All articles by Grocer Staff
-
Category Report
The Dairymen 2013 (digital supplement)
This year’s Dairymen is full of terrific examples of creative, intelligent and fun NPD, from new approaches to cooking with cheese to the new generation of fruit-based milk drinks…
-
News
Nestlé offers 1% rise to stop strike plans
Nestlé has backed down on its basic pay freeze by offering a 1% rise to employees considering strike action.
-
NewsHovis crowned in The Grocer’s Top Products 2009
Hovis stormed into pole position in The Grocer’s 2009 Top Products Survey chart, with the biggest growth in value of all the products across 76 key categories.
-
Category Report
Top Products Survey 2009
With the recession weighing down on the industry, only the fittest can bear the strain. But deep discounts and trusted brands mean grocery is muscling on.The outlook for this year was pretty bleak. If the global economic meltdown didn’t leave you without savings, a pension or a job, then swine ...
-
News
The Grocer review of the decade: the Noughties in a nutshell
The decade began with a game of supermarket musical chairs. Somerfield chief David Simons was the first to go, followed quickly by Sainsbury's Dino Adriano, replaced by Alan Smith and Sir Peter Davis respectively...
-
Category Report
The Dairymen 2009
So, another quiet year in the dairy industry then. Price volatility, farmer discontent and the collapse of one of the sector’s biggest players have kept the industry in the headlines for all the wrong reasons, while impressive brand performance, creative marketing and imaginative NPD have brought much more ...
-
News
How alcohol duty hikes hit the Exchequer
The last alcohol duty increase cost the government more than £25m in tax revenue on wine alone, The Grocer can reveal. And with duty fraud increasing, it can no longer rely on successive above-inflation duty hikes not to impact on sales and jobs...
-
News
The Grocer's campaign reaches the Commons
Lib Dem frontbencher Nick Harvey has tabled an Early Day Motion in the Commons supporting The Grocer's new campaign. EDMs are a way for backbench MPs to express support or campaign on certain issues. From this week, all backbench MPs will be...
-
NewsThe Grocer calls on Chancellor to avert Christmas mayhem
The “arbitrary” decision to impose a 31 December deadline for the VAT hike and the end of trade credit insurance support threatens to undermine the Christmas trading period, experts have warned – so The Grocer has launched a campaign to fight it.
-
Category Report
The Power List 2009
It's war. The recession has upped the stakes in the battle for the hearts and pounds of shoppers and only the canniest generals are enjoying the taste of victory. Even the veterans of the grocery industry can’t afford to get complacent, with many new recruits filling the ranks of The ...
-
NewsPicture This...Turning the tables on M&S
Fed up of losing trade to M&S when it ran its Dine In For Two For £10 offer, one wine bar and restaurant owner in Cheltenham has hit back. Andrew Billington of the Montpellier Wine Bar, which has been trading for 32 years, has started to display...
-
News
New scheme for supporters of fair trade
A system that recognises businesses for their commitment to fair trade is being developed. While the present Fairtrade label is for individual product lines, the Sustainable Fair Trade Management System would allow organisations to evaluate...
-
NewsPayzone in Waitrose mobile top-up deal
Payzone has signed a two-year contract to provide mobile top-ups at check-outs in Waitrose stores across the country. "The contract boosts Payzone's position as a market leader of cash acceptance networks and demonstrates Payzone's...
-
NewsTesco cuts prices in Irish stores to curb cross-border shopping
Tesco Ireland has slashed prices in its 11 stores along the border in the Republic in a bid to stem the tide of cross-border shopping in Northern Ireland. Tesco closed all its border stores on Saturday evening, refurbished them over the...
-
NewsHoly Cow! sales surpass expectations
Indian sauce brand Holy Cow! has been forced to move to a bigger manufacturing plant to cope with demand after just two weeks on shelf in Asda. Sales of the range, which comes in flavours such as Madrasi Hot Mint and Himalayan Hot Garlic (rsp...
-
NewsBuilder's Breakfast 'was very complex'
Walkers has revealed that the winner of its Do Us a Flavour competition is one of the most complex crisp flavours it has ever made. More than a million consumers voted in the competition, but Builder's Breakfast won the 22% majority of votes...
-
NewsGovernment's credit insurance scheme blasted as 'worthless'
A major credit insurer has pulled out of the Government's trade credit relief scheme announced in last month's budget. In a letter to policyholders seen by The Grocer, Bob Lilley, MD of broker Credit Indemnity and Financial Services (CIFS),...
-
NewsFanta offers bag for life made of PET
Coca-Cola has partnered its Fanta brand with British fashion designers Antoni & Alison to launch a bag for life made entirely out of recycled plastic (PET) bottles. The bags, launched into stores on 20 May for National Recycle Week, will be...
-
NewsSanteau rebrands its O2Go range Wahoo
Hydration specialist Santeau is rebranding its O2Go water flavouring range with a new name and packaging to pacify mobile phone operator O2. The O2Go range, which was launched two years ago to add interest to plain bottled water, will be...
-
NewsM&S going retro for 125th anniversary
Marks & Spencer is celebrating its 125th birthday with the launch of a raft of retro food and drink products - some of which it hasn't sold for years. Biscuits, tea and jam in limited-edition packaging will hit shelves on Monday alongside...