Archive of all supplier articles – Page 173
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NewsCo-op suppliers angry at payment demands
Suppliers have reacted angrily to new demands from The Co-operative Group for lump sum payments…
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Analysis & FeaturesAre Tesco's venture brands doomed?
After a year out in the cold, New Covent Garden soups are back on Tesco’s chiller shelves…
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Analysis & FeaturesHow to Build a Brand - and impress buyers and consumers
Up-and-coming brands can still be successful in today’s competitive market. That was the key message at The Grocer’s How to Build a Brand conference…
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NewsM&S to slash food business costs by 2% per annum
Marks & Spencer is looking to slash costs across its food business by 2% per annum…
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NewsPepsiCo Europe sales rise 3% in third quarter
PepsiCo has reported a 3% increase in like-for-like European sales in the third quarter.
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NewsThe Top 40 food, drink and grocery retail apps
Apps are transforming shopper interaction between retailers, suppliers and shoppers…
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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…