All The Grocer articles in 25 January 2025 – Page 5
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NewsKrishnan Guru-Murthy to host the Convenience Awards 2025
The Convenience Awards 2025 will take place on 19 March at the Victoria Warehouse
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NewsJJ Foodservice looking for acquisitions as it charts new growth plan
The wholesaler is looking for businesses of any size, with turnover between £8m and £80m
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NewsSeasonal workers to protest outside Home Office over conditions
The protest will be staged by farmhands who came to the UK in 2023 as part of the government’s Seasonal Worker scheme
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NewsUK helps Ukraine track stolen grains from Russia-occupied regions
The new Grain Verification Scheme will help Ukraine trace agricultural goods stolen by Russia and sold internationally
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NewsSupermarkets accuse MPs of ignoring DRS fears as Tories withdraw support
MPs last night voted in favour of legislation to introduce a DRS in England and Northern Ireland from October 2027
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NewsWaitrose brings back free coffee offer in latest loyalty scheme shake-up
My Waitrose members will now be able to claim a free coffee without needing to buy other items
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NewsTesco, Lidl, Co-op and Aldi call for ‘pause’ on ‘Family Farm Tax’
Tesco CCO Ashwin Prasad said the retailer wanted a halt in the rollout of inheritance tax reforms and was calling for a long-term government vision for farming
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Comment & OpinionFarm assurance schemes are a powerful elixir for ‘Brand Britain’
Recognising the importance of farmers and their support frameworks future-proofs the UK on health, economic and environmental fronts, says Harvey Choat, MD of Nexus
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Frozen Food: 22 February
Frozen food is breaking out of the freezer aisles, with growing numbers of retailers integrating freezers into chilled and ambient aisles. What impact is this having on sales?
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NewsGermany’s Formo raises €35m to scale up lab-made cheese
This latest round of funding brings Formo’s total financing to over €135m.
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Cooking Sauces & Meal Kits: 22 February
Cooking sauces are having their time in the sun. Sales have grown by 5.4% on volumes up 0.5% as Brits have cut back on eating out and sought more adventurous quick meals to cook at home…
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NewsSolar-powered refrigeration unit company Sunswap opens own manufacturing facility
The Leatherhead facility will create 75 jobs
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NewsCompetition watchdog chair replaced by ex-Amazon boss
The competition watchdog failed to convince ministers it was sufficiently focused on growth
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Ice Cream: 15 February
What’s in store for the coming year from the UK’s ice cream players? And with the country’s biggest brands about to be demerged from its parent company, is the category about to have its ‘Wonka’ moment?
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Bottled Water: 15 February
Booming bottled water sales mean growing use of single-use plastic, which environmental NGOs want banned. How is the category responding to concern about the toll it takes on the planet?
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NewsBrewDog founder James Watt launches Dragons’ Den-style reality TV show
The £2m prize was ’the largest in UK television history’, Watt claimed
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NewsHaleon names Jo Cooper as new general manager for UK & Ireland
She was previously the supplier’s head of commercial excellence for Europe, Middle East, Africa & Latin America
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NewsShoppers failing on 5 a day while half won’t experiment with new fruit and veg: Riverford
Over three-quarters (77%) of people polled by Riverford admitted they don’t eat the recommended five pieces of fruit and veg a day
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NewsWH Smith launches retail media network with SMG
It claims it is the first travel-focused, in-store retail media network in North America
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NewsMedia Bites 22 January: Waitrose, CMA, BrewDog, Premier Foods
Today’s press continued to be dominated by coverage of the early stages on the latest Donald Trump US presidency and the speculation around what impact he will have on the global economy