All The Grocer articles in 16 March 2013 – Page 2
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NewsGovernment: 'Compelling' case prompted booze pricing U-turn
The government has revealed its U-turn on minimum alcohol pricing was sparked by a “compelling” case the policy could punish hard-up responsible drinkers.
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NewsFletchers Bakeries opens £7m facility in Sheffield
Fletchers Group of Bakeries has unveiled a brand new £7m production facility in Sheffield.
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NewsMeat buyers get choose-your-own-cut smartphone app
Eblex has developed a new app for iPhone and Android that makes it easier for meat buyers in retailers and food service companies to order specific meat cuts from their suppliers.
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NewsDunbia buys G Wood & Sons to bolster Midlands supply chain
Dunbia is powering up its supply capacity with the acquisition of Nottinghamshire processor company G Wood & Sons.Mansfield-based Wood has an abattoir in close proximity to one of the most productive pig-producing regions in the UK.The purchase would complete Dunbia’s pork supply chain in the Midlands as it already had ...
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NewsCAP reforms leave farmers and green groups at loggerheads
Farming bodies and environmental groups are still divided after yesterday’s key vote over the future of the Common Agricultural Policy.
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NewsM&S goes back to the past with Lumper potato for St Patrick’s Day
M&S has introduced the Lumper potato, which predates the Irish famine of the 1840s, to stores ahead of St Patrick’s Day.
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NewsDrivers could pay more at the pump to meet targets on biofuel
Adding corn ethanol to petrol to meet EU environmental obligations will cost more at the pump than biodiesel produced from waste cooking oils or tallow, a report has found.
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NewsPortas cash for high streets remains unspent
A large proportion of the funding intended to revitalise British high streets has either not been spent at all, or frittered away, an investigation has found.
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NewsHorsemeat: Processor knew of contamination last summer
An explosive new report has claimed the Irish meat processor that supplied horsemeat into Birds Eye spaghetti Bolognese and lasagne knew last summer that some product it had sourced from Poland contained horse.
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Analysis & FeaturesEaster egg promos down as novelties hog the limelight
Retailers and confectionery suppliers have been shelling out on far fewer Easter promotions this year…
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Analysis & FeaturesThe infinite variety of high street retail?
The success of the variety discounters is buoying up this year’s ranking of the UK’s Top 50 independents…
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News10 burning questions for Morrisons: CEO Dalton Philips responds
Last week we posed 10 burning questions for Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips ahead of its annual results. Here he responds on what the supermarket plans to do next.
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NewsHorsemeat: Aldi pulls Oakhurst frozen meatloaf
Aldi has withdrawn a meatloaf after testing positive for horsemeat.
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NewsSainsbury’s seeks future managers with 400 new apprenticeships
Sainsbury’s is to create 400 apprenticeship places over the next year through a new scheme designed to train and develop managers of the future.
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NewsHorsemeat: Lidl withdraws chilli as precautionary measure
Lidl has taken the ‘precautionary measure’ of removing a range of beef chilli con carne from its UK stores after the product’s…
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Category ReportFocus on ice cream
Ice cream has a new hero: super-indulgent handheld treats. But can the category return to volume growth in 2013 by going posh?
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NewsNectar appoints Will Shuckburgh UK MD
Will Shuckburgh has been named the new MD of loyalty programme Nectar UK, which is used by companies including Sainsbury’s, Homebase and British Gas.
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Grocer 33Tesco Extra Ryde, Isle of Wight
The store was originally 44,000 sq ft but five years ago a new 80,000 sq ft store was built to give us extra non-food spac…
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NewsDon’t tax our roast! campaign garners 50,000 signatures
Campaigners against VAT on rotisserie chicken delivered a petition of over 50,000 signatures to The Treasury this week.
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NewsBooze industry implores Osborne to get off the escalator as sales fall
The wine and spirit industry has urged the chancellor to rethink the alcohol duty escalator in next week’s Budget, as a market report shows that shoppers are cutting back on wine and spirits.