Daniel Selwood
Daniel Selwood is The Grocer’s food & drink editor, managing news coverage of branded and own-label fmcg – from biscuits, bagged snacks, soft drinks and cereal to hot beverages, personal care, pet food and tobacco. (But not booze.)
He joined the magazine in January 2016 from financial & legal publisher LexisNexis.
He has almost 25 years’ experience in journalism, and has written on topics as diverse as taxation, music, beer, dating, social media, the funeral industry, motoring and local history.
Follow Daniel on Twitter: @danielmcselwood
Contact info
- Tel:
- 01293 610369
- Email:
- daniel.selwood@thegrocer.co.uk
NewsJackson’s Yorkshire’s Champion Bread removes palm oil
The result of about a year’s work, the reformulated offer is rolling out this week to Waitrose
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Asda shakes up in-store bagged snacks for easier shopping
The grocer has also ramped up its healthier options in recent weeks
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Cadbury returns Fudge to best-selling Christmas selection box
It comes 18 months after widely reported consumer ’fury’ over the treat being replaced by a Dairy Milk Oreo bar
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Heinz kicks off £7m ‘Makes it Better’ masterbrand push
It is the the supplier’s first ATL masterbrand campaign in 10 years
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Gut health brand Willy’s to roll out booze-alternative soft drinks
Ginger Kombucha Beer and Hop & Hemp Kombucha Beer are about to land in Waitrose
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Premier adds ‘first of its kind’ Bisto Microwave Ready Gravy Pots
Each pack contains four 100g servings of ready-made gravy, and comprises a cardboard sleeve and plastic pots that are fully recyclable
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Pladis makes McVitie’s Hobnobs Creams smaller but not cheaper
The supplier has cut the pack weight from 200g to 160g while maintaining an rsp of £1.22
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Evolution Foods adds fruit & nut snacks in plastic-free packs
The 25-strong lineup will be available from Monday (15 July) in Wilko
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Tyrrells to revamp veg crisps as part of revival plan
The autumn will see the supplier ‘using new and exclusive technology to create the biggest and best-quality veg crisp experience’
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Lucozade Ribena Suntory enters iced tea market with MayTea
Each 100ml of MayTea contains no more than 3g of sugar and 13 calories
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Unilever aims to slash plastic with ‘super-concentrated’ Cif EcoRefill
Ecorefill is forecast to save 1.5 million plastic bottles by the end of 2020
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Bread & Jam Festival to run food and drink ‘speed dating’ pitch event
An eight-strong panel of investors will invite food and drink SMEs to a round-robin of 10-minute face-to-face meetings
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Mars Foods appoints Armen Topalian as sales director
Topalian was previously grocery director for Mars Petcare
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Walkers adds vegetable-based crisps duo to Oven Baked lineup
With no more than 15g of fat per 100g, they promise to contain ‘40% less fat than regular vegetable chips’
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Male skincare hit by 10% slump in volumes
Skincare’s performance is typical of the downward trend across male grooming
- Analysis & Features
A green shave: male grooming category report 2019
In the era of Hugh’s war on plastic, how are brands innovating to keep up with more sustainability-minded shoppers?
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Burts changes name as it eyes £100m sales target
The rebranding follows the independent supplier’s acquisition in December 2017 of popcorn maker Savoury & Sweet
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Mars Wrigley targets £23m in first year for M&M’s Block quartet
Four variants of M&M’s Block will roll out on 17 July exclusively to Tesco
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P&G kicks off global anti-discriminatory parental leave policy
Share the the Care makes child caregiving unbiased based on gender or sexual orientation
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PepsiCo teams up with Lavazza for iced coffee RTD
Lavazza Iced Cappuccino arrives after last month’s launch of a trio of Costa Coffee RTDs from Coca-Cola
