All The Grocer articles in 26 August 2017
Previous issues.
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Analysis and Features
Jesús Lorente no miracle worker for Asda
Lorente’s Asda departure reveals Roger Burnley’s decisive side
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Comment and Opinion
The Grocer Own Label Awards: how a winner is born
There are quips, sighs, giggles, and a fair amount of bickering
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Comment and Opinion
Eat Natural launches Granooolala high-protein granola
Rolling out in early September, the premium NPD contains between 15.1g and 16.7g of protein per 100g
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Charley Nightingale, Tesco
Charley was right at the frontline when the fipronil scandal hit. She talks about how she managed the situation, why she loves working in food - and how she got her dream job despite missing out on a place on the Tesco graduate scheme
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Analysis and Features
Is chlorinated chicken the tip of the Brexit iceberg?
As post-Brexit Britain seeks new global trade deals, could our new food safety standards be worlds apart?
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Comment and Opinion
Supermarket X saga is like something out of a breathless spy novel
A cautionary tale for public health bodies… and supermarket CEOs
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Category Report
Will an ageing nation recharge sales? Batteries report 2017
Could the boom in at-home medical devices such as blood pressure and glucose monitors boost flattening battery sales?
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News
Soft fruit industry demands seasonal worker scheme
Fruit growers report that in some areas up to 20% of seasonal workers have left farms and gone home
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News
Carling customers kept in dark over savings on abv cut
Carling didn’t change the labels to prevent its customers from “demanding a slice”, owners Molson Coors told a tax tribunal at London’s Royal Courts of Justice
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Feature Synopsis
Focus On Confectionery: 30 September
Confectionery is under fire from all sides, how this affecting sales? How are retailers and manufacturers responding?
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Analysis and Features
Are those green shoots at Asda or is it all inflation?
There are encouraging signs of improvement for Asda under CEO Sean Clarke, but the patient is still in recovery
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News
McDonald's to end antibiotics use in its global chicken supply
The chain is to no longer source chickens treated with antibiotics defined by the WHO as ‘important to human medicine’….
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News
Weak pound pushes down Duerr's profits
Profits have slid almost 20% at conserve maker Duerr’s as the weak pound and low sector growth hit the business
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News
Simply Fresh enters 'foodvenience' with Little Fresh fascia
There are three stores open so far and the group plans to roll out at least a further seven
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News
Holland & Barrett opens Crussh 'fit food' bar in London
The concession launched on Tuesday with a menu of healthy food, ‘super smoothies’ and a full ‘smart’ coffee menu
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News
$11bn wiped from supermarket and food & drink shares as Amazon fires gun on price war
More than $11bn (£8.6bn) has been wiped off the value of the world’s largest supermarkets and food and drink manufacturers
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News
Molson Coors outperforms UK beer market
Carling brewer Molson Coors has outperformed the UK beer market after growing domestic sales 3.1% to £1.35bn last year
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News
Yorkshire dragons fuel Masons growth plans
Masons Yorkshire Gin has agreed a £300,000 investment from two well-known Yorkshire food and drink entrepreneurs
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News
City snapshot: Amazon fires the gun on Whole Foods price war
Amazon has signalled the start of a grocery price war to start on Monday once its $13.7bn (£10.7bn takeover of Whole Foods completes.
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News
Mars cuts raft of Uncle Ben's ambient meals
At least 13 ambient meal SKUs have been culled by the fmcg giant