All The Grocer articles in 30 November 2024
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NewsRetailers ditch Conor McGregor’s booze brands after court ruling
Proper No Twelve and Forged Irish Stout are disappearing from shelves across the UK and Ireland
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NewsFresh farm protests on Wednesday as tax row still rages
Save British Farming and Kent Fairness for Farmers will stage a rally in Dover in protest at inheritance tax changes and wider government policy
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NewsMystery solved in part two of Waitrose’s whodunnit Christmas ad
Fig the cat was seen as the prime suspect by viewers
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NewsCity snapshot: Just Eat to delist from London Stock Exchange
The move is a blow to the UK government which launched “the biggest set of reforms to listing rules in over 30 years” earlier this year to try and reinvigorate the country’s capital markets. Also, Pet at Home sales stutter amid an “unusually subdued” pet retail market
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NewsMedia Bites 27 November: loyalty pricing, John Lewis and Christmas pet treats
The competition watchdog has cleared supermarket loyalty schemes of price manipulation
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NewsSanpellegrino Zero no added sugar extension hits UK shelves
he range has rolled out into Tesco from this month
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NewsFinalists for The Convenience Awards 2025 revealed
The Convenience Awards 2025 takes place on 19 March at The Victoria Warehouse in Manchester
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NewsCompetition watchdog probe finds 92% of supermarket loyalty deals are ‘genuine’
The CMA said it had found “very little” evidence of supermarkets lifting their “usual” prices as displayed on the offers to make the deals seem more attractive
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NewsScotmid hires two new COOs to lead its retail and funeral divisions
Brian Boyle, the new retail COO, joins the Scottish Co-op society with over 30 years’ experience in the retail industry
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Comment & OpinionLabour must think twice on flexible working laws
Leaders want to embrace all aspects of D&I, but they can’t make decisions that don’t pay out, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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NewsLidl Christmas jumpers return, with 20% discount for loyalty scheme members
Lidl Plus members can get one of the discounter’s Christmas jumpers for £6.39, reduced from £7.99
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NewsSainsbury’s anti-fraud efforts causing friction at self-service tills
Shoppers are currently unable to scan reduced to clear yellow label items at Sainsbury’s self-service checkouts
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NewsMeat trade warns closure of historic Smithfield market will add cost and complexity
The site, alongside Billingsgate Fish Market, is due to close in 2028 after a City of London Corporation vote this week
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NewsSupermarkets already rethinking investment plans as business rates bill gets second reading
The proposed changes could add hundreds of millions in tax on large supermarkets
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NewsReusable packaging company Dizzie shutters but ‘reuse still works’ claims founder
The company blamed stalled adoption among grocers and an inability to attract further investment for its demise
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NewsMajority of companies bracing for commodity price increases in 2025
Rising energy costs and continued geopolitical turmoil are set to contribute to commodity price increases, experts warn
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NewsBlue Yonder ransomware attack still impacting UK supermarket supply chains
Morrisons and Sainsbury’s have deployed contingency measures to keep stock moving following Blue Yonder’s ransomware attack
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Comment & OpinionHow Nestlé, Unilever and P&G are navigating choppy fmcg waters
Innovation, volume, marketing spend, and cost savings are top of the agenda, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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NewsWelsh government u-turns on controversial compulsory farm tree-planting proposal
Proposals under the Sustainable Farming Scheme had the potential to kill off 5,500 jobs, according to the Welsh government’s own impact assessment
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NewsWH Smith set for major food ramp-up with new own labels and cafés
‘We’ve got lots of plans in the pipeline,’ WH Smith Travel MD Andrew Harrison told The Grocer