All Seasonal articles – Page 38
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Category ReportFancy that! Easter category report 2020
As Brits develop a taste for the finer things at Easter, it’s out with the standard shell egg and in with premium products
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Range PreviewRange preview: Marks & Spencer Easter eggs 2020
From super-sized chocolate buttons to chocolate biscuits transformed into eggs, M&S has drawn inspiration from its core lines for its 2020 Easter egg lineup
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NewsThe Grocer Own-Label Accreditation Scheme now open for spring occasions
Tasting sessions for Easter confectionery and bakery, spring roasting joints and picnic products are now open
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Range PreviewRange preview: Aldi Easter eggs 2020
Here’s the best of the chocolate eggs in Aldi stores this Easter
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NewsKrispy Kreme rolls digital doughnut display cabinets into Tesco
Video: Krispy Kreme digital cabinet Krispy Kreme is rolling out new digital doughnut display cabinets to 15 Tesco stores this month, with a view to a further nationwide distribution. The new cabinets come with digital screens to allow tailored marketing, as well motion-activated digital shelf edge ...
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Range PreviewRange preview: Hotel Chocolat Valentine’s Day 2020
The premium chocolatier has created gifts suitable for friends, relatives and colleagues, as well as significant others
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Range PreviewRange preview: Waitrose Easter Eggs 2020
From banoffee-filled realistic hen eggs to a white chocolate replica of a lemon, Waitrose has got its eye on aesthetics for Easter 2020. Here’s our pick of the range
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NewsMidcounties Co-op reports 3% hike in Christmas food sales
The member-owned society saw its busiest ever Christmas Eve
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Comment & OpinionWho won Christmas? It’s easier to say who lost
The extent of vouchering and discounting and the levels of waste will have been as crucial as sales in determining who won Christmas
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NewsLidl scores highest Christmas sales surge with double digit growth
Overall sales for the four weeks to 29 December rose 11% year-on-year, higher than any other supermarket over the festive period - including main rival Aldi
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NewsPotts blames ‘year of uncertainty’ as Morrisons posts Q3 sales decline
Potts said there had been “no Boris bounce” for supermarkets after the election
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NewsAldi Christmas sales up 8% as it breaks £1bn barrier
Sales were boosted by particularly strong growth in beers, wines & spirits
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NewsAldi donates 400,000 meals to food banks and charities on Christmas Eve
Around 185 tonnes of fresh food were donated after stores closed on 24 December
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Comment & OpinionThe Grocer’s Christmas Tinkle: the year in cartoons
As The Grocer team prepares to head home for the festive season, we thought we would send you this Christmas Tinkle
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NewsSainsbury’s predicts ‘biggest-ever digital Christmas’ as online sales peak
The retailer said it expected around three million customers to have shopped with either Sainsbury’s or Argos on smartphones, tablets and in-store handsets over the past three days
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Analysis & FeaturesFestive hot drinks: can retail cash in on the buzz?
The Starbucks red cups have become nothing short of a calendar event. Yet, as coffee shops cash in on toffee nut and gingerbread coffees, retail has been left out in the cold
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Analysis & FeaturesReview: The Grocer ate Christmas dinner in Morrisons. Here’s what we thought
Sensing an opportunity to have the most on-brand Christmas party we could possibly have, The Grocer team got booked in for the full festive works at Morrisons
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NewsChristmas food waste a key issue for shoppers, reveals Waitrose survey
More than half of shoppers want to reduce food waste this Christmas
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NewsAldi claims to offer ‘cheapest fresh turkey in the UK’ this Christmas
The discounter has slashed its cheapest fresh turkey price of £2.95 per kg – announced only yesterday – by a further six pence ahead of it going on sale tomorrow