All The Grocer articles in 4 August 2018
Previous issues.
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Comment and OpinionDon't wait to protect assets as Nestlé has with Kit Kat
What has made this feud particularly interesting is the complexity of the trademarking issue
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Feature SynopsisFocus on spirits: 15 September
Whisky is back on top. Having been briefly overtaken by vodka last year, blended whisky has reclaimed the title of number one spirit with a 4.5% rise in value to £805m
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Grocer 33First win of the Grocer 33 year for Tesco thanks to promos
Tesco was £1.34 cheaper than Morrisons, both of which had a key deal on vodka
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NewsAB InBev unveils fund for startups tackling sustainability
Successful applicants will be announced in September during the UN’s climate week
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NewsKraft Heinz shares jump as condiments and sauces drive European growth
Kraft Heinz shares jumped 8% after booming sales outside of North America helped it record second quarter top-line growth.
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Comment and OpinionOrganic is success story for the canned category
In answer to the question ‘is canned ready for an organic market?’, the Soil Association would say, emphatically, yes!…
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Analysis and FeaturesVaping: how will US brand Juul fare in the UK market?
Juul is cool. And unusually for an fmcg product, that’s a problem
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NewsHeineken drops 5% after Brazil expansion hits margins
Heineken’s expansion in Brazil took the fizz out of its growth in the first half of 2018, meanwhile AG Barr shrugged off a ‘volatile’ period by delivering 5% sales growth
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NewsMondelez unveils new Joyfills range of cream-filled biscuits
Four variants will be backed from the end of August by a £4m push
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Category ReportBargain hunt: poultry category report 2018
High-profile controversy has done nothing to dampen shopper appetite for value-for-money protein
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NewsBrits pay more for fruit & veg as extreme weather impact hits
The combined impact of the cold spring and heatwave has driven up food price inflation
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Comment and OpinionTrust the Tractor? The evidence is not exactly reassuring
Time after time trust in the Red Tractor scheme is being eroded
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NewsAntibiotic use in agriculture sees continued decline
The game bird sector reduced antibiotic use by 36% in 2017 amid other drops in usage across poultry and pigs
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Category ReportSunny side up: Breakfast category report 2018
The breakfast category has bounced back from two years of decline, with shoppers shelling out an additional £10m on the first meal of the day
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Comment and OpinionWill consumers abandon gum if they know it contains plastic?
If Iceland is to believed, 85% of people don’t know gum is made from synthetic polymers and plasticisers
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NewsKerrygold faces lawsuit over claims its cows are grass-fed
Californian Dyami Myers-Taylor has a filed a suit alleging its cows are also fed corn, soya and GM feeds
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NewsFood & drink M&A activity on the rise despite Brexit concerns
Recorded deals for the second quarter of 2018 were 28% higher than the first quarter
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NewsAldi to support British family farms alongside charity
It will support the charity’s flagship Farm Resilience Programme, set up in July 2016
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Analysis and FeaturesAfter a series of breaches, can Red Tractor be trusted again?
Red Tractor CEO Jim Moseley’s bullish call for the government not to “reinvent the assurance wheel”, will no doubt be ringing in his ears this week after the scheme hit the headlines - and not for the first time this year - for all the wrong reasons
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NewsSupers and c-stores grow share in food-to-go
The MCA UK Eating Out report showed supermarkets and c-stores now hold a 14% share of all out-of-home eating occasions