All The Grocer articles in 31 October 2020
Previous issues.
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NewsCity snapshot: Greggs to cut jobs as sales remain well below pre-coronavirus levels
Greggs has confirmed it will cut staff numbers as its level of custom will remain “below normal for the foreseeable future” as sales remain well down year-on-year. Plus, Hotel Chocolat falls to annual loss, B&M’s sales surge continues and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 30 Sep: Asda, Greggs, B&M
The investors hoping to gain control of Asda are being called on to guarantee the jobs of its 147,000 staff
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NewsCity Snapshot: Shop prices continue to fall as food inflation eases
Shop prices fell by 1.6% in September as retailers cut prices to encourage spending and food price inflation continues to ease. Plus, trading at Compass Group improves as establishments reopen and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsCompass Group performance improves as customers reopen
Catering giant Compass Group’s performance improved towards the end of its financial year, but organic revenues remain down 36% in its fourth quarter.
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NewsRetail industry leaders demand committee inquiry into violence against shopworkers
Industry bodies are calling for action to tackle the tens of thousands of acts of violence against shopworkers every year
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NewsCity snapshot: Britvic sells three French bottling facilities to Refresco
Britvic has confirmed this morning it has completed the sale of its juice assets in France to European bottling giant Refresco.
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Comment & OpinionIceland’s plastic footprint call highlights worryingly inconsistent reporting in retail
Iceland was right to call on businesses to publish their plastic footprints. But the issue here is one of consistency, rather than transparency
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NewsMedia Bites 2 October: Ocado, Tesco, PepsiCo
Ocado’s strategy of selling its grocery knowhow worldwide is under threat after a Norwegian rival claimed it has copied its technology and infringed its patents
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NewsCity snapshot: UK food and drink exports fall for first time since 2015
Food and drink exports have fallen for the first time since 2015 as a result of coronavirus disruption, an FDF report has shown.
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Category ReportThe perfect storm: winter remedies category report 2020
Over-the-counter drug stocks were hit hard by Covid. What’s being done to ensure they’re not wiped out by the second wave?
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NewsVevolution to set up investment platform for plant-based startups
An investment platform bringing together plant-based entrepreneurs and angel investors will launch next month, with a £100k investment prize for startups in the space.
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NewsGrenade sales surge past £50m on 37% annual growth
Sports nutrition player Grenade continued its stellar sales growth last year, although profits fell back a fifth as it invested in growth.
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NewsFDF report reveals effect of pandemic on food & drink exports
Year-on-year exports fell by 13.8% to £9.7bn in the first half of 2020
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News@Pizza raises £1m to launch restaurants and drive-thrus
The business will use the funding to fit out shipping containers to replicate its two bricks & mortar restaurants in Birmingham and Edinburgh
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NewsMedia Bites 5 Oct: Asda, Waitrose/Ocado, Hovis
The papers this weekend have plenty of reactions to Asda being “back in British hands” after the £6.8bn deal was announced on Friday.
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NewsCity Snapshot: Profits slump at Greencore but demand for food-to-go returning
Profits have slumped 40% at Greencore as the coronavirus crisis pushed up costs and saw revenues nosedive, but food-to-go demand started to return in the fourth quarter. And Italian food group Newlat Food has proposed an acquisition of bread maker Hovis.
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NewsAround Noon expands into healthy ready meals with Simply Fit Food deal
Northern Irish food-to-go supplier Around Noon has acquired healthy ready meal maker Simply Fit Food in attempt to diversify its offering after the coronavirus pandemic hit the sandwich market.
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NewsCrowdcube and Seedrs to merge in crowdfunding consolidation
Crowdfunding platforms Crowdcube and Seedrs have agreed a merger, creating one of the world’s largest private equity marketplaces
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NewsItalian food group Newlat enters £100m race for Hovis
Listed Italian food group Newlat Food has confirmed to the stock market it has made an offer to buy UK bakery brand Hovis
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NewsMedia Bites 6 October: Ferrero/Fox’s Biscuits, Hovis, Greencore
Italian confectionery giant Ferrero could announce a £250m deal for Britain’s Fox’s Biscuits as soon as this week