All The Grocer articles in 31 August 2019 – Page 8
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NewsAnnabel Karmel relaunches kids’ chilled ready meals range
It comes after the babyfood maker was forced to switch suppliers due to a legal spat involving rival brand Little Dish
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NewsNo-deal Brexit to cost farming sector £850m a year: report
Profitability was expected to drop by 18% within a year of a no-deal, research by consultancy Andersons suggested
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NewsCoca-Cola mulls UK launch of Indian lemonade brand Limca
The US giant has registered the 48-year-old soda’s name with the Intellectual Property Office
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Comment & OpinionTechnology can kickstart D2C success - but the product has to be good
As direct-to-consumer sales catch on, the competitive advantage of being good at tech is likely to diminish
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NewsMedia Bites 21 August: Grocery market share, Starship, Banana threat
Sainsbury’s has bounced back from the failure of its attempt to merge with Asda, latest industry figures from Kantar suggest.
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NewsManufacturing output stabilises following July slump
Manufacturing output stabilised in the three months to August, following a drop in July, the latest monthly Confederation of British Industry Industrial Trends Survey shows
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Comment & OpinionRetailers should collaborate, not compete, to cope with Brexit chaos
Discounters stand to benefit most from market disruption, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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NewsEspíritu Corsa launches three mezcals into UK market
The brand was founded by Juan Cordova, who bought a distillery in Oaxaca, Mexico, in 2010
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NewsBirds Eye launches £6m advertising push in bid to ‘double’ veg consumption
It has been described by the firm as its ‘biggest’ frozen veg marketing drive to date
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NewsUp to 50 jobs at risk as Müller mulls closure of Aberdeen depot
The move is part of the processor’s Project Darwin cost-cutting drive
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NewsGlasgow Distillery rolls out ‘city’s first’ peated single malt scotch
The dram, called 1770 Peated, is matured in first fill ex-sherry casks and finished in virgin oak
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Comment & OpinionPlant-based pups: why fake meat is the latest human trend moving into petfood
US startup Wild Earth has unveiled a high-protein, meat-free dogfood made from renewably sourced fungi
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Comment & OpinionHere’s what retailers can learn from Aldi’s venture into China
Aldi has done its homework and not been afraid to reinvent itself, says Maggie Gao, retail specialist at Emerging Communications, Shanghai
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NewsMedia Bites 22 Aug: Morrisons, Brexit Rationing, Tesco
’Foreign vultures’ could swoop on Morrisons after a share price slump and a fall in the pound left it vulnerable to a takeover
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NewsCity snapshot: Tesco threatens to ban products that use excessive packaging
Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis has pledged to ban brands that use excessive and hard to recycle packaging from its shelves. Ocado reports ‘small fire’ at its customer fulfilment centre in Erith and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsWalkers axes Tear ‘n’ Share range after dive in sales
The lineup of thicker cut crisps made its debut in early 2016
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Comment & OpinionBrand marketers must move on from claims-based culture
Fmcg brands need to better understand shoppers’ evolved needs, says Pippa Nordberg of FutureBrand
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NewsGovernment faces backlash over ‘bamboozling’ Brexit immigration move
It has said it intends to bring an end to freedom of movement on Halloween in the event of a no-deal
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NewsNorth Sea cod off the menu as stocks slump
Climate change and a failure to reduce fishing pressures on stocks are thought to be behind a collapse in numbers
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Comment & OpinionIs the compostable coffee pod already old news?
Waitrose has ditched plans for compostable pods in favour of a recyclable version. Could this be the eco-friendly future of the format?