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…
NewsMorrisons' 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…
NewsTesco Clubcard operator Dunnhumby in predictive data venture
Tesco-owned data group Dunnhumby has taken a 50% stake in Sandtable – a data science company…
Analysis & FeaturesWhat 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…
NewsCoca-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…
NewsRaisio blames sales slump on flailing Honey Monster
Raisio Group has reported further losses and sales decline in its troubled UK business…
Analysis & FeaturesIvory Coast chocolate makers monitor Ebola crisis
The main cocoa producing regions of West Africa have so far been unaffected by the Ebola crisis…
Analysis & FeaturesUK 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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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…
NewsTesco 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…
Analysis & FeaturesIt’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
NewsTesco 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…
NewsMondelez 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…
Analysis & FeaturesPrice of a cuppa to rise as Kenyan tea prices pick up
UK tea buyers are facing rising costs as the price of Kenyan tea starts to move up…
Analysis & FeaturesWaitrose: finally falling victim to a bruising market?
Last week’s surprise warning about profits and a recent run of poor trading have raised questions. So what’s going on?…
Analysis & FeaturesSupermarket inflation falls to lowest recorded this year
Inflation across the big four supermarkets has fallen again to reach a new annual low…
Analysis & FeaturesSupermarket sales woes extend to entertainment
Last year there were big market share gains for the supermarkets in the entertainment products sector – now they are losing out to Game and Argos.
NewsMizkan's Bertolli and Ragu deal is biggest in M&A upsurge
Unilever’s sale of Ragu and Bertolli boosted overall M&A activity in UK food and drink in the second quarter…
Analysis & FeaturesIs the tide turning against Waitrose?
Despite stellar recent growth, Waitrose is not immune to the wider industry problems and price deflation.
NewsThorntons spearheads Christmas plans with Snowman and Gruffalo
Thorntons is pinning its Christmas hopes on an expansion of its The Snowman and The Gruffalo licences