All The Grocer articles in 19 April 2025
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NewsCrave expands snacking offer with gluten-free and vegan pink wafer biscuit
Crave Pink Cheetah Wafers will land in 480 Sainsbury’s stores from 19 April
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Grocer 33Asda cheapest but not by Allan Leighton’s targeted margin
Asda is not yet hitting executive chairman Allan Leighton’s ambition to go 5%-10% cheaper than its main supermarket rivals
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Grocer 33Large Tesco in Chesterfield offers our shopper ‘everything you need’
Our mystery shopper was impressed with the staff at Tesco Chesterfield
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Grocer 33Tesco Chesterfield: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We’re a very large home shopping store, and about 20% of the colleagues are part of that, either as drivers or personal shoppers’
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Analysis & FeaturesHormone-treated beef explained: is it a problem or a solution?
The US president claims his tariffs are designed to stimulate negotiation. So is hormone-treated beef likely to form part of an oven-ready trade deal?
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NewsWildfarmed and Tribe team up for ‘UK-first’ regeneratively farmed oat bar
The bar was ‘a great-tasting, nature-friendly option for everyday fuel’, said Wildfarmed
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Bread & Baked Goods: 10 May
As sourdough bread sales continue to rise, supermarket products are coming under growing scrutiny. Why?
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NewsXoxo Soda seals £4m investment on eve of major UK retail push
Xoxo launched in Co-op this month
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NewsMedia Bites 14 April: ‘profound’ tariff impact, junk food ads, cocoa-free chocs
Trump’s tariffs prompt ’profound’ response from Chancellor Rachel Reeves, and cocoa-free chocolate gets interrogated and tasted.
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NewsCity snapshot: Distil defies tariffs to bring vodka back to US
Donald Trump’s current tariffs are manageable, according to Distil, with a benefit across the supply chain should they be lifted
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NewsTomatin eyes retail growth with Double Cask whisky launch
The non-age statement single malt has been developed with supermarket customers in mind
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NewsCheeky Panda unveils bamboo-based period care products
The pads and liners are billed as an ’effective and sustainable alternative’ to traditional period products
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NewsEntries open for The Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025
Winners will be revealed at a swanky lunchtime ceremony on 7 November at Wembley Stadium in London
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NewsCollapse of vertical farm Jones Food Company was ‘inevitable’, group warns
The Lydney, Gloucestershire-based business was placed into administration on 7 April, with 61 staff made redundant
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NewsWaitrose to track and trace single-use plastic packaging with Polytag
Waitrose will track plastic waste using an online portal which provides ‘live barcode-level lifecycle data’ on packaging
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NewsLidl steps up new stores push with five openings in a month
The discounter’s expansion is stepping up following a £70m sale and leaseback deal to fund new stores
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NewsRoadchef switches supply deal from Spar to Co-op Wholesale
A new multi-year contract will see Co-op Wholesale supply Roadchef’s ‘highly sought-after’ offer and own-label range to eight stores
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NewsKoko Dairy Free launches reformulated yoghurt alternatives
Koko has reduced the sugar in its plain yoghurt from 4.2g to 0.3g per 100g, simplified the ingredient list from 11 to just six, and added additional cultures
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NewsAllwyn and Snappy Shopper expand online scratchcard offer to 170 retailers
The new initiative has already generated £150,000 in sales for retailers who have continued to join a small-scale trial since last summer
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NewsVegan Food Group to bring bestselling vegan eggs in US to Europe
Vegan Food Group is pumping £5m into bringing the product to Europe as part of a partnership with food tech unicorn, Eat Just





