All The Grocer articles in 16 January 2021
Previous issues.
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Range PreviewRange preview: Ocado Easter 2021
Thanks to the pandemic, this year more than ever it’s looking like shoppers’ Easter baskets will be filled online. Here our pick of what Ocado will be stocking for Easter
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NewsCovid puts an end to strong growth at Trewithen Dairy
Latest accounts for parent company Cornish Farm Dairy, for the year ended 30 April 2020, showed revenues declined 6% to £52.1m as the first national lockdown led to a collapse of its foodservice, hospitality and tourism business at the tail end of the accounting period.
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NewsBurleighs Gin raises £250k to support new product launches
The Leicestershire brand, which produces a core range of four London dry gins, secured the investment from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund
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NewsCity snapshot: SSP Group launches £475m rights issue as it readies for slow Covid recovery
Upper Crust owner SSP Group is planning to raise £475m from shareholders in a rights issue to strengthen the balance sheet and prepare for a recovery from the coronavirus pandemic as lockdown restrictions begin to lift. Plus, Dutch dairy company FrieslandCampina agrees jv with Egyptian cheese maker to focus on the exports to Africa and the Middle East. And Science in Sport reports full-year results.
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Comment and OpinionThorntons must rely on more than nostalgia to recover from Covid closures
The 110-year-old brand yesterday joined the depressingly long list of big names calling time on bricks and mortar to focus entirely online
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NewsMedia Bites 16 March: Thorntons, Iceland, Danone, Deliveroo
The decision by Thorntons to close all 61 of its physical stores after suffering through the Covid pandemic is covered by the papers this morning.
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NewsFarmer Connect raises $9m to meet surging supply chain demand
The investment would be used to capitalise on demand for sustainable, inclusive and efficient agriculture supply chains
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NewsThorntons to permanently close all stores to focus online
Chocolatier Thorntons is set to disappear from the high street following a decision to close down its remaining network of 61 stores, putting more than 600 jobs at risk.
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NewsUlrick & Short snapped up by Swedish investment house Novax
Based in Yorkshire, Ulrick & Short supplies food manufacturers with a wide range of clean label and plant-based ingredients.
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Profiles and QandAsMy food & drink job: Eve Crump, category development manager, Pladis
Law graduate Eve chose to switch career paths and apply for a role at Pladis
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Range PreviewRange preview: Asda Veganuary 2021
Here’s are the latest meat, egg and dairy-free products landing on Asda shelves this month
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Profiles and QandAsMy food & drink job: Beth George, brand manager, Kerry Foods
Beth’s role at Kerry Foods focuses on driving growth of the Fridge Raiders brand
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Analysis and FeaturesFive healthier food & drink products swapping sugar for fruit
To mark Sugar Awareness Week, we highlight five products using fruit as a healthier alternative
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NewsGroceryAid to host diversity and inclusion event in October
D&I in Grocery Live will take place on 14 October at Wembley Stadium
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Comment and OpinionBrexit won't change Ireland's commitment to the UK food and drink market
Brexit brings plenty of challenges, but Ireland’s commitment to supplying the highest-quality, sustainable food and drink to the UK will not change, says Bord Bia’s Tara McCarthy
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Comment and OpinionTesco M&A might sound like a wild prediction, but supermarkets are in play for all sorts
If anyone had predicted last January that Tesco would grow at double Aldi’s rate in 2020 you would have laughed
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NewsM&S to bolster free school meal vouchers with extra £5
The additional funds are designed to feed two children rather than the one the vouchers are catered towards, as well as to cover both breakfast and lunch
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My Alternative CVEileen Greene, Mooncup, on Madonna, swifts and Vivienne Westwood
My first job? Stacking shelves after school at my local SuperValu
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NewsGiles Brook makes way for Tim Rees at Vita Coco UK & Europe helm
UK MD Tim Rees has expanded his responsibilities to include the whole of the EMEA region
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Comment and OpinionGo Ahead goes easy as it pours scorn on health trends
Go Ahead’s new ads simultaneously poke fun at health trends, while attempting to promote healthier eating