Guy Montague-Jones
Guy is the deputy finance editor of The Grocer.
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NewsUSN sports nutrition products return to Holland & Barrett
Holland & Barrett has resolved a trading dispute with USN and is relisting the brand in a major refresh of its sports nutr…
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Morrisons' online service is top with tweeters, survey reveals
Morrisons has come out top in an analysis of over 100,000 tweets about the online services of the big grocers…
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Paul looks beyond London as it refurbs 'authentic' bakeries
French baker Paul is looking to open its first stores outside London as part of a major investment in the UK business…
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Exports booming in spite of strong pound and Russia import ban
UK food and drink exports are holding up well despite the strong pound – and last week’s Russian import ban…
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Tesco Clubcard operator Dunnhumby in predictive data venture
Tesco-owned data group Dunnhumby has taken a 50% stake in Sandtable – a data science company…
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Lamb prices up for New Zealand but down for UK supply
New Zealand and UK lamb prices are moving in opposite directions…
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What the Russian export ban means for UK food and drink
Less than 1% of British food exports go to Russia, but restrictions could still have serious knock-on effects on UK prices…
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Coca-Cola hopes to breathe Life into weak summer sales
Coca-Cola Life slipped into the trade this week – giving Coca-Cola a chance to take the fight back to Pepsi…
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Raisio blames sales slump on flailing Honey Monster
Raisio Group has reported further losses and sales decline in its troubled UK business…
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Ivory Coast chocolate makers monitor Ebola crisis
The main cocoa producing regions of West Africa have so far been unaffected by the Ebola crisis…
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Coffee prices up over Brazil harvest concerns
Coffee prices have made another leap upwards amid concerns about next year’s Brazilian crop…
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Bakkavor shrugs off weak grocery market to grow sales
Business wins have helped Bakkavor shrug off the weak grocery market and deliver strong first-half growth.
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UK food and drink exports survive strengthening pound
The early signs are that the UK food and drink industry is contuing to grow exports despite the strength of the pound.
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Fyffes-Chiquita merger at risk as rival bid emerges
The $1bn merger of Irish banana producer Fyffes and American giant Chiquita has been thrown into doubt by a rival bid for Chiquita.
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Booths doubles spend for free newspaper offer to £10
Booths has doubled the minimum spend for its free newspaper offer and restricted it to weekend papers only…
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Bridges Ventures seeks more fmcg deals after Wholebake
Bridges Ventures is hungry for more fmcg deals after making its first food acquisition last week…
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Tesco needs to cut SKUs to take fight to Asda, claim analysts
Tesco has considerable scope to cut costs by reducing its growing SKU count, analysts at Brewin Dolphin have said…
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It’s not all doom and gloom in emerging markets
A slowdown in growth in emerging markets has hit global fmcg firms hard, but Nestlé’s second quarter performance is cause for hope
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Tesco dashes are not a trademark, says IPO
Tesco has failed in its bid to register the blue dashed line in its logo as a trademark…
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Mondelez third-quarter results disappoint as Nestlé flourishes
It was a week of diverging fortunes for two of the biggest names in global food – Nestlé and Mondelez…
