Steve Farrell
Steve is deputy news editor at The Grocer.
He’s responsible for covering online grocery and the discounters, and for editing The Grocer’s analysis features. He’s an experienced journalist who has contributed to a range of national newspapers including The Mail on Sunday.
Follow Steve on Twitter: @Steve_Farrell_
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- 01293 846613
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- steve.farrell@thegrocer.co.uk
NewsAldi fresh meat sales share surges past Sainsbury’s
Only Tesco sells more beef and poultry now than Aldi thanks to store expansion and a bigger range
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Jeremy Corbyn accuses Asda and Amazon of being among ‘worst employers’
Labour claimed ambulances were called to Amazon warehouses every two days last year
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Iceland ended loose fresh fruit & veg trial after sales fell 30%
The frozen food specialist introduced 35 packaging-free fruit & veg lines in a single-store trial in February, but shelved it after three months
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Iceland investor Brait announces plans to offload majority stake
Investment company Brait announced yesterday that it plans to offload stakes in both Iceland and New Look
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Asda’s first cash & carry-style ‘Deal Depot’ to open 4 December
It is in a 20,000 sq ft unit at Asda’s Patchway Supercentre, with a separate entrance
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Iceland calls on suppliers including brands to push plastic reduction
In two letters, joint MDs Richard Walker and Nigel Broadhurst have urged more than 400 suppliers to get behind Iceland’s new ‘10-point manifesto’
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Home Bargains eyes branded shift into fresh fruit & veg
Home Bargains has trademarked the name ‘Meadow Hill Fresh Groceries’
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M&S targets 100 stores for ‘hot hold’ food offering
Hot croissants, sausage rolls and wraps are also included in a range designed to cater for breakfast, lunch or dinner
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Iceland unveils plastic-free range of Christmas food
The new festive lines arrived in store this week
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M&S hires Tesco exec Richard Price as clothing & home MD
Price fills the vacancy left by the sacking in July of former M&S clothing & home MD Jill McDonald…
- Analysis & Features
Are brands doing enough to eliminate black plastic?
With supermarkets taking the lead on eliminating black plastic from own-label packaging, what progress are brands making?
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Unilever switches Domestos bottles to detectable black plastic
The change stands to save 2,500 tonnes of bottles from black plastic’s usual fate in landfill or incinerators
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Lawrence Hunt Spar doubles spirits sales with shop floor merchandising move
The business has been cautiously trialling spirits on the shop floor in 12 of its 25 stores for 12 months
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Lidl raises staff pay in £10m investment
The move makes the lowest Lidl pay rate 13% higher than the government-set national living wage
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Poundland shifts aim to top-up grocery missions
Mat Ankers said new price points had allowed Poundland to introduce enough new lines to cater for the “top-up convenience” mission
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Deliveroo hires BBC political reporter Eleanor Garnier as policy advisor
Appointment comes as the Competition & Markets Authority investigates whether an Amazon investment in Deliveroo could harm…
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Asda hits back at claims of shopper boycotts over new staff contract
Around 200 workers had not signed the new contract for all hourly paid store staff by the 10 November deadline
- Comment & Opinion
Five reasons why M&S’s food turnaround is working
The figures show M&S’s food business is doing something right. What is it?
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M&S looks to tackle price perceptions with ‘Re-Marks-able Value’ campaign
M&S is currently working on around 800 separate cost-saving initiatives
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BRC calls on next government to reform business rates & apprenticeship levy
Measures seen as essential for retail to continue supporting communities have been set out in the BRC’s ‘Vision for the UK’
