All The Grocer articles in 16 March 2019 – Page 2
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News
Tesco and Carrefour call in suppliers for Geneva crunch talks
The two supermarket chains set up a strategic alliance last summer to achieve cost savings
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Sugar tariffs set to squeeze suppliers in event of no deal
Under the UK’s temporary tariff schedule, published this week, white sugar would face a tariff of €150/tonnes
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Comment and Opinion
Will Tesco & Carrefour suppliers get the deal they're after?
Much talk in the industry this week focused on the seismic events taking place in Europe
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Bulmers Orchard Pioneers cider gets revamp and smaller bottle
Heineken felt it had ‘perhaps got the packaging wrong’ after the brand failed to gain traction
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Big four bottled water sales up as own label grabs share
In a market currently worth a total of £558.4m in take-home sales, Asda was the standout performer
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McDonald's vegan burger matches Greggs in tapping vegan trend
Data revealed McDonald’s vegan Happy Meal boosted footfall as much as Greggs’ vegan sausage roll did
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City Snapshot: Deal activity in 2018 unaffected by Brexit but value sinks
The number of food and drink deals in 2018 stayed in line with previous years despite Brexit concerns, profits slide at Wetherspoons on the back of labour costs and the rest of the news from the City
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Media Bites 15 March: Unilever, Casino, Ocado
The new boss of Unilever has shaken up its senior management and promoted one of his former rivals
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In-store marketing outperforms Snapchat ads in sales uplift
Traditional ads on gondola ends, shelves and in-store radio delivered an uplift 10 times higher than Snapchat ads…
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Feature Synopsis
Focus On Soft Drinks: 27 April
How things can change in a year. Last April, the government’s long-awaited levy on sugary soft drinks came into force.
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London chocolatier Prestat bought by coffee giant Illy Group
The luxury chocolate manufacturer has been taken over by the Italian family firm for an undisclosed sum
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Analysis and Features
D2C is a cut-throat business ... and that’s just in razors
Shaving subscriptions services are proliferating and evolving, as The Grocer’s annual conference learned
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Grocer 33
Asda wins Grocer 33 price fight by a narrow margin
Just 21p separated the top three retailers but this was largely down to the timings of promotions on the Absolut vodka
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News
Peroni makes debut in cans with slimline launch
Peroni is hoping to attract new consumers to the category with the launch…
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Plastic campaigners call for higher 'bag for life' charges
Last week Lidl announced a trial under which it will stop selling the 9p bags in 54 stores in Wales from 1 May
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Juul vaping products go into 500 Motor Fuel Group stores
MFG is Juul’s first major UK forecourt listing
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The Co-op to open franchise stores at University of Kent
The Co-op’s first campus franchise opened at Leeds University last month
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Planet Organic and Sourced Market launch vegan 'salmon' sushi
The organic food retailers have introduced the product from producer Ima
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Asda 'war on plastic' cuts out 6,500 tonnes in first year
Asda said it had reduced plastic in almost 1,000 individual product lines