All The Grocer articles in 1 June 2019
Previous issues.
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News
Grocer Gold Award winners 2019 announced
Here is a full list of all those that triumphed on the night
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Comment and Opinion
Letters: would consumers really be tempted by a veggie disc?
Sir, if you want consumers to eat something, you need to make it sound appetising
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Comment and Opinion
Malaysia's return of plastic waste is a humiliation for government
But the industry can’t rely only on the government to bail us out
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Comment and Opinion
Bread: A Loaf Affair - BBC4 doc records a slice of food history
Bread has been a staple of the human diet for as long as we have been able to control fire
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Comment and Opinion
Just Eat offers barbecue disaster relief
June is here! And with it barbecue season
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News
The Lakes Distillery nets £1.6m investment
Fast-growing English whisky producer The Lakes Distillery has secured a further seven-figure investment to help fund its journey towards an eventual IPO.
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News
Rubies in the Rubble eyes £1.2m funding boost
Food waste sauce maker Rubies in the Rubble has surged past its £300k crowdfunding target as part of a wider seven-figure investment hunt.
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News
Tesco shares drop despite market share outperformance
Tesco may have been the big four winner from the monthly grocery market share data this week, but it was a loser as far as the City was concerned.
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News
LRS maintains profits despite soft drinks levy and dip in sales
LRS has posted a drop in sales of £5.9m but its pre-tax profits edged up regardless
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My Alternative CV
Donal Denvir, Bord Bia, on Irish food, sports reporting and Father Ted
‘I love the satisfaction of adding real value to our Irish suppliers and customers’
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Analysis and Features
Why are bananas dying and what are we going to do about it?
A fungus is threatening to destroy the near-universal Cavendish banana. Has the industry learned its lesson?
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News
Pete Westall takes new values-based role at Midcounties Co-operative
Westall will focus on organising community programmes, events and campaigns in the new role
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News
Former Confex director David Lunt to lead breakaway group
Lunt resigned from his role as senior business development director in February
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Comment and Opinion
Christine Tacon: suppliers can learn from retailers on payment terms
Retailers say code compliance has improved efficiency, says Groceries Code Adjudicator Christine Tacon
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Comment and Opinion
Can Coke grow the energy drinks category or will it dilute sales?
It seems you can take the sugar out of energy drinks, but you can’t take the energy out of sugar
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News
Convenience stores 'must do more' to attract younger shoppers
A new report by Him & MCA shows a drop in the number of younger shoppers using convenience stores
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News
Retailers agree to government ban on 'junk food' multibuys
The Grocer has learnt retail leaders described the idea as a “sensible proposal”
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News
Full-sugar energy drink sales unaffected by soft drinks tax
Brits knocked back 124.6 million litres of sugary energy drinks in the past year
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Category Report
The new kid in town: Energy drinks category report 2019
Until now, the big shots of the energy drinks world have gone unchallenged
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Comment and Opinion
North Korea set to join the whisky world
Shots of its new Samilpo bottles reveal a design heavily ‘influenced’ by Johnnie Walker