All The Grocer articles in 27 April 2019 – Page 11
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NewsCity snapshot: Card Factory profits hit by mounting costs
Greeting cards and gifts chain Card Factory has posted flat like for like annual sales despite a “tough consumer environment” but saw profits hit by rising costs. Plus, all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Comment & OpinionFood is a public good: let's rethink how we preserve and protect it
A strong food system defines national security, says Michael Bell, executive director of the Northern Ireland Food & Drink Association
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Comment & OpinionThe not-so-Impossible Whopper: will vegan food change the law?
Progress in food tech will bring about new legal battles, says Will Arends of Marks & Clerk
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Comment & OpinionLet's collaborate for a consistent measure of shopper media
A ‘common currency’ could revitalise the category, says Matt Lee, managing director at Capture
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Analysis & FeaturesGrocer Gold Awards 2019: the finalists
After weeks scrutinising hundreds of entries across 22 categories, our expert judges have picked the final shortlist for The Grocer Gold Awards 2019
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News‘Lifestyle tea’ brand OffBlak to launch via D2C
The teas come in pyramid bags packed in colourful slimline boxes resembling premium chocolate bars
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NewsMüller's Milk & More expands fleet of electric floats to 500
The doorstep delivery service will become the UK’s largest operator of electric vehicles from next month, it claimed
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Comment & OpinionPost-Brexit trading future for UK food & drink is looking bleak
MPs will enjoy their Easter holidays having made no progress on Brexit
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Comment & OpinionGrocery sector needs to slice and sell assets to be fit for the future
Companies are reassessing assets more frequently, says David Murray, consumer products and retail transactions leader at EY
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NewsMedia Bites 17 April: Asda, Morrisons, Johnson & Johnson
Asda has been accused of planning to cut the pay of 3,000 supermarket staff, under proposed changes to employee contracts that will end paid breaks (The Guardian). Britain’s second biggest supermarket chain Asda has been accused of trying to disguise a pay cut for thousands of staff, ...
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NewsDanone first quarter sales edge up 0.8% amid volumes slide
French dairy giant Danone has posted a 0.8% like for like sales growth in the first three months of the year as performance was hampered by tough comparatives, a consumer boycott in Morocco and weaker sales volumes.
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Comment & OpinionInside Tesco: Channel 5 probes the retailer’s ups and downs
This documentary studied Tesco’s successes and failures, and asked: what next?
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NewsPrinces to roll out 50% recycled shrink-wrap packaging
Princes would help reduce the amount of plastic sent to landfill across the country by up to 1,000 tonnes, it said.
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NewsAsda brings local suppliers to the fore in dairy fixture reset
Overall, the retailer has cut the amount of dairy SKUs on sale by 16 since mid-February
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Analysis & FeaturesWatermelon vodka to ‘nitro’ cocktails: what’s coming in booze this May?
Every month The Grocer takes a deep dive into the hottest booze launches on their way to UK retailers’ shelves.
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Comment & OpinionWhy is the HFSS promo ban moving forward despite flawed evidence?
A report from the Regulatory Policy Committee has cast serious doubt on the government’s evidence behind the proposals
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NewsMeat Advisory Panel seeks to allay fears over meat cancer link
An Oxford University and Cancer Research study found the risk of bowel cancer rose 20% with each rasher of bacon eaten per day
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NewsSmirnoff unveils new lower-alcohol 'Infusions' range
It has launched with two SKUs, both 23% abv
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NewsMedia Bites 18 April: M&S, PepsiCo, Danone
Marks & Spencer has slashed prices on almost 500 of its most popular food items as it scrambles to win back customers and arrest its declining sales.
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NewsCity snapshot: Unilever’s first quarter sales beat expectations
Unilever has topped City expectations with underlying sales growth of 3.1% in the first three months of the year. Plus, Nestlé posts first quarter organic growth ahead of forecasts this morning and all the rest of the latest news from the City.