All The Grocer articles in 09 December 2023 – Page 5
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Lincoln: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘Shoppers are looking to buy the premium products – our Taste the Difference range is doing particularly well at the moment’
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Grocer 33Full availability and ‘calm’ tills secure Sainsbury’s win
The store also scored highly on service, both on the shop floor and on the checkouts
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NewsAsda hits 200th Express store milestone
The supermarket hit the milestone by continuing its rapid rollout of Co-op and EG Group conversions
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NewsLidl latest supermarket to let customers use ‘sniff test’ for milk and yoghurt
The discounter is swapping use by for best before dates on all own-brand milk and yoghurt, in a bid to reduce unnecessary food waste
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Analysis & FeaturesChristmas dinner wars: this year’s deals unpacked
Retailers have been battling for the Christmas dinner table by putting their best deals forward for the festive feast, ranging from £14 to £220
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NewsSkilled worker visa salary increase to shut out ‘vital’ staff
Insiders sounded a warning over latest government plans to up the minimum salary required for a skilled overseas worker visa from £26,200 to £38,700
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NewsBooker locks wholesale prices on over 40 products for retailers
The price locks are on, beers, wines and spirits, including Stella Artois, 19 Crimes and Jack Daniel’s, as well as in the soft drinks category
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NewsWaitrose pledges to continue food redistribution partnership with FareShare
Waitrose has donated over 18 million meals to more than 10,500 charities and community groups since it began working with FareShare in 2017
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Comment & OpinionYour community can help your brand act when action is needed
When the news first broke that food waste requirements were being abandoned, a group of us decided to take the fight to the government
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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?
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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 & 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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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