All The Grocer articles in 27 June 2026
Previous issues.
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NewsUK retail parks ‘effectively full’ after Aldi and Lidl expansion
The vacancy rate stands at just 1.8% once obsolete units and those empty for more than three years are excluded, according to Savills
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NewsSuncare sales rise 10% as SPF becomes year-round essential
New data from Circana shows rise in retail sales from chemists and health and beauty retailers
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NewsAsda shakes up leadership team after Liz Evans steps down
Asda is using Liz Evans’ departure to ’reshape responsibilities’ within its senior executive team
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NewsOmni secures £11m investment to back ‘Ozempic for dogs’ launch
Pet nutrition specialist Omni has raised £11m as the business aims to disrupt the category with products targeted at tackling obesity and food allergies in dogs
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NewsLincolnshire Co-op consults staff over redundancies amid rising costs
Lincolnshire Co-op said it was making changes to the way the business operates as it navigated rising costs
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Comment & OpinionWhat will Starmer’s resignation mean for food, farming and retail?
Starmer’s pre-election promise that he would listen to business concerns and ensure ‘food security is national security’ came to very little when the already struggling food sector needed real help
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NewsMyota raises $4.5m to supply clinically backed fibre blends to F&B industry
The Series A round, led by VC firm PeakBridge, will be used to fund a dedicated B2B sales operation in the US and Europe, support the rapidly scaling DTC business and extend the company’s clinical research
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NewsAsda and Aldi the two worst-performing supermarkets for sales growth
Asda was the only supermarket to suffer a sales decline in Worldpanel’s latest data, while Aldi put in the weakest growth
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NewsHeineken appoints JDE Peet’s boss as chief executive
The new hire is currently the boss of coffee giant JDE Peet’s and was set to lead the Global Coffee Co spin-off stemming from the group’s acquisition by Keurig Dr Pepper
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Category ReportShoppers embrace new formats and flavours in cheese
An explosion of flavour and format innovations can currently be found not in the confectionery aisle but in the cheese fixture
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NewsTesco joins forces with Waitrose and B&Q for Dunnhumby-led retail media pilot
The retailers – as part of the newly formed ‘Dunnhumby network alliance’ – will launch the pilots in the coming weeks
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NewsForeign investment into UK consumer sector tightens
Levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the UK consumer sector tightened in 2025, as the number of investment projects fell from 16 to 12
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Comment & OpinionWhy has the government still not delivered its energy drinks ban?
Why have minsters failed to deliver on a promise made two years ago, asks Bite Back campaigner Alice
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NewsWaitrose to extend on-demand deliveries for rest of World Cup
The expanded hours will be available from more than 50 stores across England and Scotland
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NewsSmacks Burgers & Hot Chicken surpasses crowdfunding goal by 824%
The crowdfunding campaign has surpassed the initial £200,010 target by 824%
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NewsPoppi UK launch accelerates pre and probiotic soda sales boom
Existing pre and probiotic sodas have grown value by almost 350% year on year, with new launch Poppi adding £8.5m in retail sales value to the category
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NewsAsda expands Deliveroo partnership to more than 850 stores
It increases the partnership between the pair by more than 50%, with new locations including Darlington, Yeovil, St Austell, Harrogate and Barry
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NewsSysco extends partnership with Natasha’s Foundation for three years
The extended partnership builds on three years of collaboration between the foodservice giant and the food allergy charity
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NewsHeatwave set to drive second supermarket sales bump of 2026
Total till sales at UK supermarkets rose by 4.6% year on year in the four weeks ending 13 June, ‘primarily driven by’ the heatwave in the last two weeks of May
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NewsBacardí takes full ownership of Teeling Whiskey
It comes almost a decade after Bacardí took a minority stake in the business.