All The Grocer articles in 16 November 2013
Previous issues.
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Category ReportFocus on Fish
It’s enough to send a shiver down the spine of anyone who makes a living from frozen fish. A 4.1% value decline in fish finger sales, on volumes down 4.6%.
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Category ReportFocus on World Foods
While chilled ready meals have grown gradually more adventurous and exotic, this has arguably detracted from a more fundamental, category-wide move by supermarkets to adapt better to Britain’s multicultural tastes.
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Analysis and FeaturesWhy shopper insight isn’t just for the big boys
With the multiples introducing ever more sophisticated consumer data analytics, independents are finally waking up to the need to do a bit more data crunching themselves…
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Analysis and FeaturesHow using payment apps can pay
Why should indies adopt smartphone payment systems? The bosses of Mini Checkout and PayPal Here explain the benefits of their systems.
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Comment and OpinionCaptain Jack Sparrow strikes gold at cake contest
Handsome actor Johnny Depp has long been described as ‘tasty’ by some of his more lascivious fans…
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Comment and OpinionEver been caught new-skilling a buyer? You sounded insincere
Communication skills are trainable, yes, but with any new skill it takes practice until you get proficient
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Comment and OpinionTitania guns for TNT gong as Kellogg's chooses the wrong words
“Hell’s teeth and Bolland’s blood!” This is one of the milder oaths echoing down the corridor…
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NewsPainkillers in ice cream: Tesco pulls more products as a precaution
Tesco has removed a further six products from sale as a precaution following the discovery of painkillers in its own-label chocolate & nut ice cream cones.
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NewsMatt Shepherd-Smith to run Blinkbox brand strategy
Tesco has turned to a leading advertising veteran to take charge of the brand strategy behind its rapidly expanding digital entertainment service Blinkbox.
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My Alternative CVAnthony Mills of Savanna Cider on New Zealand and Led Zeppelin
My first job was working in my parents’ sports retail store during the holidays…
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Profiles and QandAsAnthony Catterson, former management trainee, Marks & Spencer
While at college, Catterson took a part-time post at a Kwik Save store in Cheetham Hill…
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Comment and OpinionCould subscription services end the weekly shop?
The subscription economy opens up a worldwide market conservatively estimated at $500bn…
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Comment and OpinionTudor Monastery Farm: forensic, but boring
These days, farmers spend all their time moaning about supermarkets or shooting badgers while a robot milks the cows…
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Comment and OpinionThere's no end in sight for austerity
The past few years have been a story of simultaneous squeeze and squander…
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Comment and OpinionRetailers use social media to build Christmas ad buzz
Well 2013 looks set to be the year the Christmas commercials of some of our leading retailers get their ‘Superbowl Moment’…
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Analysis and FeaturesCoffee a cheaper way to be full of beans in the morning
Shoppers seeking a warm brew should wake up and smell the coffee…
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Analysis and FeaturesSmaller haricot crop unlikely to hit price of baked beans
Brits are unlikely to pay much more for baked beans despite haricot crops being far smaller than a year ago…
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NewsMorrisons in talks to roll out email receipts
Morrisons is set to become the first of the big four to launch paperless receipts…
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NewsSainsbury's Daventry distribution centre to open in 2015
Sainsbury’s is to open a new one million square foot distribution centre at Daventry International rail freight terminal…
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NewsThe Co-operative Group sets 97.6% target in availability drive
The Co-operative Group has launched a major initiative to improve availability…