s faces big decisions
Freed of the Argos millstone, will Sainsbury’s turn to Asda, Morrisons or the wholesale sector?
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NewsMowi secures permission for 2,075-tonne salmon farm in Scotland
The Bergen-based multinational has secured planning consent from Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and an environmental permit from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s Picks: Diageo’s turnaround plan, CMA rules on Aldi and Lidl
On the international trade side a summit between the UK and EU to agree a potential sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) deal now looks likely to be held later this year, following Keir Starmer’s replacement by Andy Burnham.
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NewsM&S calls for fibre labelling rules to allow ‘everyday language’
The retailer has told the health secretary it wants to say ‘improves gut health’ instead of ‘faecal bulk’ or ‘intestinal transit time’
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NewsNichols buys Irish vitamin drink brand VitHit for £64m
Founded in 2001, VitHit offers a range of low-calorie still and sparkling drinks fortified with vitamins and minerals
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Comment & OpinionConvenience food isn’t the problem. Bad convenience food is
Shoppers aren’t rejecting convenience, they’re rejecting convenience they don’t trust, says Bella Acland, founder of Soul Kitchen
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NewsTreasury Wine Estate in £292m US asset write-down
TWE’s portfolio of brands includes Penfolds, Squealing Pig and DAOU Vineyards
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NewsHiggidy and Thatchers Cider team up on chicken pie
Higgidy has partnered with Wildfarmed to introduce regeneratively grown flour across its full pie portfolio
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NewsPre-tax profit surges nearly 50% at Lakes Free Range Egg Company
In the year to 30 October 2025 its pre-tax profit increased by £1.9m, from £4.8m to £6.7m
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NewsTonic taps creatine craze with powder for ‘physical and mental performance’
Each 7.5g serving provides 10,000mg of creatine monohydrate, 2,000mg of taurine, 1,000mcg of biotin and 800mg blueberry
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NewsWaitrose adds own-label and branded lines in major olive oil push
Waitrose has expanded its own-label olive oil range with six new lines, alongside merchandising three upmarket olive oil brands
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NewsLittle Moons teams up with Candy Kittens on Sour Watermelon mochi
Sour Watermelon mochi sorbet bites has launched exclusively on Ocado
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NewsPimentae tops up £850k funding round with cocktail crowdfunder
Canned cocktail challenger Pimentae has gone to the crowd to top up an £850k raise from angel investors and existing funders
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NewsBuzzBallz rapped over vending machine stunt on London’s South Bank
The ready-to-drink cocktail brand parked the three-metre vending machine on the bank of the river Thames in March
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NewsCawston Press sales boosted by demand for natural drinks
Sales grew £1.9m (8.6%) to £23.8m last year, with Cawston’s pressed juice and sparkling canned drinks leading the charge
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Analysis & FeaturesThe juiciest revelations in the CMA’s decision on Aldi and Lidl
Behind a front of ‘nothing to see here, we’re just the same old limited-range discounters’, it turns out Aldi and Lidl have changed rather fundamentally over the past 15 or so years, with potential regulatory consequence
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Comment & OpinionDetox denied: Why the UK is still hooked on plastic packaging
Defra’s packaging reforms are driving producers towards plastic and away from infinitely recyclable glass, says Jenni Richards, environment and circularity director, British Glass Manufacturers’ Confederation
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NewsHelloFresh revenue falls in ‘conscious choice’
HelloFresh revenues have fallen amid a drive to reshape the business with higher margins