All The Grocer articles in 3 February 2018 – Page 2
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Analysis and Features
Supermarket expansion: from thin air
By selling ‘empty space’ above stores, grocers can unlock billions, boost sales, and help solve the UK housing shortage
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News
Food & drink M&A already building on value spikes of 2017
A flurry of sizeable food and drink deals in the first weeks of 2018 is building on the momentum of last year, which saw a sharp spike in values driven by mega-deals involving FTSE 100 giants Tesco, Reckitt Benckiser and Unilever.
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News
Vita kicks off funding drive to bring water-mixer vodka to UK
Vita is offering 9.68% of its equity through Crowdcube, valuing the business at £1.28m…
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News
Morrisons to scrap 1,500 roles in revamp of in-store management
The retailer insisted it was creating 1,700 new positions as part of the shakeup…
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News
Optiat’s £150k Crowdcube drive passes halfway mark in two days
The personal care startup plans to spend funds on larger production runs, R&D, and marketing and advertising
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News
FSA interviews suspects under caution as Russell Hume scandal escalates
Russell Hume meat labelling scandal ‘on new scale’ says FSA, as key personnel at the supplier expected to be interviewed in coming days
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Comment and Opinion
It’s Februdairy, but the ministry is again being outsmarted by anti-dairy activists
#Februdairy is the latest in a series of hashtags used by the industry in a bid to re-engage Generation Y, who are deserting dairy in their droves
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Grocer 33
Steaks are high as Asda outmuscles rivals again in Grocer 33
The shopping bill totals were higher this week, as the kilo of fillet steak skewered the total upwards
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Grocer 33
Top marks for service at Morrisons store
The store was “kept to a high standard” and was “clean and tidy”
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Grocer 33
Morrisons Kilmarnock: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘It is good to hear that the store still looks and feels fresh. In the past six months we had a new-look café put in’
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Analysis and Features
Chinese output cuts keep price of steel high
EU steel prices remain higher than last year due to the continuation of Chinese steel restrictions…
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News
Four in ten young adults have sustainability concerns about meat
Younger generation is concerned over environmental impact, a poll for The Grocer has revealed
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Comment and Opinion
Why not 100% recyclable plastic now, Coca-Cola?
Sir, Delphis Eco last year launched 100% recycled HDPE plastic packaging across its entire range
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Analysis and Features
Instability in producer countries hikes price of crude oil
Crude oil prices rose to almost a three-year high in January, driven by instability in a number of producing countries
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News
Bio-tiful eyes breakfast on the go with Kefir-Quark pots
The brand says the pots represent a brand new category in the market…
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News
Premier Foods names Yilmaz Erceyes as new marketing director
Premier Foods has promoted Yilmaz Erceyes to the role of UK marketing director, replacing Helen Warren-Piper…
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News
John Kitson joins Company Shop as group finance director
Kitson was previously group finance director at Symington’s
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My Alternative CV
Samuel Dennigan, Strong Roots, on hippos & Heston Blumenthal
I started as a framer in a print gallery, which stirred my interest in creative design thinking as a business tool
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Comment and Opinion
Extreme Cake Makers: in which competitive baking goes too far
Gone are the days that wonky Rice Krispie cakes were acceptable.
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Comment and Opinion
Not so fast with axing customer experience, Tesco
Sir, Tesco announced last week that it is scrapping the role of customer experience manager at its 226 largest Extra store