All The Grocer articles in 17 June 2023
Previous issues.
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NewsPrinces owner holds out for higher price
The Japanese owner of Princes is determined to press ahead with a sale of the brand this year despite initial bids falling short of expectations
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NewsThorntons back in the black after shift from retail outlets to fmcg
Thorntons has bounced back into profit for the first time since its acquisition by Ferrero in 2015, as it reaped the benefits of shuttering its flagging retail estate
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NewsCity snapshot: Record palm oil production for Dekel Agri-Vision as prices start to soften
Dekel Agri-Vision has reported a softening of palm oil prices as it delivered another “strong” month of soaring production.
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NewsMedia Bites 12 June: Food taxes, Waitrose, French food prices
The boss of one of the UK’s biggest food firms is calling for higher taxes on salty, fatty and sugary foods
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NewsOnline supermarket selling household essentials ends operations
The ambient and store cupboard delivery service launched nationwide in October 2020, ahead of its initial schedule, in response to pandemic demand
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NewsGolden Acre Foods unveils on-the-go halal brand Jaldee Eats
The range was developed to meet the needs of ‘younger, time-poor halal consumers’, said Golden Acre
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NewsDairy co-op Omsco appoints Carl Ravenhall as new chair
Ravenhall boasts a 35-year career in the dairy sector
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NewsBrewgooder and Brooklyn Brewery launch beer made from fonio
The innovation aimed to highlight fonio as a ‘great-tasting’ ingredient with sustainability credentials
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NewsMeatless Farm set to enter administration as all staff made redundant
Loss-making Meatless Farm is set to collapse into administration after a desperate search for new investment to save the plant-based brand proved fruitless
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NewsLidl to use ocean-bound plastic to make water bottles
From July, one-litre San Celestino Italian Sparkling Mineral Water bottles will be at least 30% made from the material
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Analysis & Features15 ways supermarkets and grocery are celebrating Pride month
As the world’s biggest companies give their social media logos the rainbow flag treatment, these grocery brands are opening their purses to address the issues facing the LGBTQ+ community
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NewsWaitrose continues investment in price with second round of cuts
The cuts form the second round of what executive director James Bailey promised in February would be two to three price events expected this year
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NewsNZ meat giant Alliance eyes UK beef market
The farming co-op is already a key supplier of lamb to the UK’s major supermarkets
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NewsAccolade Wines unveils Italian rosé brand Cupiolo
‘We wanted to offer people an alternative to French Provence that was just as luxurious,’ said Accolade
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Comment & OpinionSlashing supermarket FSA inspections is playing with fire
The FSA’s move to cut supermarket food safety inspections as part of a shake-up doesn’t show lessons from the past have been learnt
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NewsOne Beyond grappling with rise in ‘organised’ shoplifting
One Beyond chairman Chris Edwards said shoplifters had shifted from targeting single low-value products to sweeping the contents of a shelf into a bag
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NewsMedia Bites 13 June: Meatless Farm, Sainsbury’s, Ocado
The Grocer’s exclusive on the failure of Meatless Farm makes headlines this morning.
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NewsPernod Ricard buys Canadian RTD player ABG for £100m
French spirits group Pernod Ricard has acquired a 90% stake in Canada’s largest ready-to-drink sector player at an enterprise value of CAD165m (£99m).
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NewsSainsbury’s confirms closure and replacement of all Lloyds pharmacies
How the spaces will be utiliised will vary store to store, a Sainsbury’s spokesman said
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NewsFarmison hires retail veteran Andy Adcock as new CEO
The upmarket online retailer has also partnered with rapid delivery business Gopuff, 50 days after it was relaunched by ex-Asda boss Andy Clarke