All articles by Elinor Zuke – Page 12
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco top fruit and veg promoter as total number of deals is up 43%
As healthy eating moves up the political agenda, the multiples have been upping their game in making fresh fruit and vegetables more affordable…
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News'Pavement food' at Budgens store
Pupils from two local primary schools have started growing ‘Food from the Pavement’…
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NewsSpar trials essential baby products
Spar is targeting new parents with low prices on essential baby products.
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NewsAWG announces co-investment fund
Appleby Westward Group has announced its biggest co-investment fund yet as it ramps up efforts to attract new retailers…
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NewsCoffee shortages loom as climate change takes hold
Severe coffee shortages and price hikes are on the cards unless the industry takes urgent action to help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change.
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NewsWaitrose: brand matching pledge is ‘seminal moment’
Waitrose’s pledge to match Tesco prices on all branded grocery products is a “seminal moment”…
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NewsPremier shareholders express anger at Schofield payoff
Premier Foods faced a major revolt over executive pay at its AGM yesterday when 26.3% of shareholders voted against its remuneration report.
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NewsBurchell gets nod as Musgrave GB trading director
Musgrave Retail Partners GB has promoted Kenton Burchell to the role of trading director.
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NewsHall hands Health Lottery reins to ops director Wall
Martin Hall has stepped down as chief executive of The Health Lottery, just six months after its launch.
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InterviewsMusgrave's unification
On the eve of its results, Musgrave Group CEO Chris Martin reflects on the unification of its Irish and UK operations, and the significance of its Superquinn acquisition.
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Analysis & FeaturesAsda drives up wine promos
Asda has been hitting the bottle in a big way over the past month, while Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco all ran fewer featured space promotions.
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Analysis & FeaturesThe new-look Makro depots from top down to inside out
Makro takes The Grocer on a tour of the new-look depots, where sharper ranging has been accompanied by staff empowerment.
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NewsSimply Fresh trialling direct delivery of fruit and veg to local stores
Fruit and veg is being delivered straight from markets to c-stores as part of a trial by symbol group Simply Fresh
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Garden centre run by Waitrose boss's wife falls into administration
A garden centre and fine food business owned by Judith Price, the wife of Waitrose boss Mark Price, has gone under after losing money for eight consecutive years.
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Chairman put up £2m in attempt to save DBC
Tarsem Dhaliwal, the chairman of DBC and one of three shareholders, personally guaranteed £2m as part of a last ditch attempt to save the company.
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NewsMults make hay with Easter bank holiday alcohol promos
The mults encouraged shoppers to drink up over the Easter bank holiday before the government called time on cheap alcohol promotions.
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DBC redundancies likely to rise
More than half the workforce at DBC Foodservice have been made redundant and the figure is likely to rise, administrators have warned.
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NewsWing Yip to extend Croydon store
Oriental wholesaler Wing Yip has bought land for a major expansion of its Croydon store.
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NewsBudgens opens fresh-focused concept store
The first Budgens concept store has opened in Hedge End, Hampshire, in a bid by Musgrave to recruit more retailers.
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Analysis & FeaturesSo where was Walker when DBC skidded out of control?
Last month Malcolm Walker was the toast of the town. He had deftly pulled off a £1.45bn MBO of Iceland, backed to the tune of £860m by a bank consortium.