All The Grocer articles in 13 October 2018 – Page 2
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News
FSA slams Pret over food safety culture and responsibility
The policies and procedures of Pret a Manger have been slammed by FSA chair Heather Hancock
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Analysis & Features
Can supermarket packaging be stylish, safe and sustainable?
Packaging has always had two main functions. The first is pretty prosaic: to protect the product. The second is pretty fascinating: to make it so attractive that it flies off the shelf
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News
Media Bites 12 October: Patisserie Valerie, WH Smiths, Obesity
Patisserie Valerie is on the brink of collapse after the café chain’s parent company said it would be unable to keep trading without an immediate injection of capital
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City Snapshot: Supermarket price inflation slides to 0.1%
Price rises triggered by the post-Brexit fall in the pound have almost completely subsided as supermarket price inflation reached its lowest level for 20 months, Produce Investment’s falls to a £9.5m loss and the rest of the news from the City
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News
Booths sales decline during year 'fraught with disruption'
The Northern supermarket chain reported a further slide in sales but stressed improved performance in the latter half of 2017
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News
Supermarket price inflation at lowest level for 20 months
The Grocer Price Index edged back up to 0.1% in September but is still at its lowest level for months
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News
KP Nuts links with craft brewer to launch 'KPA' pale ale
The brew has “subtle hints of oats and a citrus punch”, according to KP
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News
Patisserie Valerie warns 'immediate cash injection' is needed
The crisis-hit owner of Patisserie Valerie has warned that an immediate cash injection is needed “for the business to continue” in its current form
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Comment & Opinion
Racial diversity consultation is a positive step, provided it offers genuine insight
There is a startling lack of racial diversity at the top of food and drink
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News
Hawkshead Brewery to triple production with new brewhouse
The new site will up its capacity to 240 barrels per week - the equivalent of 69,000 pints
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Grocer 33
Asda, Queensway, Stafford: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We have to be very competitive on prices, and we are thanks to our Rolled Back Staying Back cuts’
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Grocer 33
Tesco's discounter lines can't knock Asda off top spot
Asda was exclusively cheapest on 13 items, with the dog chews, beer, cauliflower, potatoes and sausage rolls decisive…
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News
Pies, pizzas & sausages face 'draconian' PHE calorie targets
Under plans set out by PHE, a huge range of products would have to either shrink or reformulate
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Comment & Opinion
Cake & Bake creations honour Jules Verne
Bogof spent last weekend traipsing around London’s ExCel
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News
Defra confirms post-Brexit funding for UK producer organisations
The UK’s 33 producer organisations currently receive matched funding from the EU’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Aid Scheme
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News
Princes to close Chichester processing site
The company has “commenced a consultation with employees” and plans to close the Terminus Road site by the end of 2020
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News
Robot firm's new delivery service for 'any online store'
Orders from ‘Amazon, Asos or any other online store’ can now be delivered by Starship Technologies’ autonomous robots
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Feature Synopsis
Focus on Fish: 10 November
Could the traditional fish supper be over? Ironically, Brexit could herald the demise of this symbol of Britishness.
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News
Tesco's MD of online Adrian Letts leaves for new role
Letts has been MD of online at Tesco since August 2015