All articles by Jacqui Parr
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Comment & OpinionFamous farmers, plant-based wins and food waste challenges
One of the most successful rebrands in recent years has been the almost unanimous industry move from ’vegan’ to ’plant-based
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: The ceasefire, retail crime, and the Co-op merger
Keeping up with the latest developments on the Iran war feels like a job in its own right, and how much relief the 14-day ceasefire will actually bring to UK consumers and grocery businesses remains uncertain at best
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Comment & OpinionWill the Iran-US ceasefire help to bring down soaring prices?
The jury is out on what the ceasefire will mean for global fuel, oil, and food & drink prices”
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Asda results, Co-op CEO exit, Huel, and Ocado calling the cops
Asda’s eternally optimistic chairman Allan Leighton has continued to insist the supermarket is ‘edging forward’, despite today’s annual results revealing a very different story.
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NewsTesco invests £200m in above‑inflation hourly pay rise
Tesco has invested over £200m in its latest pay rise, with an above-inflation increase of 5.1% for hourly-paid colleagues
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Comment & OpinionCollaboration, not cupcakes, should define International Women’s Day
When women support women, the whole industry wins
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InterviewsAldi’s Julie Ashfield: grocery doesn’t need more ‘alpha females’
Julie Ashfield joined Aldi at 21 on the promise of £27k and a company car. Twenty-five years later, she talks confidence, culture change and ceiling tiles
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Comment & OpinionAsda’s leadership lessons (and other takeaways from Retail Week x The Grocer LIVE 2026)
Discussions at Retail Week x The Grocer LIVE 2026 have included Asda’s turnaround, the role of AI, retail media and the business of building hype
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Comment & OpinionNeed anything from Tesco? Why every little (still) helps
Tesco’s new brand platform already rolls off the tongue more easily – and is far more likely to gain traction on social media – than its predecessors
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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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Analysis & FeaturesHow GroceryAid is reinventing itself
GroceryAid’s Kieran Hemsworth and Rami Baitiéh are on a mission to raise awareness of the financial and emotional support on offer for grocery workers
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Analysis & FeaturesHow fmcg brands are turning TikTok buzz into business
Smart brands have formed communities on the platform, where volume and speed trumps polished content
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Comment & OpinionThe Grocer’s 2025 in review: deck the halls and dig in
From soaring cocoa prices to seismic retail shifts, we’ve delivered over 7,000 stories, deep-dive analysis and celebrated the leaders shaping the future of food and drink
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Analysis & FeaturesThe best of the blogs 2025: Joe Wicks, M&S mushrooms and TikTok Shop
We’ve dug into the detail of why Unilever ditched its CEO, launched a scathing attack on animal welfare in the meat supply chain, and asked if Joe Wicks’ UPF-laden ‘Killer Bar’ really was nothing more than a load of shit…
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Comment & OpinionWot, no OOH? Why the HFSS ad ban doesn’t go far enough
In anticipation of the ban, some food brands have spent on reformulating their products. But some have simply shifted marketing spend to billboards
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NewsGroceryAid modernises brand to reach more ‘grocery people’
The refresh places workers from across the entire grocery sector at the heart of the new visual identity
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NewsAsda adds new execs in senior leadership shuffle
Asda has made a number of key changes to its senior leadership team, following yesterday’s surprise announcement that marketing VP Adam Zavalis is leaving after just over two years in the 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 & OpinionHFSS rules didn’t kill Christmas ads – they just invited fruit & veg to the party
Under new HFSS rules, retailers are proving festive magic doesn’t need sugar-coating
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: a celebration of innovation
The event culminated in 40 category winners being crowned this afternoon in front of a capacity crowd at London’s iconic Wembley Stadium – a fitting venue for a coming together of champions