All The Grocer articles in 09 September 2023 – Page 2
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NewsRosalind Brewer steps down as Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO
WBA lead independent director Ginger Graham has stepped in as interim CEO
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NewsBig name brands boost Pernod Ricard off-trade share despite sales dip
Jameson, Malibu and Absolut helped Pernod slump by less than the wider grocery category
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NewsBP extends rewards programme to offer loyalty prices
The discounts will be available at about 300 company-owned stores, with the products included in the promotion regularly changing throughout the year
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NewsMüller relaunches retro flavours from back catalogue
The range of ‘retro’ flavours will include Mississippi Mud Pie Inspired and Strawberry & Choc Orange Balls
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NewsB&M agrees to buy 51 Wilko stores as hopes for wider rescue fade
The announcement has been taken as a sign that a rescue of Wilko’s remaining 350 stores and brand is unlikely
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NewsJason’s Sourdough adds bake-at-home bread duo
The NPD would offer shoppers ‘a fresh solution to making sourdough’, said Jason’s
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NewsLidl’s biggest distribution centre in the world opens in Luton
The facility is half a kilometre in length and could fit three existing Lidl warehouses inside, according to the discounter
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Comment & OpinionWhy 2 Sisters is taking a different approach to sustainability
The food sector has a massive part to play in preventing climate breakdown, says Ranjit Singh, president & owner at 2 Sisters Food Group
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NewsMrBeast eyes entry into new categories including drinks
So far in the UK, the Feastables range is limited to chocolate bars
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NewsSalad chain Kaleido Rolls launches Pret ‘disloyalty’ scheme
The chain will give Club Pret members a free salad roll as part of the campaign
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Category ReportA crying shame for hipster coffee
Eye-watering price hikes are getting coffee shoppers in a tizz – and they’re being tempted away from trendy brands
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NewsLabour shadow cabinet reshuffle sees new trade and environment ministers
Keir Starmer unveiled a new lineup of shadow ministers on Monday
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Comment & OpinionWhy is Gillette so interested in men’s pubic hair?
A quick splash of water, a spray of deodorant and a brush of the teeth. Men’s selfcare has shifted dramatically in a relatively short space of time
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NewsPhilip Morris launches new heated tobacco range
The cheapest of the range – the Iluma One – has a recommended retail price of £39 and includes two packs of tobacco refill sticks.
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NewsBakeAway mulls further appeal after tribunal backs CMA order to sell Jus-Rol
The UK arm of French bakery giant Cérélia is mulling a further appeal against a regulatory decision to block its acquisition of ready-to-bake bakery brand Jus-Rol
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NewsYoplait launches high protein Skyr Energy range with real fruit
It comes in two flavours: Strawberry & Blackcurrant and Mango & Passionfruit
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NewsFirst Wilko store closures confirmed, with over 1,000 redundancies
Joint administrators at PwC said negotiations with potential buyers continued but it was clear some of Wilko’s stores were not part of the talks
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Category ReportWhy are tea brands being hung out to dry?
Britain’s biggest tea brands are looking high and dry as the cost of living crisis deepens. How can they compete with own-label lines?
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NewsMedia Bites 6 September: Wilko, Lidl, Retail shares
Wilko’s administrators have begun to break up the collapsed discount retailer, with more than 1,300 new job losses and a sale of 51 stores
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NewsCity snapshot: WH Smith sales soar on travel rebound
WH Smith has posted a 28% jump in total revenues last year amid a strong rebound of travel sales following the relaxing of Covid restrictions