All Editor's picks articles
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: PackUK bailout, Diageo shock and the Big 30
The Treasury is bailing out PackUK to cover the shortfall from its new EPR tax, while Diageo’s share price crashed 13% as new CEO Dave Lewis slashed dividends and criticised off-trade service. Meanwhile, the NFU secured £345m for farmers and retail crime figures showed the biggest fall since the pandemic
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: BrewDog, Boparan and charity Goodness
It’s not all doom and gloom at The Grocer. In fact it’s been Goodness Week, our annual special focusing on the industry’s social impact
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s Picks: EPR, Co-op chaos and Valentine’s Day
They say breaking up is hard to do, and it seems that love is in the air over at Kraft Heinz as well, as the fmcg giant made the decision to call off its break-up in a pre-Valentine’s Day update.
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: accessibility, value ranges and GLP-1 drugs
This week marked a first in the history of the Grocer 33: our inaugural blind or partially sighted (BPS) mystery shop. And for some retailers, the results were nothing short of damning
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: HFSS shake-up, BrewDog rumours, retailer pay and caffeine pouches
The nutrient profiling model starting gun has now been fired, with plans to introduce the new definition to determine what constitutes a HFSS product in this parliament
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Tariff u-turn, VFC, franchises, fascias and food waste
We’ve been speaking to a number of exporters since Monday after the US president announced punitive levies on eight European countries
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Nutrient profiling, TikTok and M&S Food waste
Now the bungling EPR administrator has been slated for sending out warning letters over potential fines for bills that aren’t even due.
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Christmas sales, GLP-1 ranges and a quiet Veganuary
In truth all the listed grocers enjoyed strong food sales this Christmas, but these were offset by issues elsewhere
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Comment & OpinionOur final issue of the year is a cracker!
The headline has to be the healthy switches consumers have made, with vape sales falling dramatically, while the biggest category volume increase was seen in smoking cessation products
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Graze, Maltesers and value Christmas dinners
There are new warnings that fresh turkey supply may be impacted by bird flu. In some years the industry has been guilty of crying wolf (or fowl?)
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: The budget and retail workers’ Christmas nightmare
As everyone digests the implications of the budget, today has also seen Asda announce its latest results
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: top 150 suppliers, the budget and packaging taxes
This week’s issue marked the launch of the Top 150 UK Food & Drink Supplier Rankings Report for 2025, which The Grocer releases annually in association with OC&C Strategy Consultants
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Dave Lewis takes Diageo and New Product & Packaging Awards
The big news was the appointment of Sir Dave Lewis as the new CEO of Diageo. Lewis has nothing to prove after an outstanding career but it’s fascinating to consider why he’s chosen, at the age of 60, to take on another CEO role
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: meat woes, NPD, food fashion and Christmas ads
This afternoon, we celebrated over 200 standout products at The Grocer New Product & Packaging Awards. But all that doesn’t mean we’ve been resting on our laurels
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Whoosh, AI, bacon and the doomed SOS
Tesco’s upgraded rapid grocery delivery service, the continued use of nitrites in processed meats, inside the collapse of SOS Wholesale and much more
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: a world foods special and the Waitrose social media storm
Waitrose’s PR nightmare, inside Roberts Bakery’s administration, Unilever spin-off delay and much more
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: the fourth tier frontier and Roberts Bakery’s saviour
It’s also cheering to be able to report that Roberts Bakery has been saved
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Joe Wicks, the TikTok table and Roberts Bakery
The Joe Wicks mockumentary on Monday caused a huge brouhaha, while the next day brought news of Roberts Bakery going into administration
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: The best of Green Week
We’ve pulled together the diverse components of our first-ever Green Week into a compelling read
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Amazon Fresh, Co-op cyberattack and the Dairymen
Our coverage of the latest delay to the EU Deforestation Regulation is punchy and insightful