All Supermarkets articles – Page 3
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NewsEx Iceland innovation chief launches exclusive brand licensing agency
Food Brands Now will work with other retailers, manufacturers and brands to launch and develop new products
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NewsCouncils to be docked funds if they misuse packaging tax cash
Defra has brought forward a raft of regulations in parliament aimed at tackling producer concerns over the accountability for the £1.4bn a year tax
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NewsM&S brings back Dawn French fairy and Tom Kerridge for Christmas ad 2025
M&S has brought back its much-loved Fairy character for another dose of festive magic – this time set in a Christmas Eve traffic jam
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Comment & OpinionThe cost of cheap meat and why industry insiders are breaking rank
Inside Track, as the group calls itself, is not a group of radical, leftwing firebrands. They are leading executives from a raft of major food companies who feel compelled to demand change
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NewsWaitrose starts rolling out new ‘Little Treats’ across its estate
The ‘Little Treats’ initiative allows members of the MyWaitrose loyalty programme to claim up to three benefits each month
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NewsInsider whistleblowers accuse industry of relentless drive towards cheap and processed meat
The report claims public heath and the UK’s food security have been ‘deprioritised’ as supermarkets go in pursuit of sales of ‘cheaper and more highly processed’ meat and dairy products
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NewsThe BFG returns in Sainsbury’s Christmas advert 2025
The ad launches alongside a new range of BFG-inspired food, home, clothing and gifting items
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NewsAsda converts Grinch with low prices in Dr Seuss-inspired Christmas advert 2025
‘We didn’t want to do was to take a holiday from our strategy at Christmas’ Asda marketing VP Adam Zavalis told The Grocer
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NewsAsda sells Leon back to co-founder John Vincent
The undisclosed deal includes 46 Leon restaurants, 20 UK franchises and three franchise sites in the Netherlands
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NewsFarm closures key driver of beef prices, consultancy firm says
Inverto pointed to the closure of 8.5% of cattle farms since 2020
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Grocer 33Lead manager Kealan Randall on Dorchester’s unique, seasonal Tesco store
’I’ve worked in retail since I was 17, joining Tesco last year from Asda. I feel fully embedded already. The team have really supported me to lead take on leading the store while the store manager is away’
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Grocer 33Tesco basket falls 11% as it meets Asda pricing fire with fire
Tesco and Sainsbury’s baskets both fell 11% month on month to match Asda price war manoeuvres
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Grocer 33Tesco mystery shop wins battle of 30,000 sq ft supermarkets
This week’s stores were all as close as possible to a mid-size 30,000 sq ft and the winner hails from the market town of Dorchester, Dorset with a winning score of 85
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Comment & OpinionDiverse diets and nostalgia: Mintel’s 2026 trend predictions
Next year will see a rise in demand for diverse, fibre-forward diets, nostalgic recipes and purpose-led sensory experiences, says Alex Beckett, senior director of food & drink research at Mintel
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NewsNectar360 expands coalition with FareShare partnership
The partnership will allow Nectar members to earn points by donating money to the charity
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NewsIceland Foods fails in bid to trademark ‘iconic’ King Prawn Ring
In September 2024, the supermarket specifically warned Aldi, Tesco, Asda, and Lidl that its lawyers were ‘more than ready’ to act should they launch their own ‘pretender’ versions of its King Prawn Ring over Christmas
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NewsWaitrose invests £1m to boost nature-friendly farming
Touted as a ‘significant step up’ for the supermarket giant’s Farming for Nature programme, it has partnered with the Soil Foundation Exchange and Regenified to support farmers with tools, advice and certification
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NewsTesco to increase bag for life price by a third
Tesco is expected to raise the price of its cheapest reusable shopping bag to 40p this week
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NewsHalf of households sold out-of-date food by supermarkets, finds survey
The average adult in the UK bins groceries worth £17.90 a month – the equivalent of £214.27 every year, the poll found
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NewsSupermarket chiefs in new inflation warning to Rachel Reeves
Reeves has been warned yet again by supermarket chiefs of the danger of driving up food prices if she heaps more tax on large shops