All The Grocer articles in 08 February 2025 – Page 2
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NewsJames Watt invests £10k in Cosi Care after Instagram pitch competition
Watt has invested £10k in the personal care startup after running a ‘pitch-in-a-comment’ competition to promote his House of Unicorns reality TV show
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Comment & OpinionWhy Asda’s £1.2bn equal pay ruling could hit UK retail hard
The latest twist on the equal pay legal action brought against Asda found there was a ‘mixed picture’ over the comparability of store and warehouse roles
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Dairy Drinks: 8 March
Sales of indulgent RTD milkshakes are also booming and growing numbers of retailers are giving up floor space for self-serve milkshake machines. Who’s cashing in?
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NewsPepsi adds ‘indulgent’ Strawberries ‘N’ Cream and Cream Soda flavoured colas
The pair of treat-inspired serves would attract Gen Z shoppers to cola, Carlsberg Britvic predicted
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NewsFrylight adds Air Fryer pure oil spray to tap growing shopper trend
The NPD responds to the growing popularity of air fryers, with 58% of Brits now using one
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NewsSainsbury’s CMO Mark Given gets new expanded role after restructure
Sainsbury’s chief marketing officer has been promoted to the chief marketing, data and sustainability officer as the supermarket prepares to step up its data and analytics function
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Georgina Tatem, social impact specialist, Starbucks
‘A constant supply of premium coffee in the office is quite the bonus!’
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NewsDiageo removes medium-term sales guidance as US tariffs loom
The drinks giant blamed economic and political uncertainty for the removal of a medium-term target
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NewsMedia Bites 4 February: tariffs, self-checkouts, Asda, Diageo, Unilever, WH Smith
The news this morning continues to be dominated by the two Ts – Trump and tariffs
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NewsCity snapshot: Diageo’s shares slip after scrapping sales forecast
Diageo shares have slipped in early trading after the drinks giant issued a crucial set of half-year results. Also, supermarket sales keep rising in January
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NewsHorlicks expands into breakfast cereals with Malted Porridge
‘Consumer research has told us Horlicks fans would love to wake up to their favourite malty goodness,’ said the brand
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NewsPromotions boost supermarket sales in January
Supermarkets kept shoppers spending after Christmas by offering a raft of promotions as take-home sales rose by 4.3% in January
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NewsVertical farmer to launch Canada Water site this spring
Harvest London’s new site will be London’s largest integrated indoor vertical farm, it says
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NewsAldi planning to create more than 1,600 store jobs in 2025
The discounter – which now has more than 1,050 stores, up by about 10 since December – said the jobs would result from a previously announced plan to invest £650m in further expansion in 2025
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NewsDiageo ‘working round the clock’ to replenish Guinness stocks
Guinness has bucked wider declines in beer, leading to shortage fears
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NewsPlatinum Retail enjoys 40% surge in turnover to £163.8m
The forecourt operator reported the strong growth following investment in site expansion, food to go and technology
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NewsYuka health app launches petition for aspartame ban amid cancer links
Yuka said it planned to use consumer power to force the hand of governments across Europe and the UK
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NewsIceland promotes Kristian Barrett to COO in executive shake-up
Barrett will take responsibility for Iceland and Food Warehouse stores, distribution, digital and retail ops, and supply chain
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NewsTesco slow cooker donations help kids in fruit & veg scheme
The donations are the latest phase of the £4m Tesco Fruit & Veg for Schools programme
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NewsSainsbury’s strips out Just Walk Out tech from checkout-free store
The supermarket was Amazon’s first international customer of its cashierless Just Walk Out technology