All The Grocer articles in 13 December 2014
Previous issues.
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NewsSurvey reveals Brits' typical Christmas fayre
British families typically kick off Christmas Day with a smoked salmon breakfast
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NewsEnvironment campaigners criticise changes to fish discard ban
Changes to the Common Fisheries Policy – which will introduce a ban on fish discards - threaten to derail sustainable fishing reforms, environmental lobbyists have warned.
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NewsPremier Foods to rethink controversial supplier investments
Darby. “Many suppliers have invested with us and have grown their business.” Premier Foods is to rethink its controversial Invest for Growth programme after it became a “political football”. The programme asked suppliers to make an investment payment to Premier to help fund the company’s growth strategy. ...
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NewsArchbishop of Canterbury and MPs call on on supermarkets to do more to tackle food poverty
Supermarkets have been urged to step up their battle against food waste, after a report by MPs and church leaders claimed supply chain inefficiencies in terms of redistributing surplus food was letting the poor go hungry.
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NewsStore fined for selling rotting fruit and veg
A West Yorkshire grocery shop has been rapped for selling rotten, damaged and incorrectly labelled fruit and veg.
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Analysis & FeaturesInvestors banking on a Unilever spreads sell-off may be disappointed
When it emerged that Unilever is breaking out its spreads business into a separate division at a London investor conference last Thursday, the fmcg giant’s shares immediately shot upwards by around 3%.
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Comment & OpinionThis ain’t your grandma’s sherry
I recently moved into a shared house in London – the sort of home typical of late twenty-somethings in the capital
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NewsTesco in new profits warning as Dave Lewis promises not to cut corners in January
Tesco issued a profit warning today as CEO Dave Lewis “reset” the business to focus on service, availability and more competitive prices…
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NewsBlack Friday helps arrest food sales decline
Grocery sales benefitted from a small boost in November as shoppers flocked to supermarkets to grab a bargain on a record-breaking Black Friday, according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor released this morning.
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NewsTesco profits warning: what the analysts say
After Tesco revealed its annual profits would be no higher than £1.4bn, we round-up who is saying what
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NewsLessons on vloggers from Oreo
The Advertising Standards Authority has slapped down Oreo for a marketing push featuring vloggers. Richard Armstrong, CEO and co-founder of Kameleon, looks at the lessons for other brands.
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Analysis & FeaturesMargin resets and junk status looming: analysts' views of Tesco
We look at analysts’ reaction to Tesco’s latest profits warning and where this leaves Dave Lewis’ plans to turn around the ailing grocery giant as we head into 2015.
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NewsCo-op launches convenience-focused Christmas ad campaign
The Co-operative Group has launched its Christmas TV advertising campaign.
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NewsIan Toal takes charge of 2 Sisters' chilled and ready meals business as divisional MD
Ian Toal, the former CEO of Adams Foods, has joined 2 Sisters Food Group as divisional managing director for its added-value poultry, chilled and ready meals businesses.
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NewsAfrican troubles lead to first half PZ Cussons profits drop
PZ Cussons saw a 4% drop in first half profits, driven by “challenging trading conditions” in Africa and the devaluation of the Nigerian Naira.
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Comment & OpinionPlugging the black hole(s)
The £263m accounting scandal might, in the long run, not prove to be the most important black hole CEO Dave Lewis has to fix if he…
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NewsCamra attacks planning rules that facilitate pub conversions to supermarkets
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has blasted the planning system for allowing pubs to be converted to convenience stores…
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NewsRetailers and suppliers could be hit up to £100,000 for Food Information Regulation breaches
Breach of the Food Information Regulation (FIR) which comes into force on Saturday could cost retailers and suppliers £100,000 for each affected product, a private label specialist has warned.
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NewsPear cider sales down 29% as decline accelerates
Accelerating decline in sales of pear cider has knocked more than a quarter off the value of the market in the year to September
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Analysis & FeaturesGlanbia bulks up for 2015 growth
This week Irish food group Glanbia was selected as one of Jefferies’ top 15 top buy-rated stocks primed for growth 2015…