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Refusal of insurance puts paid to Cook’s prison staff scheme
Frozen ready meals retailer Cook has been forced to suspend an initiative offering jobs to prison inmates at its Kent factory following an insurance wrangle.Head of brand James Rutter said its insurance company Tokio Marine claimed that...
NewsGreggs goes healthy with salads and pasta pots
Greggs will debut a new line of healthy food options for shoppers by June to appeal to a wider audience. The new range, which has yet to be named, will comprise salad with French dressing, a tropical fruit mix, pasta and yoghurt pots alongside its current product portfolio.
NewsBank holidays hurt our sales, says Ocado
Ocado has blamed capacity constraints – and the recent bank holidays – for a slowdown in second-quarter sales growth. The online retailer revealed today that it expected to deliver growth of 21% in the first half of the year, which ends on 15 May.
NewsInnovation guru Goyder moves on from Innocent
Joe Goyder, head of consumer insights for new opportunities at Innocent, has left just 14 months after taking the role. Goyder, appointed in March last year, focused on developing customer understanding around the smoothie maker's new...
NewsSainsbury’s gears up to launch mobile coupons
Sainsbury's is hoping to become the first supermarket retailer to offer consumers money-saving vouchers via their mobile phones. Speaking exclusively to The Grocer, group development director Darren Shapland revealed that Sainsbury's was...
NewsHottest Easter since records began puts eggs in meltdown
Easter confectionery sales were "hammered" by the hot weather as shoppers swapped chocolate for a cold beer over the Easter Bank Holiday. As the mercury hit 27.8C, during the hottest Easter since records began, sources revealed Easter...
NewsNPD fuels sales boost to settle Reckitt wobbles
Reckitt Benckiser has credited new products including Dettol No Touch soap and the wasabi-infused Strepsils Warm for robust sales growth in the past three months.
NewsMorrisons offers patriotic petrol with ‘Fuel Britannia’ stunt
Morrisons has knocked 6p off a litre of petrol or diesel for customers spending £40 or more at stores from this week until May 8. The Fuel Britannia deal would beat recent offers introduced by Sainsbury’s and The Co-operative Group, the retailer claimed.
NewsCoalition takes on retailers over ‘best before’ labels
Retailers have warned that coalition plans to axe ‘best before’ labels from food are not a “silver bullet” for defeating waste. The government is set to issue new guidance to retailers urging them to minimise their use of the labels.
NewsC-stores furious over red tape stigma for Sunday trading regulations
Small store owners have slammed the government for attempting to bring an end to existing Sunday trading rules under the guise of reducing red tape.
NewsWaitrose bullish in the face of website snags
Waitrose's director of e-commerce has revealed that despite a barrage of complaints about its relaunched website, it is to push ahead with extra features such as brand reviews and recommendations.
NewsSainsbury's sets out ‘biggest-ever’ own-label revamp
Sainsbury’s has embarked on “the single biggest own-label development we’ve ever done as a business”, according to group commercial director Mike Coupe. All the retailer’s standard own label products will be revamped to feature the new By Sainsbury’s label over the next 12 months.