All The Grocer articles in 08 June 2024 – Page 2
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NewsPoundland gets Anthea Turner to showcase new homeware range
Turner showcased a new range sourced at group level via Poundland parent Pepco
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NewsAsda appoints former Lidl COO to run stores
Heslop was with Lidl for more than 20 years, joining in 2002 as a graduate, and for the past five years was a board member in its UK and Ireland operations
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NewsFive things you’ll learn from the retail crime webinar
The struggle to combat retail crime rumbles on, but what’s the solution?
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NewsAsda announces new food waste partnership with Olio app
The supermarket giant today announced a new three-way collaboration, which will see Olio join its long-running partnership with food redistribution giant FareShare
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Comment & OpinionTories’ slap in the face to shopworkers is future government’s win
Tory ministers have failed to keep their promise on the monumental legislation that would have made attacking a shopworker a standalone offence
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NewsJones Food Company debuts new SKUs in Asda and Ocado
From 10 June, shoppers can find the new Home Grown Crispy Mixed Salad in Asda stores and online
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Comment & OpinionVoluntary sugar reduction has failed. Extend the soft drinks levy
The mandatory soft drinks levy achieved a remarkable reduction in sugar content, but the voluntary sugar reduction programme fell short, says Dr Kawther Hashem, lecturer in public health nutrition at Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London
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Comment & OpinionPost Office scandal shows the perils of bowing down to data
The Post Office provides a cautionary tale about being blindly led by data, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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NewsMedia Bites 5 June: Asda, Tesco, Ocado
Asda is now the UK’s most expensive supermarket fuel seller, according to an analysis by the RAC motoring organisation
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NewsCity snapshot: B&M sales and profits rise on new store openings
B&M Bargains owner B&M Europan Value Retail saw an uplift in sales and profits last year, driven by volume growth and new store openings
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NewsDel Monte UK launches frozen British strawberries into Iceland
The brand said the NPD would offer consumers a ‘delicious and convenient way’ to enjoy locally sourced strawberries year-round
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NewsFood industry has ‘got away with murder’ on UPFs claims Lords’ inquiry chair
Baroness Joan Walmsley said she believed the evidence was clear that ultra processed and HFSS foods had contributed to childhood obesity
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NewsPlanet Organic plots new stores as recovery makes progress
Renée Elliot revealed the plans in new filings published to Companies House this week
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NewsLabour pledges to ban foie gras imports if elected
Shadow Defra minister Steve Reed has promised to ban imports of the controversial French delicacy
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NewsFood businesses urged to fight back against UPF ‘demonisation’
A group of trade bodies told The Grocer the controversy over ultra-processed foods had been allowed to become such a “one-sided debate”
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NewsLiquid Death appoints ex-Beam Suntory finance lead as CFO
Sadik-Khan would bring 19 years of management and finance experience to the Liquid Death fold
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NewsUeshima Coffee Company makes RTD play with iced duo
The pair aimed to ‘give those with a busy lifestyle a refreshing boost’, UCC said
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NewsDeliveroo launches LGBTQ+ chef training kitchen
The delivery giant has committed up to £15,000 to The Open Kitchen Fund, which will sponsor up to five chefs to complete training courses
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NewsQuick commerce player Zapp selling £5k bottles of wine
The brand claims to be one of the largest UK retailers of fine wine and premium spirits, having tripled its sales in the past year
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NewsRodda’s launches vanilla flavoured clotted cream
The Cornish dairy said it would be the first flavoured cream for the brand as part of its Indulgent range