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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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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ProfilesAnthony 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 & OpinionCould subscription services end the weekly shop?
The subscription economy opens up a worldwide market conservatively estimated at $500bn…
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Comment & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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…