All The Grocer articles in 08 February 2025 – Page 3
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NewsM&S Food MD: Five years on, Brexit still isn’t working
‘Paperwork takes hours to complete and demands detail as niche as the Latin name for the chicken that is used in our Chicken Tikka Masala,’ said Alex Freudmann
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Category ReportWhere next for RSPCA Assured? Meat & poultry category report 2025
The RSPCA is losing support after animal cruelty was exposed at several of its Assured farms. How can the charity avoid being shunned?
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NewsRapid grocer Gopuff using Morrisons supermarkets as daytime dark stores
The trial sees Gopuff orders picked, packed and dispatched from Morrisons stores
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NewsCity snapshot: Carlsberg and Pernod Ricard both narrow sales outlook
Carlsberg saw volumes decline in two of its three major markets while Pernod Ricard is battling Chinese tariffs. Also, catering giant Compass Group reports quarterly results.
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NewsNero Group shares positive sales growth for first half of financial year
Like-for-like sales grew 8% across the group
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NewsPernod Ricard cuts sales outlook due to Chinese tariffs
Sales in China fell 25% with sharp declines on Martell and Royal Salute whisky
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NewsCarlsberg grows top and bottom line despite volume softness
Sales slowed significantly in the second half of the year, however
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NewsMedia Bites 6 February: interest rates, M&S and Brexit, Tesco eyeing Post Office branches
Interest rates look likely to fall today due to a sluggish economy and a softening in the labour market
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ProfilesJason’s Sourdough’s Joe Hollingsworth on tapas, apprenticeships and teacup rides
‘If you talk to people of a school leaving age or in college then pretty much nobody is aspiring to enter the bakery industry’
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News‘Momentous’ launch as Meatly adds first lab-grown dog treats
A limited run of Chick Bites, produced with plant-based dogfood brand The Pack, go on sale at Pets at Home in Brentford on Friday
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NewsAsda adds ex Co-op boss Jo Whitfield to board of directors
Former Co-op boss Jo Whitfield is joining Asda’s turnaround efforts, returning to work as a non-exec director at the retailer
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NewsSoft drinks challenger Punchy extends into hydration sachets
The sachets were designed to ‘rehydrate and replenish’, Punchy said
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Comment & OpinionGot beef? Iceland u-turn puts style ahead of sustainability
Last week, Iceland announced triumphantly that it would be returning to its traditional, less sustainable, mince packaging in its latest sustainability u-turn
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Category ReportThe great escape: eggs category report 2025
UK retailers and suppliers are freeing their hens and switching to cage-free eggs. Why are some against this move?
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NewsLynx tops up Fine Fragrance Collection with five more variants
Latest lines are Peach Infusion, Watermelon Freeze, Cherry Spritz, Cocoa Velvet and Purple Patchouli
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NewsUK’s top three supermarkets shunning X as retreat grows
So far in 2025, Sainsbury’s and Asda have joined Tesco in not posting on X except in reply to customers
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NewsAlmost 60 suppliers and supermarkets join NFU campaign to abolish ‘Family Farm Tax’
NFU president Tom Bradshaw said the changes to Inheritance Tax had ’far-reaching consequences’ for the UK’s food security
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NewsMr Kipling adds Simnel Slices ahead of Easter to lure over-45s
The NPD catered to a previously untapped opportunity for a smaller, convenient format of simnel cake
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Comment & OpinionEx-head of Sainsbury’s Future Brands: here’s how to really engage buyers
Find the right person, be patient and build a relationship, says Tom Forsythe, MD of Good & Proper Tea
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Comment & OpinionLabour’s idea of food security is a larder full of junk food
Food policy in Whitehall has been dictated by technocratic corporates for years, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This