All The Grocer articles in 11 January 2020 – Page 4
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Waitrose results: Charlie Mayfield hails booming online sales
The JLP chairman said he hoped 2020 would be a year of “dramatic growth”
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Sainsbury’s recalls own-label pestos amid peanut contamination fears
Supermarket pesto stocks have already been battered by market leader Saclá’s recall in December
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Holland & Barrett to stock Mummy Meagz vegan creme egg
It is the first major listing for the dark chocolate Chuckie Egg
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Carlsberg adds new alcohol-free Carlsberg Nordic lager
The 0.0% beer will roll out into Tesco in 330ml cans this week
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Action on Salt renews mandatory reduction targets following bacon study
AOS said the survey showed a worrying lack of progress among supermarkets on salt reduction
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Blakemore lands three-year contract to supply Soho Coffee Co
The wholesaler has introduced 300 new product lines to service the contract
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Tesco Christmas sales edge up despite ‘subdued’ market
Tesco boss Dave Lewis today claimed Christmas saw the “best operational performance” he had seen since he joined the supermarket in 2014. Plus, on a hectic morning, festive grocery sales rise for Waitrose and M&S, trading updates from Naked Wines, Nichols, Hilton Food Group, Mitchells & Butlers and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Media Bites 9 Jan: Sainsbury’s, Greggs, Boots
Argos lets down Sainsbury’s “upbeat” performance in grocery, Greggs shares bonus with staff after “exceptional” year while UK retailers suffer ”worst year on record” with sales sliding 0.1%
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UK retail sales suffer ‘worst year on record’ in 2019
2019 marked the first year to show overall decline in retail sales
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Quorn to add carbon footprint of products to on-pack labelling
The meat alternative brand said the move would help shoppers understand the environmental impact of the foods they bought
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Greggs to roll out nationwide delivery service this year
CEO Roger Whiteside said the bakery chain had been running trials with Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat
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Real Handful smashes crowdfunding target to launch savoury trail mix range
The healthy snacking startup took to Crowdcube this week
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Vegan brand This secures multimillion cash boost to keep up with “fake meat” demand
The meat alternative startup raised millions from strategic venture capital investors
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Comment and Opinion
Just Eat is hungry to take a bigger bite out of the food delivery market
Just Eat shareholders have until Friday lunchtime to decide between two offers – from Takeaway.com and Naspers’ Prosus
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Comment and Opinion
Chemical recycling offers a way to create a circular plastics economy
Reducing our use of black plastic or using digital watermark technologies to improve the efficiency of mechanical recycling processes will only take us so far, says Richard Daley, MD of ReNew ELP
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Walgreens Boots Alliance reports sales rise as costs hit profits
Walgreen Boots Alliance increased sales in its first financial year quarter
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Comment and Opinion
George Monbiot light on detail in Apocalypse Cow: How Meat Killed the Planet
Environmental campaigner George Monbiot is about as popular with British farmers as a late subsidy cheque
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Sainsbury’s posts positive Christmas results after ‘upping its game’
CEO Mike Coupe said the supermarket had become more competitive on price and grown its premium Taste the Difference range over the past six months
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Villiers pledges trade talk walkout over food standards if necessary
Speaking at the Oxford Farming Conference, the environment secretary promised to defend food standards in post-Brexit trade talks
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Children’s Food Campaign urges fines for companies that advertise junk food for kids
It comes after the Advertising Standards Authority found that McDonald’s had breached rules