All The Grocer articles in 16 April 2022
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NewsJoanna Goff takes over as Morrisons CFO at pivotal time for supermarket’s new owners
Goff has been at the retailer for more than 10 years and replaces Michael Gleeson, who announced his departure last month
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NewsReport defends reformulation programme amid calls for mandatory HFSS targets
An FDF report includes fresh data from Kantar Worldpanel showing FDF members’ products contribute 10% fewer calories to the average shopping basket than in 2017
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NewsWaitrose and Morrisons ration cooking oils amid shortages caused by Ukraine conflict
The vast majority of the UK’s sunflower oil comes from Ukraine and Russia, with the shortages forcing some suppliers to replace sunflower oil with rapeseed oil
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NewsFlora unveils new TV ad pushing plant-based and ‘100% natural’ credentials
It is the brand’s first appearance on TV screens since 2019
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NewsRed meat exports to US surge as value doubles year on year
Exports of pork rose almost 50% to 592 tonnes, valued at £1.8m – up from £1.2m in January 2021
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NewsM&S Food invests in Remarksable value range amid soaring living costs
The retailer first launched Remarksable 2019, and ‘now is the right time to go further’, says COO and Food MD Stuart Machin
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NewsGVMS operational again – but Dover delays forecast to increase ahead of Easter
Prioritisation system to help perishable goods get through long queues not a realistic option, says environment secretary
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NewsBerry Gardens and JFC partner in trials of vertically grown strawberries
If successful, the initiative would extend the British strawberry season to all year round, the businesses say
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Comment & OpinionSupermarket pay: a game where the stakes keep getting raised
Most UK supermarkets have announced pay adjustments in recent weeks. But Tesco’s move is particularly interesting
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NewsAsda partners with Netflix for fashion and lifestyle merchandise collection
12 stores will offer the full range of clothing and general merchandise products, and a further 38 will stock Netflix clothing and accessories
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NewsJempson’s sales dip 1.2% but ‘holds on’ to majority of growth gained in pandemic
During the year to June 2021 the company made two bonus payments to all employee
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NewsGetir partners with surplus food platform Neighbourly
The initial launch will be across 50 stores over the next 30 days, with the aim to be UK-wide by the end of the year
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NewsRobot grocery delivery company Starship investigating toddler ‘hit and push’ incident
Starship told The Grocer that “we take an incident like this seriously and we’re investigating”
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NewsGorillas taps first year of UK sales data for major advertising campaign
The ‘Whatever London Wants’ campaign encompasses out-of-home billboards, TV and radio ads, posters, projections and murals
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Comment & OpinionSoft drinks sugar tax turns a blind eye to health damage from artificial sweeteners
Sweeteners may very well be indirectly feeding sugar addiction and overeating, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Comment & OpinionWhat we can learn from Morrisons’ market trader approach to retail
The supermarket has stayed true to its heritage and differentiated itself from rivals, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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NewsMCS Good Fish Guide ‘too harsh’, claim fishing bodies
Seafish claimed the guide ignored progress being made to improve UK fisheries
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Comment & OpinionM&S’s ‘everyday essentials’ price cuts could go a long way to boost its competitiveness
The price cuts mean an M&S loaf of bread now costs the same as its equivalent in Sainsbury’s and Tesco, and is only 1p more expensive than Morrisons and Asda.
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Comment & OpinionWar in Ukraine requires us to think differently to safeguard agriculture
Farmers and growers must have confidence their outlays will be repaid, says Terry Jones, NFU director general
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NewsRapid grocer Zapp launches advertising platform for supplier brands
Zapp Media Services will also work with brands on product trials and Zapp-first exclusive product launches