All Christmas articles – Page 6
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Sainsbury’s records ‘strong’ Christmas sales as premium demand increases
Sainsbury’s saw its ‘best ever year’ for sales of mine pies and premium cheese
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City snapshot: Sainsbury’s boosts volumes as Nectar Prices and Taste the Difference win over Christmas customers
Sainsbury’s has boosted food volumes by more than the wider grocery market over Christmas thanks to its Nectar Prices promotions and shoppers trading up to its Taste the Difference range. Plus, full-year trading updates from Greggs and Vimto maker Nichols
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Media Bites 9 January: Dry January, Majestic Wine, Christmas sales
The Grocer exclusive that Britain’s biggest supermarkets have been increasing the cost of low and no-alcohol drinks for Dry January makes headlines this morning
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Aldi donates 1.5 million meals over festive period
Working with redistribution platform Neighbourly, the discounter paired up stores with local charities, community groups and food banks
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City snapshot: ‘Whopper’ Christmas for supermarkets as Brits spend a record £13.7bn over the festive period
Supermarkets enjoyed the busiest Christmas since before the pandemic as a record £13.7bn passed through their tills over the crucial December trading period, according to data released this morning
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City snapshot: Record-breaking Christmas for discounters Aldi and Lidl
Discounters Aldi and Lidl have both boasted of a record-breaking Christmas as hard-pressed shoppers looked to save money over the festive period. Plus, the BRC reports on retail inflation figures for December.
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Party food, pithiviers and frozen convenience in Cook’s Christmas range 2023
Upmarket frozen food specialist Cook has added a host of new products to elevate Christmas for the more reluctant home cooks
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UK retail workers ‘worse off’ than European peers this Christmas
Nearly half of UK workers had to work more hours in 2023 compared with previous years due to the cost of living crisis
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Iceland Foods brings back 1p veg online offer for Christmas
The popular online offer returns, but for the first time will include veg from Iceland’s new own label
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Pilgrim’s UK to produce over 36 million pork products for Christmas
The manufacturer is expected to sell over 65 million packs of pork and has already produced over 600,000 packs of pigs in blankets
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Analysis & Features
The Grocer NPD Wrapped: 23 most-liked Instagram posts of 2023
NPD flew off the shelves this year from controversial flavours to nostalgic relaunches. Check out the top NPD for 2023
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Comment & Opinion
Burger King’s seasonal serenade outstays its welcome
The first thing you wonder, if you’re watching the YouTube version of Burger King’s festive advert, is ‘what happens after the song finishes?’
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Waitrose is clear of the pack for Christmas party shop
Waitrose in Caversham offered some of the best availability this week
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Christmas party basket has offers on half the goods
Festive offers are in full swing, with 47.3% of the items in our party-themed basket on promotion
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Waitrose Caversham: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We donated food to a homelessness charity nearby for their Christmas dinner, and donated a Christmas tree. It’s really nice to feed back into the local community’
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Tesco recalls own-label stuffing due to potential it may contain moths
It has issued a notice advising shoppers to return the product to store for a refund
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Comment & Opinion
Did Channel 4 Dispatches expose Bernard Matthews safety flaws or was it a big flap?
Nothing says it’s Christmas quite like a scandal in a turkey factory – which is something Channel 4’s Dispatches attempted to convince us of last week
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One Stop selling own-brand Christmas jumpers to raise money for charity
The Tesco-owned retailer said 10% of the price would be donated to the charities, amounting to £1,000 currently overall
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City snapshot: UK shoppers save now to spend £5bn on food during Christmas week
Grocery sales growth slowed in November as shoppers delayed spending on food and drink to take advantage of seasonal promotions during Christmas week. Plus, the CMA opens a probe into Unilever around claims of “greenwashing” and Pepco posts record sales but profits fall back
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M&S giving away millions of gifts through digital Advent calendar
Users have won the gifts by opening digital doors in the ‘12 Days of M&S’ calendar