All Daily Bread articles – Page 35
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Comment & OpinionWho will win the battle between Tesco and Heinz?
The disagreement could very well set a precedent for how other suppliers approach negotiations over the coming months
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Comment & OpinionWalgreens was overambitious with Boots sale plan. Now it has to fix a neglected estate
WBA has talked up the No7 Beauty Company alongside Boots. Could the beauty category be key to its future success?
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Comment & OpinionFarmers show their frustration with government at NFU Council
Delegates at the event bemoaned a lack of clear signals from a government they have little confidence in
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Comment & OpinionWhy has time been called on long-running Robinsons sponsorship deal with Wimbledon tennis?
Media speculation on why the sponsorship deal has ended are outside the line
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Comment & OpinionIs Mindful Chef’s move to offer dieting advice savvy or folly?
Mindful Chef’s customers are a demographic that can weather rising costs and inflation better than most
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Comment & OpinionClock is ticking for Ocado after another investor show of faith
Ocado has assured investors this will be the last time it seeks cash before turning profitable
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Comment & OpinionMondelez’s Clif Bar move shows UK confectioners are taking nutrition seriously
As HFSS clampdowns loom, Mars and Ferrero have also made moves into healthy snacking
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Comment & OpinionCan new M&S Food MD Alex Freudmann fill Stuart Machin’s shoes?
Who exactly is the man entrusted with the task of taking the retailer’s strongest-performing category for years to the next level?
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Comment & OpinionWhy Philip Morris really does want to kill the cigarette (and not humans)
PMI reckons it has ‘made the biggest step to improve public health globally’
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Comment & OpinionThe Grocer Cup winner Jonathan Warburton: baking’s brilliant Bolton Wanderer
The recipient of this year’s Grocer Cup, Jonathan Warburton, has grown a small family bakery into the biggest UK-based grocery brand by miles
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Comment & OpinionLidl is accusing Tesco of ‘riding on coat-tails’. Well, it would know about that
There is an element of poacher turned gamekeeper about Lidl’s legal move
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Comment & OpinionNational Food Strategy flop was always on the cards, but Dimbleby isn’t done yet
It’s easy to envisage Dimbleby’s proposals being revived in more favourable economic conditions
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Comment & OpinionSupplier relationships are souring, GCA activity shows. Do the supermarkets care?
Supermarkets and suppliers are locked in a series of disputes over negotiations on passing on inflation, which has given rise to a raft of short-notice delistings across a range of sectors
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Comment & OpinionASA’s Tesco ruling shows the complexity of promoting plant-based environmental credentials
The ASA said it would expect to see evidence that switching to products in the Plant Chef range would positively affect the environment
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Comment & OpinionIs criticism of supermarket bosses’ exorbitant bonuses amid cost of living crisis justified?
Because profits (and other more complex metrics) have exploded in the past year, performance compensations tied to those financial metrics ultimately grew at a higher rate too
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Comment & OpinionJubilee weekend was a boost for high streets. But can it last as budgets are squeezed?
BRC data showed total UK footfall for the jubilee weekend rose by 6.9% compared to the average for May 2022
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets have a battle on their hands to protect consumers from inflation
As Sainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts has conceded, things are going to get worse before they get better
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Comment & OpinionWhy on earth would grocers want to self-sabotage with a change to imperial measures?
UK grocers have been quiet on the matter – probably because they have so much else to think about
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Comment & OpinionPackaging shortages and strikes will hit smaller British drinks brands harder
Small booze brands are already closing at a rate of knots. Now they have to queue behind the major players for bottles and cans
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Comment & OpinionAn industry-wide eco-label for food and drink has potential, but getting there may be anything but harmonious
One source told The Grocer they believed it was vital for any eco label to be seen by consumers to be independent of the industry