All The Grocer articles in 13 December 2014 – Page 4
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Analysis and Features
Philadelphia Duo Cremoso: acid test
Launched across Europe this summer by Mondelez, Philadelphia Cremoso is a soft white cheese with a softer…
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News
Ocado's sales growth slows to 14.9% in fourth quarter
Growth at online supermarket Ocado has slowed in the fourth quarter with gross retail sales up 14.9% to £311.4m, compared with a 15.5% boost during the previous three months.
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News
FSB claims to have found 'alarming' evidence of supply chain bullying
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has uncovered further “alarming” evidence of supply chain bullying just days after Premier Foods agreed to rethink its controversial “pay-to-stay” programme.
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News
Müller UK cuts farmgate milk price by 1.2ppl
Müller UK & Ireland Group has announced a further reduction to its standard farmgate milk price, which will fall by 1.2 pence per litre (ppl) to 25.9ppl from 10 January 2015.
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News
Organic farming yields higher than previous estimates, claims study
Organic farming can produce yields higher than previously thought, according to a new study.
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Analysis and Features
Glanbia 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…
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News
Pear 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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News
Retailers 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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News
Camra 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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Comment and Opinion
Plugging 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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News
African 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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News
Ian 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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News
Co-op launches convenience-focused Christmas ad campaign
The Co-operative Group has launched its Christmas TV advertising campaign.
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Analysis and Features
Margin 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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News
Lessons 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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News
Tesco 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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News
Black 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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News
Tesco 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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Comment and Opinion
This 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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Analysis and Features
Investors 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%.