All The Grocer articles in 09 December 2023 – Page 3
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RankingsConfectionery - sugar 2023: HFSS rules keep candy on its toes
Not only have confectioners faced the same supply chain challenges and cost pressures as everyone else, they’ve also had to get to grips with the ban on HFSS lines in impulse fixtures
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RankingsDairy - butters & spreads 2023: BSM suffers volume blow as prices rise
Inflation-driven volume declines in butters, spreads & margarine have slowed in the past year
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RankingsSavoury pastries 2023: Shoppers ditch pastries as prices soar
Cash-strapped shoppers have put down pasties and shunned sausage rolls
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RankingsDairy drinks 2023: Plant-based decline hits milk market
Price has not necessarily hindered the performance of dairy brands
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RankingsFresh - meat, fish & poultry 2023: Cost-effective chicken sees huge gains
Chicken is the food and drink star of Top Products 2023. On paper at least
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RankingsBiscuits & cakes 2023: Brands lose out as biscuit NPD slows
Convincing people to buy brands in a cost of living crisis is the very definition of a tough sell. That’s proven in sales of branded biscuits
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RankingsFresh - fruit & veg 2023: Perfect storm of challenges hits UK fruit
For an indicator of the crisis in fresh produce, just look at apples
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RankingsConfectionery - chocolate 2023: Choc treats are out, but gifting is in
Chocolate has had a bitter pill to swallow: HFSS regulation, which has banned treats from prominent display areas in store
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RankingsDairy - yoghurts 2023: Brands turn to functional yoghurt lines
Private label has grown volumes by 4.6%
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NewsApple growers on a 'knife edge' due to high production costs and low returns
Over the past two years, British apple growers faced a 30% increase in the cost of production and received just an 8% rise in returns from the supermarkets
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Itsu’s Aidan Tyers on chopsticks, dumplings and Five
‘Chopstick skills are pretty important when working at Itsu’ says head dumpling Aidan Tyers
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NewsBerry growers criticise BRC for ‘untrue’ depiction of sector
The BRC’s director of food and sustainability had said issues with returns were down to middlemen preventing pay reaching farmers
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NewsBusiness rates for UK’s six largest supermarkets set to rise by £160m
The bill for the traditional big four will rise by £136m, according to Colliers
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NewsM&S surplus food donations hit 70 million meal mark
This year has seen the retailer donate surplus food from stores equivalent to 13 million meals, the highest figure to date
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Josh Horner, automation engineer, HelloFresh
’Automation is the future for food’ says Josh, but he argues ‘there will be a need for many people in more expert roles’
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NewsM&S giving away millions of gifts through digital Advent calendar
Users have won the gifts by opening digital doors in the ‘12 Days of M&S’ calendar
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NewsChristmas deliveries at risk amid Panama Canal drought
The drought afflicting the popular shipping route is forcing food companies to look at alternative routes
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Comment & OpinionFar from landbanking, the CMA is criticising the supermarkets for selling off land
The CMA continues to find supermarkets at fault over illegal use of land, 13 years after ‘landbanking’ legislation came in
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Comment & OpinionJane Horrocks voices singing turkey in bleak Peta plea
Loudly voiced by Jane Horrocks, the turkey wonders a town, singing guilelessly about Christmas traditions
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Comment & OpinionDenise Van Outen spills the Christmas Secrets of Supermarket Own-Brands
Christmas is a time of trading up, splashing out and impressing guests. Does the necessary frugality of our times apply to the festive season?