All articles by Charlie Wright – Page 9
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NewsBrits to spend £33bn on festive food
UK shoppers will splash out £1bn more on Christmas than they did last year, despite the squeeze on consumer spending…
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NewsCarlsberg picks up share but profits suffer
Strong performances in the UK and Poland helped Carlsberg gain market share in Western Europe over the third quarter. But profits for the year to 30 September still fell by 12%, the Danish brewer announced today, as the overall beer market in Europe continued to decline.
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NewsSupermarkets’ price claims ‘cancelling each other out’
The supermarkets’ rival claims over price are cancelling each other out, new data from Kantar Worldpanel suggests. With year-on-year growth of 5.1% for the period, compared to a rate across the industry as a whole of 4.6%, Asda outperformed the market for the first time since the start of 2010.
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Comment and Opinion
Castello’s aristocratic acrobatics are a seductive Casanova substitute
As the current fuss about St Paul’s demonstrates, Brits love a bit of costume drama, especially when it involves fops in frocks flouncing about in existential crisis before the baying hordes.
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NewsHeineken names new head of UK marketing
Heineken has handed the reins for its UK marketing to Jacco van der Linden. He is currently marketing director at the group’s Nigerian Breweries subsidiary, a role he has held since 2008.
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NewsImperial profits grow again despite sliding tobacco volumes
Imperial Tobacco relied on growth in emerging markets as profits improved by more than 4% over the past year. Operating profits at the Lambert & Butler maker grew to £2.64bn, while price hikes contributed to a rise in total sales of 3.7% to £29.22bn.
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NewsDrinks trade slams Scots pricing plan as new bill gets first airing
Drinks producers have lined up to criticise Scots plans for a minimum price per unit of alcohol. The Minimum Pricing (Alcohol) (Scotland) bill was published today, paving the way for a minimum tariff to be imposed on each unit of alcohol in drinks north of the border.
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Grocer 33Morrisons, Welwyn Garden City
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.
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NewsPrice hikes help Andrex maker offset costs
Higher prices helped offset rising input costs at tissue maker Kimberly-Clark over the past three months. The company behind Andrex and Kleenex said sales were up 4% on an organic basis across the group – despite falling volumes in Europe over the period.
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NewsGreencore confirms mystery takeover bid
Greencore is the subject of a surprise takeover bid. The company’s board today told investors that it had received an approach from an unidentified bidder.
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Comment and Opinion
Critical Eye... on Hugh's meat-free masochism
First he did away with the discards; now he’s ditching the fish completely. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall goes veggie for the new River Cottage (Channel 4, Sunday 8pm), taking on “a whole summer without flesh” beneath a suitably…
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NewsDunsmore quits C&C after three years in charge
John Dunsmore will step down as chief executive of C&C Group at the end of the year. He will be succeeded at the helm of the Magners maker by Stephen Glancey, currently chief operating officer and finance director.
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Comment and Opinion
Job Dun
This morning C&C Group announced another set of healthy results, with profits up for the first half of the year.
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NewsOnline channel to lead grocery growth
Online sales of groceries will almost double over the next five years, according to new research. IGD data suggests online sales in the grocery trade will surge from the estimated £5.9bn to £11.2bn in 2016.
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NewsWalmart China boss goes in wake of ‘organic pork’ scandal
Walmart’s top man in China has resigned. Ed Chan had headed up the Chinese business of the world’s largest retailer since 2007.
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Comment and Opinion
Chinese walls
After last month handing a new role to Dave Cheesewright, this week has brought more upheaval in the senior ranks at Walmart.
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NewsEvian owner Danone eyes sale of water business
Danone could be poised to sell its water business, including the Evian and Volvic brands. The French dairy giant is holding talks over a possible sale with Japanese drinks group Suntory, according to press reports.
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NewsAsda adds £5 sweetener to Price Guarantee this week
Asda is offering shoppers a £5 sweetener in return for using its Price Guarantee. The supermarket is offering a fiver to anyone who spends £40 on groceries at Asda this week and subsequently uses its online price comparison tool.
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Comment and Opinion
Where will it end?
There’s a power dynamic in any relationship, even those where both parties secretly suspect they could do a bit better.
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NewsAldi again leads the way for growth
Aldi has again led the grocery market in terms of growth over the past three months, according to new data from Kantar Worldpanel.