All The Grocer articles in 23 September 2017 – Page 2
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Comment & OpinionCelebrity vegans will boost diet popularity – but beware the whitewash
News that racing driver Lewis Hamilton has converted to veganism may have met with ridicule in some quarters, but he is part of a growing trend that appeals to those seeking a more healthy lifestyle
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NewsMorrisons apple supplier increases efficiency with help of bank loan
A Worcestershire-based supplier of apples to Morrisons has purchased new machinery for its facility using an £80,000 bank loan.
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NewsKK Fine Foods to invest in jobs and growth after acquisition by Belgian ready meal firm
Fast growing chilled and frozen ready meal supplier KK Fine Foods expects to double turnover and create 200 jobs after the sale of a 90% majority stake to a Belgian firm.
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NewsPret to open third veggie store in London
Stores in Soho and Shoreditch are attracting meat-eaters as well as vegetarians
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NewsCity snapshot: Ocado boosts sales in Q3 but order size shrinks
Ocado has recorded double-digit increases in revenues in its third quarter but the size of the average customer order continued to shrink. Plus, Kantar and Nielsen reveal that the supermarkets recorded another month of growth; PureCircle full-year profits tumble; Reckitt Benckiser appoints a new chairman; and Eagle Eye shortens annual losses as revenues soar
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NewsMedia Bites 19 September: P&G, Finsbury Food, Dairy Crest
The boardroom struggle for power at P&G continues to generate headlines, with results from Finsbury and Dairy Crest also in focus.
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Category ReportPDF: The Dairymen 2017
Grocer members can now download the PDF version of our annual supplement The Dairymen
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NewsPiccolo to donate 100,000 baby meals to families in need
The One to One initiative will see one babyfood pouch donated for each one sold, costing the startup c£250,000
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NewsTesco, Aldi and Asda accused of exploiting Bangladeshi workers
A Mail on Sunday investigation claimed workers received as little as 25p an hour in a factor producing Aldi clothing
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NewsHeinz makes its can the star in £4m TV soup push
The new 20-second clip replaces last year’s Love Soup commercial
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NewsWhitby Seafoods boosted by £10m sales increase
The scampi specialist credits its strong growth during 2016 to new business wins
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NewsOcado to invest extra £2m in robot-powered Andover site
Fulfilment centre will process 65,000 orders a week once at full capacity
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NewsFirst Milk announces 30 job losses at two creameries
The proposed job cuts follow a review of First Milk’s manufacturing sites by new operations director Mark Robertson
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury’s Snapchat venture is a smart way to target younger shoppers
Remember the days when Snapchat was dismissed as an app for illicit affairs?
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NewsHeineken shareholder FEMSA announces €2.5bn share sale
Mexican Coca-Cola bottler FEMSA has announced it has reduced its shareholding in Heineken by selling stock worth €2.5bn and representing 5.2% of the brewer’s shares.
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NewsCompanies urged to follow Tesco's lead in publishing food waste figures
An alliance of experts including Wrap have warned failure to publish makes it “impossible” to measure success
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NewsCity snapshot: Losses widen at Science in Sport on investment in ecommerce and exports
Losses have widened significantly at Science in Sport in the first half as the listed sports nutrition business invested in ecommerce and international growth.
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NewsMedia Bites 20 September: Ocado, Kantar/Nielsen, P&G, Reckitt Benckiser, Müller
Ocado’s third quarter trading update was in focus in today’s papers, alongside the latest market share data from Kantar and Nielsen.
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NewsNisa names trucks after a schoolgirl and a lorry superfan
Eleven-year-old Brooke McKenna and lorry enthusiast Mark Usher are the latest winners of the symbol group’s competition
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NewsChoc Nibbles maker Sweetdreams invests in new factory to feed rapid growth
Chocolatier Sweetdreams has invested £500,000 in a new factory to boost capacity, develop new products and create jobs.