All The Grocer articles in 11 October 2025 – Page 6
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NewsChaiiwala appoints new chief operating officer
He joins the business from KFC franchisee Splendid Restaurants, where he served as managing director
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NewsTreasury Wine Estates removes full-year earnings guidance amid China ‘softness’
Sales of its Penfolds label in China had been weaker than anticipated over the past quarter, Treasury said
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NewsAsda steps up price cuts campaign adding more than 200 fresh lines
The latest round follows more than 1,000 price cuts announced by Asda last week, as executive chairman Allan Leighton steps up his efforts to restore ‘Asda Price’ in a bid to win back shoppers ahead of Christmas
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Comment & OpinionStop fighting EPR: the obvious solution is reuse
EPR is having exactly the effect it should, says Catherine Conway of UnPackaged
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Guide ToThe Grocer Guide To Tobacco, Vaping & Accessories
Four months on from the single-use vapes ban, retailers are beginning to adjust, but the stark reality of illegal trading weighs heavy on the minds of suppliers, as they pivot their offer to the new-normal market.
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NewsWalker’s Shortbread hit record £201m in founder’s final year
Walker’s sales grew £17m (9%) in the year to 31 December 2024, driven by strong festive trading in the UK
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NewsUnfabled raises seven-figure investment as supplements rolls out in Boots
Hannah Samano founded Unfabled in 2021 after becoming frustrated with the quality of products offered to support female health
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NewsWhite Rabbit rolls gluten-free chilled pasta trio into retail
The pasta boasted ’a bigger surface area and more bite’ than other shapes, White Rabbit said
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NewsStock Spirits names Nomad Foods executive president as CEO
Steven Libermann will join the Sierra Tequila brand owner in December
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Amber Lacey, brand manager, Tracklements
‘I feel proud to work for a brand that brings a touch of foodie joy to people’s lives’
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NewsHotel Chocolat launches branded Velvetiser bays into Tesco for the first time
“This is a big move by Hotel Chocolat to meet our customers where they are,” Hotel Chocolat co-founder and global CEO Angus Thirlwell told The Grocer
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NewsClarence Court adds Burford Buff eggs to range
The ‘fabulous eggs by fabulous birds’ have a maize-enriched diet that produces eggs with a ‘rich and creamy flavour’
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NewsMinor Figures launches regeneratively farmed oat milk with Wildfarmed
Barista Oat (Regenerative) is the brand’s first barista standard oat milk made with regeneratively grown oats
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NewsWaitrose ramps up No.1 own-label range with 80 new products
Waitrose said the move meant a more than 10% increase in the size of the range, which has seen a 26% growth in sales since it was relaunched in June 2024
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NewsPlenish launches zero-sugar oat drink in ‘category first’
In what the brand has called a category first, the new zero-sugar product contains neither oils nor additives
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NewsDeforestation lining UK financiers’ pockets, report warns
Analysis of hundreds of thousands of deals with major deforestation-linked companies netted lenders, investors and insurers $26bn from financing deforestation-related activity
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NewsPladis global sales surpass £3bn
Revenues at McVitie’s owner Pladis have surged past £3bn as product innovation and increasing business overseas helped the group to a record year
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NewsFyffes launches brand activation across entire Morrisons estate
The campaign will span 488 stores across the length and breadth of the UK and will lead with the tagline ‘Eat ‘em, Like ‘em, Love ‘em’
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NewsRed Tractor slams ASA after advert banned for ‘misleading’ consumers
The farm assurance scheme’s advert, last aired in 2023, was found by the ASA to have misled consumers over its environmental standards
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NewsUK food needs radical and urgent transformation, new study finds
The report, The Roadmap for Resilience: A UK Food Plan for 2050, has said that if there is no action the UK will lurch from crisis to crisis, including from food price shocks, climate disasters and weakening economic productivity