Daniel Selwood
Daniel Selwood is The Grocer’s special projects editor, managing Britain’s Biggest Brands, Britain’s Biggest Alcohol Brands, The Dairymen and Top Products – as well as contributing to news, features, analyses and category reports.
He joined the magazine in January 2016 as food & drink editor, having been at financial & legal publisher LexisNexis for eight years. He took on his current role in late 2019.
Daniel began his journalism career in the mid-1990s at a business & local interest magazine in Sheffield. He has reported on everything from music, taxation and public transport to antiques, undertaking and the military.
Contact info
- Tel:
- 01293 610369
- Email:
- daniel.selwood@thegrocer.co.uk
NewsTop Products survey 2024: Scratch cooking boom boosts fresh meat and fresh veg sales
The home cooking trend has also benefited many kitchen cupboard staples. Dried herbs and spices have grown faster in volume terms (by 14.2%) than any other category
Analysis & FeaturesPersonal care - hygiene 2024: deodorants get posh to drive growth
A new, mature approach to deodorants began with Unilever’s January unveiling of Fine Fragrance Collection for Lynx – a brand long associated with teenaged boys
Analysis & FeaturesHousehold - cleaning 2024: innovation boosts sales for laundry
Household cleaning heavyweights are aiming to make light work of laundry
NewsIneos Hygienics expands into personal care with Skin Science range
The 15-strong lineup comprises deodorant, bodywash and handwash
NewsMedia Bites 13 December: food insecurity, domestic food production, panettone
The proportion of households considered “highly food secure” fell from 87% in 2019-20 to 83% in 2022-23
Analysis & FeaturesPetcare 2024: Health trend helps to grow petcare value
The UK’s vast pet population goes some way to explaining why Brits spent an extra £10.4m on petcare products this year
NewsMedia Bites 29 November: Typhoo collapse, Waitrose food and drink trends, Morrisons/Ocado
Typhoo is poised to be taken over by vape business Supreme, after the tea company collapsed into administration
NewsMedia Bites 7 November: M&S results, Trump win, Christmas ad spend
Marks & Spencer has reported a jump in profits but warned measures in last week’s budget could cost it more than £60m
NewsMedia Bites 25 October: shoplifting epidemic, John Lewis revamp, Nestlé sales
Shops across the country are reporting two thefts a minute to police
Category ReportPetcare eyes wellness: trends report 2024
Petcare is following the human trend for wellness, with a raft of products emerging that offer ‘a holistic approach to animal care’
NewsOld Spice teams up with rapper Chip to inspire men with ‘diss track’
New grime track Big Man Ting is designed ‘to build a brand that young men associate with standing out from the crowd’
NewsHealth & Her adds andropause supplements for men over 40
Health & Him is designed to tackle andropause, the decline in testosterone levels men experience as they age
NewsMedia Bites 10 October: Quality Street, Ratan Tata, online shopping
Quality Street is trialling a paper tub. Ratan Tata, the former Tata Group chairman, has died at 86
Analysis & FeaturesWrap’s Sebastian Munden on sustainability’s ‘competitive advantage’
The Grocer’s guest editor and Wrap chair on the ‘competitive advantage’ of sustainability, and ‘unintentional greenwashing’
NewsMedia Bites 4 October: toddlers/UPFs, Tesco/workers’ rights, Upper Crust
Toddlers in the UK obtain almost half of their calories from UPFs, while Ken Murphy has called on the government to ensure improved workers’ rights also increase productivity
NewsAstonish to make Tesco debut with 10 household lines
Products such as Window & Glass Cleaner and White Vinegar Zesty Citrus will land in 200 stores from 7 October
NewsMedia Bites 26 September: consumer spending, Co-op, Brexit border checks, single-use plastic
Co-op has revealed a £40m hit from shoplifting in the first half of the year, and personal spending on retail has improved
Category ReportA taste for the exotic: Dairymen ice cream category report 2024
While vanilla is still king, more unusual flavours are gaining traction and helping ice cream to rival restaurant desserts
Comment & OpinionIs Feastables founder MrBeast a good ally for Tony’s?
Does the association with Donaldson risk tarnishing the noble Dutch brand’s reputation?
NewsMedia Bites 19 September: Brexit labelling, Asda, John Lewis
As the government ends ‘not for EU’ labelling, the papers scrutinise Mohsin Issa’s decision to step down at Asda