All The Grocer articles in 7 December 2013
Previous issues.
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NewsTesco and Hilton strike five-year meat deal
Meat packer Hilton Food Group has struck a six-year deal to supply fresh meat to Tesco, extending the two companies’ relationship until February 2019.
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NewsCyber Monday shoppers hit by RBS banking outage
Thousands of Cyber Monday shoppers struggled to complete their purchases yesterday evening after an IT glitch at RBS hit banking transactions.
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NewsNoble Foods names replacement for CEO Peter Thornton
Noble Foods has appointed ABP UK commercial director Andrew Cracknell as its new chief executive, replacing Peter Thornton.
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NewsBadger cull extension hailed a success by Defra
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has declared the extended badger cull in Gloucestershire a success, despite claims it failed to meet its targets.
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NewsBooths completes acquisition of fruit and veg supplier Sharrocks
Booths has completed the acquisition of its fruit and veg supplier Sharrocks.
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NewsWaitrose Christmas trees arrive in store as beef sales soar
Waitrose is sourcing its Christmas trees from the Black Isle, Scotland Waitrose has started selling Christmas trees for the first time this year. The trees – which are all sourced from the Black Isle, north of Inverness in Scotland – went on sale this week in 180 ...
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NewsLet There Be Beer ad banned for linking booze to success
Advertising watchdogs have ruled that a TV ad for brewing industry marketing campaign Let There Be Beer cannot be shown again in its current form.
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NewsTesco’s Clarke warns there are ‘no quick fixes’ as sales fall
Tesco boss Philip Clarke today described some of the activities of the discounters as “uneconomic” and said the UK’s biggest retailer would not resort to short term fixes on price, despite falling sales.
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NewsTesco preps Hudl 2 in next wave of digital services
Tesco revealed today it is to launch an updated version of its Hudl tablet in 2014 after revealing it expected sales of the original device to break the 600,000 figure by the end of the Christmas period.
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NewsSupermarkets get pat on the back for clearer shelf pricing
Consumer minister Jo Swinson has praised supermarkets for making the prices of the products they sell clearer and simpler.
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News2 Sisters: Scottish rescue plan will shore up poultry industry
2 Sisters claims its “rescue plan” for the Scottish poultry industry has the potential to increase Scottish poultry processing by 40% in the long term and create several hundred new jobs.
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NewsAutumn statement caps business rates rises at 2%
Business rates rises will be capped at 2% from next April, chancellor George Osborne declared in today’s autumn statement.
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NewsAsda eyes greener fleet with dual-fuel trucks
Asda has said it will reduce carbon emissions with the introduction of 50 dual-fuel Volvo FM tractor units at its newly opened distribution centre in Avonmouth, Bristol.
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NewsFSA warns farmers on milk contamination
The Food Standards Agency has launched a farmer-facing campaign to ensure contaminated milk does not enter the supply chain.
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NewsDanone shuffles MDs in UK dairy and water divisions
Danone has appointed new managing directors of its UK dairy and water divisions.
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NewsCarlsberg UK joins National Association of Cider Makers
Carlsberg UK has become a member of the UK cider industry body the National Association of Cider Makers (NACM).
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Grocer 33Sainsbury's Longstone, Edinburgh
Sainsbury’s is in Edinburgh already, but we treated the opening as if we were coming to the area for the first time…
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NewsAldi’s £79 Lifetab tablet set to take on Tesco’s Hudl
Aldi has followed in the footsteps of Tesco and Argos with the launch of its own budget tablet.
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NewsHalal poultry price to be pushed up by mechanical kill ban
Muslim consumers could soon have to pay more for halal chicken as the result of new slaughter rules…
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NewsNampak accuses Alpla of patent infringement
The fight for dominance in the UK milk bottle market has taken a litigious turn.