All The Grocer articles in 6 January 2018 – Page 6
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NewsPoundland shrugs off scandal to deliver successful Christmas
Discounter reported a like-for-like sales increase of 5.6% for the 12 weeks to 24 December…
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NewsCo-op 'doubled sales growth' over Christmas
It had been the group’s “best Christmas ever”, CEO Steve Murrells told colleagues in an internal memo
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NewsGrocery leaders join trek to raise £100k for Farm Africa
Senior figures from Aldi, Sainsbury’s and Dairy Crest will be among the group undertaking a six-day hike in East Africa.
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NewsAldi UK sales up by 15% in December as shoppers switch from 'expensive' rivals
A surge in demand for its premium range helped the discounter to a record Christmas period
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NewsFinnebrogue launches nitrite-free range of bacon and ham
Naked Bacon, which cuts out the ingredient associated with cancer, will launch on 10 January
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NewsWaitrose bans under-16s from buying high-caffeine drinks
Customers buying energy drinks with more than 150mg of caffeine per litre will have to show proof of age from 5 March…
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Comment & OpinionKnow the rules of category success - and stick to them
As an industry, we like to talk and think about the next big thing…
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NewsAldi & Sainsbury’s join Veganuary with plant-based NPD
Sainsbury’s has a range of ‘next-gen’ plant-based SKUs
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NewsFarm subsidies to continue until 2024 pledges Michael Gove
Speaking at the Oxford Farm Conference, the environment secretary promised a less bureaucratic subsidy system after that
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NewsHula Hoops Puft adds chilli SKU ahead of £1.5m push
The campaign will position the crisps as ‘a perfect guilt-free snack for the start of the year’
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Comment & OpinionIt's all change in the reset era
Retailers would be crazy to ignore regionality and quirks in taste
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Analysis & FeaturesShares hold steady in a 2017 dominated by M&A activity
The economic and political fallout from Brexit and a Trump White House reverberated throughout last year
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Comment & OpinionGove promises change – but there’s no getting away from those Brexit fault lines
While the environment secretary was again adamant that UK food and animal welfare standards would be a red line in negotiations, the fault lines are already clear to see
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NewsCook Trading pre-tax profits down by 10%
According to accounts filed at Companies House this week, pre-tax profit fell 10.3% to £2.45m
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My Alternative CVLouise Coulbeck, JCS Fish, on Brownies, Britannia & Churchill
‘My only interview was for the Saturday job on the market. My boss, the owner, was incredibly shy’…
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NewsJude's moves into milk drinks with Little range for kids
Little Jude’s banana and chocolate-flavoured UHT milks will go on sale in selected Sainsbury’s stores on 14 January
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NewsNisa reports Christmas sales increase of 17.7%
Nisa is set to be taken over by the Co-op after three quarters of its members voted in favour of a takeover…
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NewsColman’s historic Norwich plant set to close in 2019
The proposal follows a review by Unilever after Britvic announced last year it would cease operations at the shared site
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NewsMPs call for 25p 'latte levy' on disposable coffee cups
The Environmental Audit Committee said the tax is needed to halt the ‘avoidable waste problem’ of 2.5bn coffee cups
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Comment & OpinionBrexit phase 1: encouraging, slightly
The agreement reached on 8 December on phase 1 of the Brexit negotiations has been met with a huge sigh of relief in many …