All articles by The Grocer – Page 2
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Events & AwardsAmelia Christie-Miller: the bean queen with ‘a really clear vision’
A hungover encounter with a near-empty food cupboard, solved by a “revelatory spoonful” of butter beans, set Amelia Christie-Miller on the path to becoming the ‘Queen of Beans’
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Events & AwardsAmbitious & approachable: Shaun Parker captains the ‘beast’ of Asda Boldon
Shaun Parker loves a challenge. Whether it’s a 70-mile ultramarathon along Hadrian’s Wall or managing Asda’s biggest store in the north of England, he approaches them with the same dedication and enthusiasm
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Events & AwardsHendersons continues growth streak – all while prioritising its staff
Northern Irish Spar operator Henderson Retail has enjoyed an outstanding year – outpacing both local rivals and the wider UK grocery sector
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Events & AwardsAldi sets the bar higher and higher for their colleagues
Winning this award for the third time in four years “Aldi seems to set the bar higher and higher every year with what they are doing for their colleagues,” said one judge
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Events & AwardsShelf-edge AI cams boost availability at Morrisons
The first AI deployment of its kind at scale within the UK, Focal Systems installed more than 200,000 tiny, shelf-edge, AI-powered availability cameras into 498 Morrisons supermarkets in just eight months
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Events & AwardsGrind goes from Shoreditch coffee shop to £40m brand
In 2011, Grind founder and CEO David Abrahamovitch turned his father’s mobile phone store in Shoreditch into a coffee shop
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Events & AwardsWaitrose leads the pack with best availability in Grocer 33
Waitrose came out on top in the battle against empty shelves – no mean feat considering it has the smallest supermarkets by square footage most weeks
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Events & AwardsDoritos marks 30 years in the UK with thicker chip and ‘striking’ marketing
Reformulating a £290m brand is a full of risk. But the risk has paid off for PepsiCo’s new, non-HFSS Doritos
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Grocer 33 - Service
Waitrose breezed its way to being named the best supermarket for customer service once again
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Grocer 33 - Price
Asda stormed back to reclaim its Grocer 33 price crown this year – and by quite some margin
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Events & AwardsBrakes gains £200m thanks to indie support and sustainability tech
Sysco GB-owned Brakes has continued to build on its post-Covid recovery
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Events & AwardsSpecially Selected still ‘clever and nuanced’ at 20
With over 1,000 new products launching under the Specially Selected brand in 2024, this was the year Aldi really made its mark on premium own label
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Events & AwardsTesco wins Britain’s Favourite Supermarket for 11th year – and beats Asda on price perception for the first time
Tesco made it 11 straight wins as Britain’s favourite supermarket and delivered a bruising blow to rival Asda in the process
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Warburtons now a £1bn sales blockbuster
Celebrity sells. It’s a truth Warburtons has leant into more than any fmcg brand in its advertising
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Events & AwardsLittle Dish and The Felix Project donate over 500,000 kids’ meals
Around one in four working Londoners struggles to afford to feed their families, with 400,000 children going hungry every day. Little Dish looked to tackle the issue through a different type of charitable initiative
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NewsMedia Bites 1 July: heatwave, inflation, UPF bingeing
Britain’s largest retailers are warning that food prices are being driven up by hot weather hitting harvest yields
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RankingsBritain’s Biggest Alcohol Brands 2025: The top 100
Britain’s Biggest Alcohol Brands is The Grocer’s annual ranking of the biggest booze brands in the UK by value and volume.
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RankingsBritain’s next top booze brands?
These 10 players have notched up strong value growth that puts them on track to compete in the top 100 next year
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NewsEntries now open for The Convenience Awards 2026
The Convenience Awards 2026 will take place on Wednesday 11 March 2026 at The Titanic Hotel in Liverpool
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NewsDiversity and inclusion to get industry focus at D&I In Grocery LIVE!
Top grocery executives will be coming together for GroceryAid’s flagship D&I in Grocery LIVE! event in September