Archive of all supplier articles – Page 167
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NewsPork supplier FA Gill in dialogue with Cranswick and Tesco
FA Gill, the slaughterhouse implicated in last week’s pork mislabelling row, says it is in “positive and ongoing dialogue” with other parties involved.
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Analysis & FeaturesSmall food and drink suppliers take the fight to foreign shores
Over the past 10 years, UK-based ownership of the Top 150 food & drink suppliers has declined significantly…
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NewsHeinz Ketchup in decline as shoppers lay off the sauce
Brown sauce and tomato ketchup are failing to cut the mustard with consumers, according to figures seen by The Grocer…
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NewsWe struggle to open packaging too, pros admit
Brand owners and retailers are letting down an ageing population when it comes to delivering easy-to-open packaging…
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NewsFrench sugar giant Tereos ups the ante as UK prices tumble
Suppliers have welcomed an injection of ‘much-needed competition in the UK sugar market’ from across the Channel…
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Comment & Opinion
Horsegate: heed economics of the cold chain
Sir: The supermarket business model is based on shoppers trusting what retailers put on their shelves…
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Analysis & FeaturesA licence to Pep(pa) up your brand
With the right partner and a sound commercial strategy, brand licensing can help to boost sales and listings…
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Profilesfab! the story of R&R Ice Cream
It started as a small business on a Yorkshire dairy farm and now, after many acquisitions, boasts 1,000 SKUs
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NewsStevia lines axed as category struggles to find sweet spot
US sweetener giant Merisant has pulled its Pure Via stevia brand from the UK…
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Comment & OpinionAndroid 4.4 Kit Kat: A coup for Nestlé?
Has Nestlé pulled off a coup in the naming of Android 4.4 KitKat? When Grocer Towers received the news that Google and Nestlé had teamed up to brand the next version of the Android operating system Android KitKat, one of my colleagues suggested it might be a ...
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Comment & Opinion
Cheddar's a big boys' game
Denhay’s withdrawal from Farmhouse Cheddar making has caught the media eye…
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Comment & OpinionThrowaway History: Opie's search makes wistful brand watching
Consumer historian Robert Opie’s new DVD explores the history of all our favourite brands…
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Analysis & FeaturesBrands mix up promotional strategies as bogof use falls
At first glance it is business as usual on the promotional space of supermarkets – but never judge a pallet by its cover…
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NewsHovis loses lines as Tesco Express prefers Kingsmill and Burgen
Tesco is shaking up the bread fixture in its Express c-stores – spelling more bad news for Hovis…
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News2 Sisters looks to future with two new COOs
2 Sisters Food Group has reshuffled its top brass and created two new chief operating officer roles…
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Comment & OpinionNGOs will never be satisfied
Not long ago it was reported that several NGOs had withdrawn from meetings at the Department of Health…
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Comment & OpinionThink shelf-out if you want to stand out
Asda’s Stephen Smith has emphasised the need for retailers to communicate ‘brand personality’….
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Comment & OpinionThe return of Funny Feet feels Fab (no pun intended)
With the return of Funny Feet, our Bring Back a Brand campaign achieved everything we set out to achieve…
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NewsWarburtons bids a sad adieu to Le Toastie
Warburtons has quit the French market after its efforts to sell ‘Le Toastie’ proved uneconomical…
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Analysis & FeaturesHow do symbol group own-label ranges stack up?
With the mults continuing to improve their own-label ranges, the pressure is on symbol groups to up the ante…