Alec Mattinson
Alec leads The Grocer’s expanding coverage of all things finance-related.
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- alec.mattinson@thegrocer.co.uk
Recent stories
Heineken shareholder FEMSA announces €2.5bn share saleSubscription
Mexican Coca-Cola bottler FEMSA has announced it has reduced its shareholding in Heineken by selling stock worth €2.5bn and representing 5.2% of the brewer’s shares.
City snapshot: Efficiency focus helps grow profits at Finsbury Food GroupSubscription
Cake supplier Finsbury Food Group (FIF) has grown pre-tax profits on flat revenues as investments in production efficiency helped boost the bottom line.
Media Bites 18 Sep: Tesco/P&H, Kraft Heinz, Sainsbury's, Reckitt BenckiserSubscription
Tesco is expected to play a pivotal role in the rescue of embattled wholesaler Palmer & Harvey as the UK’s competition regulator probes what the supermarket’s takeover of Booker could mean for its fortunes, writes The Telegraph.
- City Snapshot: Coca-Cola HBC CEO to take illness leave of absenceSubscription
- Media Bites 15 Sep: Morrisons, John Lewis, BookerSubscription
- Morrisons' seventh quarter of growth fails to impress CitySubscription
- UK inflation jumps to 2.9% in AugustSubscription
- City snapshot: ABF buys Italian balsamic vinegar producer AcetumSubscription
- Media Bites 11 Sep: Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Dairy CrestSubscription
- McBride bounces back from bruising price warSubscription
Recent blog posts
Light grilling for Tesco’s board as they stick to their guns
It turned out the roasting of the Tesco board at today’s AGM was more of a light grilling
Tesco feels the pain of 'self-inflicted measures'
Investors must be concerned about the lack of clarity over when Tesco expects its strategy to bring returns.
Testing times for Tesco
Never mind what this week’s figures reval, Tesco is still a fundamentally strong business.
Five of the most talented young people working in dairy right now 
The Dairymen digital special: Do Brits think dairy is scary?
My food & drink job: Sarah MacLellan, The Cotswolds Distillery
Kellogg’s taps unicorn craze with Unicorn Froot Loops
The Co-op urges suppliers to sign up to bigger 'wow deals'
Startups and corporates to 'work side by side' by 2025, predicts Unilever report 
Walkers kicks off Movie Nights streaming promotion
Wrap targets millennials in next phase of consumer waste campaign
FoodCloud CEO Iseult Ward on how to redistribute a million meals per month
Food & Drink, post-Brexit. What do we care about?
Big food brand to startup: what to expect when taking the leap
Carling customers kept in dark over savings on abv cut
Scottish government slammed over bottle return scheme plans
British sourcing is a safer bet
Eight more products containing eggs withdrawn in fipronil scandal
Asda demanded millions from suppliers to avoid delisting, says GCA
NHS to trial grocery discounts in exercise incentive scheme
Growers defend pesticides in wake of school fruit claims
Barry Callebaut unveils a fourth kind of chocolate: ruby
