All The Grocer articles in 20 December 2025
Previous issues.
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Analysis & FeaturesThe best product launches in every fmcg category for 2025
From pastry toasties to Palestinian lager and Dubai chocolate to deodorant, this is every category’s most significant product launch of 2025
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News‘Smart Food, Smart Choice’: British Lion’s new £1.5m campaign launching in 2026
The Smart Food, Smart Choice campaign will reinforce the reputation of British Lion eggs as ‘versatile, affordable, and highly nutritious with the world’s highest food safety standards’
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NewsAMS Wholesale joins The Wholesale Group as newest member
The business services the QSR sector nationally with fresh, chilled and frozen foods, as well as soft drinks and confectionery
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NewsCatfood challenger KatKin secures £37m scale-up investment
Fresh catfood brand KatKin has raised $50m (£37.4m) in equity and debt to fuel expansion in the UK
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Comment & OpinionAre UK meat sales soaring – or is someone telling porkies?
A report in The Telegraph said ‘a growing number of supermarket customers switched back to beef, lamb, pork and poultry this year while shunning meat-free options’ – but alas, this is not the case
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NewsLidl hits back at Aldi in value Christmas dinner battle
The two discounters are now once again matching on a feast for eight for £11.75
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NewsAIMS slams FSA meat inspections after meat worth £10m held by French
Exporters are facing increasingly ‘officious’ controls at Calais, according to one industry insider, who suggests they are politically driven
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NewsHain Celestial’s stock bounces after picking new CEO
Its share price was up over 4% yesterday after the announcement
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NewsStarbucks adds pistachio matcha latte to 2026 winter menu
The Pistachio Matcha Latte will be available hot or iced, topped with pistachio-flavour cold foam
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NewsDevil’s Botany unveils ‘world’s first’ homegrown wormwood vodka
The tipple offered ‘floral and herbaceous tones,’ according to the distiller
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NewsNomad Foods CMO steps down after 30 years with Birds Eye
Nomad Foods is yet to announce a replacement
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NewsMid-strength brewer Genius Brewing to enter administration
Genius Brewing co-founder Jason Clarke blamed ‘seismic shifts’ in the beer and hospitality industries
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NewsSupermarkets launch new £2m Birmingham surplus hub in King Charles’ war on food poverty
The Sir Peter Rigby Coronation Food Hub, in Gravelly Park, Birmingham, opened this week and is aiming to redistribute more than seven million meals across the West Midlands annually
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NewsTesco announces major AI partnership to overhaul retail offer
The deal with fast-growing French startup Mistral AI is part of a broader strategy to embrace AI in its retail offer
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NewsUK seals free trade deal with South Korea
The deal supersedes a previous rollover deal agreed after Brexit
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NewsFormer Greene King CFO to join Greggs board
Richard Smothers will assume the role of chair of the audit committee from 6 March 2026
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NewsAsda removes over 4,000 SKUs in simplification drive
Asda is well advanced on its ambitions to remove 5,000 SKUs from its shelves as part of an effort to simplify its shelves and supply chain
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NewsLloyds Bank picks new consumer sector lead
Promoted to MD and head of consumer after nearly a decade at the bank, she will be responsible for managing some of Lloyds’ largest client relationships
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NewsBeyond Meat launches reformulated chicken-style tenders
The tenders now have a ‘chunkier breaded coating’ which the brand said provides a crunchy bite and increased levels of fibre
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NewsM&S drinks supplier Hydrate Drinks rescued by directors following collapse
Formerly known as Happy Drinks before changing its name to Hydrate earlier this year, the business appointed insolvency firm Begbies Traynor as administrator on 1 December 2025