All The Grocer articles in 12 October 2019
Previous issues.
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News
Halo Top moves into traditional ice cream with Platinum range
Despite the addition of cream and sugar, Halo Top said the new products were still healthier than mainstream competitors
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News
Broadland Wineries to expand production capacity to 20 million cans per year
The canning facility is set to open in January
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News
No-deal Brexit ‘doomsday’ for NI milk, warns Dairy Council
The trade body has warned tariffs on dairy moving south across the Irish border would cause profitability to plummet…
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Analysis and Features
Norwegian cod prices rise after fall in Barents Sea catch quota
Average wholesale prices for Norwegian cod stood at NOK22,347 (£1,995.8) per tonne on 1 September 2019 - up 12% on last year
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News
Only a third of UK shoppers prioritise environmental concerns over price, says poll
A majority of Brits cited ‘low prices and good value’ as their most important considerations when buying groceries
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Comment and Opinion
Tetley turns to tiresome talking animals trope
Undeterred by its rival PG Tips’ inglorious history with chimps, tea brand Tetley has waded into talking animal territory
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Analysis and Features
Plastic: is the industry moving far enough and fast enough?
Which plastic reduction initiatives are working and which are window dressing?
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Comment and Opinion
Meat-free Halloween burger costume is beyond sexy
The ‘sexy’ Halloween costume is a time-honoured trick
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News
Hain Celestial under investor pressure for more sell-offs
There’s still been no confirmation of a Sky News report last week linking US food player Hain Celestial with a sale of its UK arm
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Comment and Opinion
We need practical solutions to childhood obesity, not nonsensical snack bans
A third of British toddlers eat chips before they try carrots for the first time
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Comment and Opinion
Astro-boffins cultivate meat in space
Good news for carnivorous astronauts (and any of their yummy-looking colleagues)…
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News
M&S announces string of senior new hires to boost food business
The new recruits will report to food commercial director George Wright
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News
Calum Melville faces probe into Bargain World links
Scotland’s insolvency service is investigating whether Melville breached the terms of an undischarged bankruptcy
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News
Fruit & veg crops left to rot as seasonal labour shortages take effect
Growers suggested they had picked as little as half their crop
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News
P&H collapse and supply issues led to £17m loss for Costcutter
However CEO Darcy Willson-Rymer said he was ‘optimistic about 2020’
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Analysis and Features
10 pioneering schemes tackling plastic pollution
Here are some of the trailblazing brands, retailers and manufacturers tackling the plastic waste problem head-on
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My Alternative CV
Anna Garrod, The Coconut Tree, on vintage clothes, Glastonbury and True Romance
‘The animal which most reflects my personality is a cat – a softie but independent’
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Analysis and Features
Will US vaping sector woes affect the UK market?
Deaths and lung injury cases have been linked to vaping in the US. Will UK regulations protect suppliers and customers here?
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Category Report
Snack attack: cakes & biscuits category report 2019
Brits are gorging on cakes and biscuits like there’s no tomorrow. But not everyone is benefiting