All The Grocer articles in 9 November 2019
Previous issues.
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NewsNo sign of high cocoa prices abating despite fall in demand
Year-on-year third quarter grinding volumes in the EU have remained at the same level as last year
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Comment and OpinionWhat Q3 results tell us about the state of consumer staples companies
Premium categories are continuing to drive most of the growth in the sector, says Barclays’ Warren Ackerman
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Analysis and FeaturesCan blockchain join the dots at last in grocery?
Could blockchain technology enable the food industry to keep track of food in the supply chain and thereby champion its provenance?
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Analysis and FeaturesTea prices rise at the mults as ingredient costs increase
Dozens of black tea, fruit tea and herbal infusions SKUs have faced price hikes over the past 12 months
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Category ReportWhat lies beneath: fish category report 2019
On the face of it, fish sales are in healthy shape. But could growth be scuppered by sustainability concerns?
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Category ReportSeasoned travellers: world cuisines category report 2019
Overseas travel is in decline, but Brits are still managing to go around the world through meal kits and spices
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NewsFWD calls for ‘frictionless trade’ post-Brexit
Action on Brexit is top of the list, with calls for the new government to keep tariffs to a minimum
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Comment and OpinionHow The Very Hungry Caterpillar provides business inspiration
Our business has done its feasting, and now it’s time to enter a ‘chrysalis’
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NewsSearch for new GCA kicks off with government job ad
The BEIS said it wanted a candidate with “strong ambassadorial and advocacy skills”
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Analysis and FeaturesWith food front and centre, who deserves industry’s votes?
From no-deal Brexit to plastic, obesity strategy to business rates, where do politicians stand on the crucial issues affecting grocery?
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NewsTesco’s outgoing CEO Dave Lewis wins The Grocer Cup
Lewis picked up the trophy at the prestigious IGD Awards ceremony at London’s Tobacco Dock on Thursday night
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NewsM&S could add cooked pizza to franchises
Oven-cooked M&S pizza was introduced in September at a Foodhall in Clapham
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Comment and OpinionIs Hong Kong bake furore a cake-spiracy?
Cake competitions aren’t normally the most fraught events
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Comment and OpinionChocolate chip cookie time for ‘scientific’ spacemen
It seems the inhabitants of the ISS are running out of ideas for experiments
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Comment and OpinionMorrisons gives vegans a longer sausage roll
Greggs’ vegan sausage roll is arguably now its most iconic product
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Comment and OpinionMariah Carey delivers shattering performance for Walkers
Mariah Carey is indelibly associated with Christmas, and famously picky about snacks
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NewsTesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda report higher palm oil consumption
Three-quarters of the palm oil in Tesco own brand products globally is now certified by the RSPO
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Analysis and FeaturesIs it time for a new approach to the obesity challenge?
An IRI report has claimed current efforts on health are ‘a long way off the mark’
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NewsEast End Foods grew sales & profits before Exponent acquisition
Turnover at the specialist Asian food wholesaler rose 7.2% to £205.2m in the year ended 30 April 2019
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Analysis and FeaturesSainsbury’s first-half results: what the analysts say
Profits and sales fell at Sainsbury’s in its first half