All The Grocer articles in 14 October 2023 – Page 2
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NewsVFC Foods expands plant-based offering with acquisition of Clive’s Purely Plants
VFC’s move follows the rescue of Meatless Farm in June
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NewsMars Petcare appoints Najoh Tita-Reid as chief brand and experience officer
Tita-Reid will lead the growth agenda for the business, helping create ‘a seamless brand and consumer experience across the Mars Petcare portfolio’
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NewsGreggs opens first café inside a Sainsbury’s supermarket
As many as ‘half a dozen’ openings are planned before the end of the year
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Category ReportCan Tucci perk up pasta?
With Stanley Tucci waxing lyrical and low prices luring shoppers, some believe the pasta category has an opportunity to get fancier
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NewsAldi expands medicine blister pack recycling scheme with TerraCycle
From this week, customers can order a freepost envelope via Aldi’s website, which can then be used to send empty medicine blister packs to TerraCycle using Royal Mail
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NewsFood crime costing up to £2bn per year, FSA research shows
Food crime costs the UK economy between £410m and £1.96b per year, which adds a ’heavy burden’ on businesses and local authorities
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NewsLosses widen at Innis & Gunn as rising costs hit profitability
The cost of energy was cited as a significant factor in the brewer’s losses
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Sugro launches supplier-funded B2B WhatsApp channel to boost promotional messaging
Securing support from the likes of Britvic, PepsiCo and Red Bull, the suppliers will fund promotional WhatsApp messages to the retailers of Sugro’s wholesale members
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NewsNisa hires Kim Clarkson as head of partner services as its bolsters leadership team
Prior to joining Nisa, Clarkson spent 18 years at Sainsbury’s in various head of trading roles
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Comment & OpinionWhat sustainability really means for fmcg NPD
New products and formulations are increasingly under the spotlight as consumer focus on sustainability continues to build
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NewsSt Peter’s Brewery seeks retail expansion for Curious Brewery and Wild Beer Co following acquisition
CEO Derek Jones said the acquisition gave the Suffolk-outfit ’a fairly formidable portfolio’ of brands
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NewsLabour pledges new law against attacking shopworkers amid shoplifting ‘epidemic’
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has pledged to introduce a new law against attacking shopworkers amid the shoplifting scourge
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NewsCity snapshot: Marston’s flags strong performance for new strategy
Pub group Marston’s has increased like-for-like sales by 10.1% in the year to 30 September thanks to a “strong” performance for food and drink.
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NewsPastificio Liguori rolls out traceability QR codes on pasta packs
Shoppers will be able to identify the geolocation of the wheat fields used, the date of harvesting and the mill in which the wheat was processed
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NewsMedia Bites 11 October: Grocery inflation, PepsiCo, Greencore
The pace of grocery prices inflation has slowed to its lowest rate in 15 months, with the average cost of a pack of butter now 16p less than a year ago
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NewsAmazon launches first own label advertising campaign
Campaign features new tagline: ‘Food too, who knew?’
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Savoury Pastries & Meat Snacks: 18 November
Brands are heading for a big bust up in savoury pastries and meat snacks
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NewsDeliveroo to boost merchants with minimal mark-up on app
The app will make it “very clear when someone’s not as good on pricing”
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Comment & OpinionWhy greenhushing is an insidious threat to progress
Greenhushing happens when fearful brands retreat to the safe confines of silence, says Jessi Baker, founder & CEO of Provenance
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NewsBeer fear over climate change impact on global hop harvests
Rising global temperatures and extreme weather events are having a big impact on hop production