All The Grocer articles in 4 October 2014 – Page 4
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Comment and Opinion
Supermarkets have forgotten their shoppers
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons are suffering severe downturns in trade and are rushing to blame the discounters…
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Comment and Opinion
Tesco is not a basket case, says Kevin Hawkins
“When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions,” according to Shakespeare…
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News
How Morrisons’ Match & More scheme works: video
Morrisons today unveiled its Match & More loyalty card scheme, which will match prices not only with the other big four supermarkets, but with Aldi and Lidl too.
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News
Morrisons loyalty scheme to match Aldi and Lidl on price
Morrisons has become the first UK supermarket to price match against the discounters.
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News
MSC ‘raises the bar’ with new sustainable fishing standard
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has unveiled a revamped standard for sustainable fishing, which it claims will “raise the bar”.
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Analysis and Features
Yorkshire Provender Meal Pot: acid test
Yorkshire Provender first rolled out meal pots over a year ago under sub-brand Incredibles,…
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Analysis and Features
Tesco Cheese Twists: Acid Test
Making an impact on shelf in the crowded biscuits and crackers aisle isn’t easy…
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News
Lidl unveils ‘50p challenge’ in riposte to Sainsbury’s
Lidl has responded to Sainsbury’s infamous ‘50p challenge’ poster earlier this week with a 50p challenge of its own.
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News
Asda banana pricing in Facebook storm
Asda has come under fire on social media after a video claimed to show the retailer over-charging for pre-bagged bananas…
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News
PayPoint to sell vouchers for video game downloads
PayPoint is introducing a scheme this month allowing customers to pay cash for digital video game vouchers.
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Analysis and Features
Are supermarket rights issues on the way?
How fierce must the ‘perfect storm’ become before the grocers look to the equity markets to bolster their balance sheets?
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Comment and Opinion
Lewis puts his stamp on Tesco with Feet on the Floor
Dave Lewis is wasting little time putting his personal stamp on Tesco, despite the turmoil caused by its £250m black hole
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Comment and Opinion
Tesco’s ‘Feet on the Floor’ plan is a positive step
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis has told HQ staff to reconnect with what’s happening on the shop floor. It’s about time, says Catherine Shuttleworth, of Savvy Marketing.
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Analysis and Features
10 things you need to know about... hot beverages
Coffee pods are steaming ahead, while green teas and fruit-flavoured teas are hotting up, leaving standard tea to go cold. The latest in our series of digital features…
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Analysis and Features
Coffee pods have the power as rivals vie for dominance
The coffee capsule war fuelled by Nestlé’s ageing intellectual property rights and Dualit’s victory have sparked a market free-for-all
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Analysis and Features
Green, fruit and herbal tea sales steam towards the £100m mark
The traditional cuppa is in hot water. Increasingly adventurous and health conscious Brits are ditching standard black tea in favour of fruitier, herbal and greener offerings.
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Analysis and Features
Hot beverages ad spend climbs 15.9%
It’s no surprise it’s the coffee brands that have increased ad spend the most in the past year, after the coffee pod market opened up.
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Analysis and Features
Instant coffee goes super-premium in hunt for growth
When it comes to instant coffee, premiumisation is so last year. It’s super premiumisation driving sales in a category striving to compete with the meteoric rise of pods and at-home coffee machines.
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Analysis and Features
More tea, barman? Posh brands turn boozy
Black tea porter, chai infused ale and alcoholic ice tea are among the alcoholic teas to have hit the market in 2014…
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Analysis and Features
Nescafé tops our social list... in a wheelbarrow
A granddad pushing a grandma around in a wheelbarrow helped Nescafé reach more people on Facebook than any other hot beverage brand this summer