All The Grocer articles in 9 November 2013 – Page 2
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NewsDragon helps 'Christmas Dinner Cake' win Ocado listing
Christmas Dinner Cake has won its first mainstream listing…
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NewsSymington's chilled allure for Ainsley ambient wet soup
Ainsley Harriott has claimed a category first with a range of wet ambient soups in a microwaveable plastic tub…
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NewsWaitrose adds spice to own-label Cook's Ingredients range
Waitrose is revamping its Cook’s Ingredients brand, replacing over a third of the products with more exotic options…
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NewsMontgomery Natural Spring Water launches vitamin water Aquavit
Montgomery Natural Spring Water launched its first vitamin water amid plans to double the size of the £12m operation…
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NewsDry and fresh pasta shapes up for the future
Spaghetti and macaroni lost their air of Continental exoticism around 1970…
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NewsFever-Tree premium cola debuts in Spain
Mixer specialist Fever-Tree has launched a premium cola into the Spanish off-trade…
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Comment & OpinionTitania's concerned with cheese, condoms and Californian bees
The existence of a cheese brand called Tickler had passed me by until this week…
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NewsLiz Doherty, former Reckitt Benckiser chief FD
Doherty kicked off her career at Unilever in 1979 as an auditor…
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NewsMorrisons to nominate 'M Partners' to grow categories
Morrisons is looking to change the way it deals with suppliers to help get to grips with flagging sales.
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NewsTesco unveils 10 point soft drinks plan to tackle obesity
Tesco has unveiled a 10-point plan to “fight obesity” in soft drinks…
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NewsAsda to extend click & collect instead of opening c-stores
Asda claims a more strategic expansion of click & collect could prove a “cost-efficient alternative” to opening c-stores…
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NewsFood waste progress slowed by government cuts, suggests Wrap
Government cost-cutting has been blamed for a massive slowdown in the rate at which households have been reducing food waste.
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Comment & OpinionThe myWaitrose card has evolved into a subtle, powerful weapon
In the early 1990s a brilliant marketeer named Terry Leahy introduced a loyalty card that changed everything…
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NewsSalad suppliers celebrate 'record-breaking' summer sales
Salad suppliers have hailed the summer of 2013 as an “all-time record-breaker” for sales, which saw Brits tuck into 226 million wholehead lettuces, salad bag and bowls.
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NewsmyWaitrose loyalty card now 'used for half of all sales'
Two years after Waitrose launched myWaitrose, half the supermarket’s sales are now coming through the loyalty card.
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Comment & OpinionThe Grocer's Top New Talent list 2013
Our Top New Talent showcases some hugely talented people, and shows the industry’s astonishing diversity of roles…
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ProfilesManish Patel, Tesco superstore manager
At two years old Patel still remembers being annoyed by an untidy display of canned goods in the family shop…
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ProfilesAmelia Harvey, director, The Collective Dairy
“Her understanding of how to build a challenger brand is immense,” says one of those who nominated Harvey…
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ProfilesAsim Sarwar, MD, United Wholesale (Scotland) group
Asim Sarwar became MD of United Wholesale at 25 and under his direction it posted a record 22% rise in pre-tax profits…
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ProfilesCharlotte Bearn, Charlie Bigham's assistant brand manager
When Bearn joined Charlie Bigham’s in 2011, sales totalled £5m. Today turnover is £20m…