All The Grocer articles in 30 January 2021
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Comment & OpinionWhy fmcg brands need to embrace the new era of shopper marketing
Shopper marketing should now be centred on the shopper and all the decision-making touchpoints they encounter, says Matt Lee, MD at Capture
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NewsCompanies urged to sign up to mass Covid testing to ‘keep food supplies running’
Defra is calling on companies to come forward to receive hundreds of thousands of free testing kits for staff
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NewsSalmonella risk sees four retailers recall seafood products
Chilled and frozen products from Sainsbury’s, Asda, the Co-op and Waitrose have been affected
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NewsCentral England Co-op reports 9.2% growth in festive sales
New Year’s Eve saw the biggest jump with an 11% sales hike
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Comment & OpinionBrexit port chaos is threatening to undermine impressive industry efforts on food waste
Too Good To Go’s new campaign is backed by Defra, Wrap and almost 30 food and drink suppliers, including Nestlé, Arla Foods and Danone
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NewsIceland at war with Greenpeace after it comes bottom of plastic reduction league table
Waitrose topped the table for a second successive year
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Promotional VideosBrand Success Stories: Mutti
We spoke to Francesco Mutti, fourth-generation CEO of Mutti s.p.a., to find out how it delivers the best tomato experience for consumers and why the UK is central to the company’s plans for 2021.
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NewsDhamecha Cash & Carry buys Leyton depot from TRS
The site in East London is set to become Dhamecha’s 10th cash & carry
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NewsMorrisons undercuts Aldi with cheaper vegan Valentine’s Day dine-in deal
Morrisons’ deal will cost £15 and include a starter, main, two sides, dessert and a bottle of fizz for two
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NewsSuppliers encouraged to report supermarkets via new ‘Tell the GCA’ hotline
GCA Mark White aims to tackle long-standing supplier fears around delistings
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Analysis & FeaturesHow does the government’s rapid Covid testing scheme work for businesses?
Defra is inviting all businesses in the food sector in England with more than 50 employees to register for the scheme
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NewsIncreased labour costs could make UK fruit & veg crops ‘unviable’, NFU warns
The NFU was reflecting on a new report that showed labour costs had risen by up to 50% since 2016 for some growers
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NewsDove makes hand sanitiser debut with moisturising formula
They contain an alcohol-based sanitising formula and Dove’s caring moisturising formulation
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Comment & OpinionStores deserve credit for shouldering the burden of face mask enforcement
Judging who to challenge, and how, is risky, says Dominic Watkins, head of retail, food & hospitality at global legal business DWF
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NewsNestlé to put all Smarties products into paper packaging
The move will see all Smarties products switched to packaging made from coated paper, paper labels or cartonboard
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NewsScottish salmon producers call for taskforce to solve Brexit export issues
The UK and Scottish governments have been urged to work with experts to find ways to ease border chaos
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NewsPoundland introduces ‘greeter’ role to encourage mask wearing
The greeters are tasked with asking shoppers to wear a face covering and providing a free mask if they don’t have one
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NewsSainsbury’s promotes Darren Sinclair to director of stores
Sinclair has worked at the retailer for almost 20 years and is currently a zone managing director
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Comment & OpinionIceland and Greenpeace’s spat ignores the impact of Covid on plastic
Surely the time has come for the government and stakeholders to insist on a more transparent system
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Comment & OpinionWhy the organic sector shouldn't oppose gene editing
Adopting a position of outright opposition to the technology would risk the organic sector being ridiculed, says Alex Smith, founder of Alara Wholefoods and former chair of Genetic Food Alert