All The Grocer articles in 23 August 2025 – Page 3
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NewsPasta Evangelists launches Italian-inspired breakfast menu
The menu, which is priced at £8.50 per meal, is available exclusively at Farringdon from 7am to 11am
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NewsCrediton Dairy sees turnover rise against ‘challenging’ backdrop
The drinks producer saw turnover increase by £20m to £131.3m in the year to 4 January 2025
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NewsHot weather prompts Thatchers to start earliest-ever harvest
Extensive sunshine had ‘produced apples bursting with flavour,’ said Thatchers
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NewsAllwyn starts rollout of 30,000 new National Lottery terminals following systems upgrade
The new terminals include a high-speed processor for faster transactions, a bigger and tilt-adjustable LCD screen, wireless 1D barcode and 2D code scanners, and a play slip reader
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Analysis & FeaturesBestway MD Dawood Pervez on 50 years of wholesaling
Last month, the wholesaler marked the milestone with a glittering celebration at the Royal Albert Hall
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Comment & OpinionWhat makes Poundland MD Barry Williams think the £1 concept can still work?
A pound today equates to 40p when Poundland first opened in 1990. So why is Williams still chasing the price point?
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NewsLidl agrees to steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace after tribunal finds it fell short
It comes after an employment tribunal found Lidl GB had failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent the sexual harassment of a young female employee by a staff member between 2019 and 2021
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NewsPremier Foods snaps up Merchant Gourmet for £48m
Premier Foods has snapped up premium ready-to-eat grain and pulse pouch brand Merchant Gourmet
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NewsWH Smith downgrades annual profit forecast by £30m in shock update
WH Smith has downgraded the profits for its North American division by £30m in a surprise update to the London Stock Exchange
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NewsFarm Shop & Deli Retailer Awards 2026 open for entries
Free to enter, the awards recognise top-quality retail businesses across a range of specialist and regional categories.
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NewsM&S to spend £340m on massive new automated food DC in Northamptonshire
The facility at Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal will span 1.3 million sq ft and represents M&S’s biggest supply chain investment in its history
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NewsJames Bailey steps down as Waitrose MD after five-and-a-half years
James Bailey will step down as managing director of Waitrose on 30 September after five-and-a-half years in the role
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Comment & OpinionNature knows best: ultra-processed food is bad for weight loss
Nature knows best: minimally processed foods are better for your health and – surprise, surprise – processed food is bad for your diet, says Rob Percival, head of policy, food and health at Soil Association
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ProfilesBooker’s Karen Poole on podcasts, Christmas and diversity
‘There’s nothing better than being in the development kitchens with colleagues reviewing products. You can’t taste on Teams’
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NewsMcDonald’s UK&I CEO to step down
He will leave the business at the end of September to ‘pursue other UK-based opportunities outside McDonald’s'
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NewsWH Smith shares crash 42% after ‘disastrous’ accountancy black hole
Shares have gone into freefall at WH Smith after investors reacted in horror to the shock news of a £30m black hole in its profits
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Comment & OpinionUPF and convenience foods are not the enemy of weight loss
It would appear that weight loss is still achievable with nutritionally balanced UPFs, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation
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Comment & OpinionFood innovation teams face an uphill, but vital, battle
Without our food designers we’d still be eating boiled mince and potato and drinking mead, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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NewsMeatable opens up road to lab-grown chicken and lamb with new acquisition
The takeover of Uncommon Bio’s platform has given the business an entirely new way to manufacture cultivated meat
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NewsOcado: Gen Z drinkers drive boom in boxed and canned wine
The increase was being driven by younger consumers turning to ‘more convenient and sustainable formats’, according to the retailer