All Editor's picks articles
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: big votes, Gold shortlists and the own-label surge
This week’s issue includes the latest on Southern Co-op’s merger, insight into the government’s support (or lack of) for the food industry and analysis of the growth of own label
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Southern Co-op merger latest, whisky tariffs, election promises
In the latest chapter of grocery’s very own soap opera, Southern Co-op has rejected an approach from the UK’s largest independent co-operative society, OurCoop, which appeared to offer an alternative to its proposed merger with the Co-op Group
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Southern Co-op’s warning, Middle East ripples, Opie departs
Uncertainty over the conflict in the Middle East continues to cast a long shadow over global supply chains
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Tesco results, retail government bailout, supply chain crisis
Tesco has highlighted another £500m in cost savings for the year ahead and no doubt AI will play a part there
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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 & OpinionEditor’s picks: McCormick buys Unilever’s food, inflation and the future of co-operatives
Of course, the US-Iran war continues to dominate the news agenda. This week came fresh updates to inflation forecasts
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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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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Joybuy, the China opportunity and the Lager Authenticity Index
Make no mistake: the launch of Joybuy is a major milestone for UK retail
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Petrol wars, food security and honey fraud
Clearly the biggest story out there is the US-Iran war, and while we all want to keep calm and carry on, the repercussions are starting to be felt.
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: An IWD special, BrewDog and LIVE 2026
It’s extraordinary to consider that a brand once valued at £2bn was sold for around £40m. We’ve examined plans and prospects for the Scottish craft brewer under Tilray
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: PackUK bailout, Diageo shock and the Big 30
The Treasury is bailing out PackUK to cover the shortfall from its new EPR tax, while Diageo’s share price crashed 13% as new CEO Dave Lewis slashed dividends and criticised off-trade service. Meanwhile, the NFU secured £345m for farmers and retail crime figures showed the biggest fall since the pandemic
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: BrewDog, Boparan and charity Goodness
It’s not all doom and gloom at The Grocer. In fact it’s been Goodness Week, our annual special focusing on the industry’s social impact
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s Picks: EPR, Co-op chaos and Valentine’s Day
They say breaking up is hard to do, and it seems that love is in the air over at Kraft Heinz as well, as the fmcg giant made the decision to call off its break-up in a pre-Valentine’s Day update.
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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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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: HFSS shake-up, BrewDog rumours, retailer pay and caffeine pouches
The nutrient profiling model starting gun has now been fired, with plans to introduce the new definition to determine what constitutes a HFSS product in this parliament
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Tariff u-turn, VFC, franchises, fascias and food waste
We’ve been speaking to a number of exporters since Monday after the US president announced punitive levies on eight European countries
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Nutrient profiling, TikTok and M&S Food waste
Now the bungling EPR administrator has been slated for sending out warning letters over potential fines for bills that aren’t even due.
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Christmas sales, GLP-1 ranges and a quiet Veganuary
In truth all the listed grocers enjoyed strong food sales this Christmas, but these were offset by issues elsewhere
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Comment & OpinionOur final issue of the year is a cracker!
The headline has to be the healthy switches consumers have made, with vape sales falling dramatically, while the biggest category volume increase was seen in smoking cessation products
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Graze, Maltesers and value Christmas dinners
There are new warnings that fresh turkey supply may be impacted by bird flu. In some years the industry has been guilty of crying wolf (or fowl?)