All The Grocer articles in 10 December 2022
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NewsMedia Bites 13 December: high street, hot water bottles, UK economy
Frustrated online shoppers are being steered to bricks-and-mortar stores
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Analysis and FeaturesWhat now for sugar reduction after epic fail on targets?
A new report quietly snuck out by government shows sugar levels are rising. Campaigners want mandatory measures and more levies
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NewsStudent launches Christmas wonky veg box to support vulnerable
The Earth & Wheat box will include large potatoes, parsnips, red cabbage, carrots, broccoli, leeks, onions, garlic, herbs and brussels sprouts
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Analysis and FeaturesIs food & drink losing the war on supply chain food waste?
Not only are big leaps in reducing food waste now being lost, but we’ve learnt the scale of the problem has been hugely underestimated for years
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Comment and OpinionHow can the government watch food banks run out when millions of tonnes of food is going to waste?
A new report shows suggests the war on food waste is in danger of being lost
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Analysis and FeaturesSpotlight: inside Asda’s second Express c-store in Tottenham Hale
We visited the second store, which opened this week in Tottenham Hale, north London, to cast an eye over its latest thinking for the smaller store format
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The Big InterviewCEO Shirine Khoury-Haq on getting to grips with the Co-op
Khoury-Haq brings a financial approach to the Co-op, and has already cut costs. But she’s also looking to grow the topline, and to give greater focus to the society’s campaigning
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NewsSainsbury’s extends removal of single-use plastic lids to dips range
From March 2023, dips including guacamole, tzatziki and sour cream & chive will no longer be sold with single-use plastic lids
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Comment and OpinionLindsay Lohan gives Pepsi’s festive ‘dirty soda’ a try
With its great rival Coke rolling out its big trucks and Sundblom Santa, Pepsi is inclined to do things a bit differently
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NewsCo-op to launch £1m funding boost to help local causes keep warm during winter
The ‘warm spaces’ initiative means community groups across the UK can apply for match funding of up to £3,000 per group until March 2022
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NewsUrgent action needed to tackle ‘underestimated’ food waste issue
Food redistribution charity FareShare said it was unacceptable that its calls for funding had fallen on deaf ears
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NewsMeadow Foods reports strong growth with sales and profits up
Meadow attributed its growth to rising milk and dairy ingredient prices, alongside “some volume growth” of ingredients, while exports performed solidly
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Comment and OpinionBrits are still going to splurge this Christmas – but they’re looking for better deals
The latest data shows 63% of UK households expect their Christmas budget to be equal to 2021, with 10% of Brits even planning on increasing their budgets, says Rachel White, MD UK&I at NielsenIQ
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Grocer 33Morrisons Canning Town: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘This year we have added quite a lot of new lines for Christmas, mainly Christmas dinner’
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Grocer 33‘Thoughtful, diligent’ staff at Morrisons take the win
The store felt “very seasonal and well thought out”, and there was a “sense of calm” despite being busy
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Grocer 33How Asda won our frozen-focused Christmas Grocer 33 price comparison special
Our price comparison includes Christmas dinner, mince pies, Christmas crackers, Quality Street and Rennie indigestion tablets
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NewsMarks & Spencer strikes EV rapid charger deal with BP
The agreement will see BP’s electric vehicle charging business install an initial 900 points in around 70 of M&S’s UK stores in the next two years
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NewsBestway planning to add more stores to Iceland product sales trial
It is understood Iceland has given Bestway access to its licensed products, with the exception of Greggs
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NewsCentral Co-op kicks off solar panel rollout programme with Sol PV Group
The society said the move reinforced its long-term vision to be self-sufficient by investing in greener forms of energy
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NewsCoffey plays down calls for food sector crisis intervention
Coffey told MPs she didn’t ‘think we are at the stage of market interventions directly when it comes to pricing’