All The Grocer articles in 14 December 2024 – Page 2
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NewsHeck launches workplace healthchecks to tackle preventable illnesses
The scheme targets illnesses such as heart disease, kidney disease and common cancers
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Comment & OpinionCan Mondelez finally persuade Hershey to sell up?
Many are wondering how chocolate giant’s Mondolez latest bid for US counterpart Hershey is different from other recent approaches
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NewsPoundland returns to £1 price point roots in a bid to get trading ‘back on track’
The retailer has filed a trademark application for ‘Home of the £1’ and is using the slogan in a new campaign
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NewsCity snapshot: Boots owner in takeover talks with US private equity
Boots owner Walgreen Boots Alliance is in talks over a sale that could trigger a fresh auction of the British retailer. Also, British American Tobacco’s shift to smokeless is yielding results.
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NewsMedia Bites 11 December: coffee prices, Dobbies Garden Centres closures, e-waste recycling
Coffee prices are on the rise, while Dobbies Garden Centres is set to close 12 stores with the aim of returning to ”sustainable profitability”
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NewsLabour’s National Food Strategy calls for industry coalition to tackle obesity and farming crisis
In a briefing with industry bosses yesterday, environment secretary Steve Reed said a coalition would be formed with food sector leaders, academics, charities and key thinkers to create a new way of working with the sector
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NewsQuorn expands snacking range with Smoky BBQ Bites
The bites will be available from 30 December in Asda and Tesco
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NewsUK vegetable growing sector ‘in jeopardy’ due to post-Brexit border checks
Importers of tomatoes and cucumber seeds claim post-Brexit border controls are causing delays and threatening next year’s crops
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NewsThe Wholesale Group to launch AI ‘virtual assistants’
Through leveraging advanced natural language processing technology, it means the buying group can access ‘virtual conversational assistants’
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NewsLidl and M&S fastest-growing bricks & mortar grocers as Christmas nears
Lidl’s sales were up 11.6% year on year in the 12 weeks to 30 November according to NIQ, while M&S’s rose 10.6%
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NewsBrand Growth Heroes ‘Mini MBA’ powered by Alantra returns for second year
Alantra and Brand Growth Heroes are teaming up once again to offer a crash-course for fmcg challenger brands in scaling up while navigating industry challenges
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NewsTurner Price appoints first MD since Bidcorp acquisition
Paul Brittain has worked as finance director for the company since 2002
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Comment & OpinionGrocers are missing a trick with Christmas toy sales
Grocers can capitalise on the influx of Christmas demand to claim a larger share of the toy market, says Melissa Symonds, executive director, UK toys at Circana
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets can’t afford another missed emissions target
Supermarkets – businesses that are utterly reliant on nature and a stable climate for the produce they sell – must put action on climate at the top of the agenda, says Sir Dave Lewis, chair of trustees at WWF UK and former CEO of Tesco
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Comment & OpinionWhat scrapping the coffee cup recycling scheme tells us about Labour
The change of heart on coffee cup recycling highlights the finite nature of human resources when it comes to creating new legislation, says Robbie Staniforth, innovation and policy director, Ecosurety
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NewsTwice as many pesticides found in imported food than UK produced
The Pesticides Action Network (PAN) UK claimed the pesticides residues found could be harmful to people’s health
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WhitepapersHow ground-breaking automation is helping to drive food network sustainability
A new approach to handling ambient, chilled and frozen goods in a single automated system was introduced last year. But what are the key takeaways of the roll out of the world’s first AutoStore Multi-Temperature Solution one year on?
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Comment & OpinionNational Food Policy: assembling an effective coalition won’t be straightforward
Environment secretary Steve Reed has promised an ‘ambitious’ cross-department policy putting food and food security at its heart
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NewsLabour cost hikes potentially a bigger immediate risk than IHT, says NFU
Unexpected additional labour fees of around 4% are a ’very significant and unanticipated cost’ for the sector, said the farming union
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NewsConsumer trust in food system collapses, new research finds
The research, commissioned by Reverberate PR, has found that 39% of British adults do not trust major food brands and supermarkets to tell the truth