All The Grocer articles in 21 December 2019 – Page 10
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News
Food and drink brands offered support with battling copycats
‘A Brief Guide to Parasitic Copying’ has been published by the British Brands Group (BBG)
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Soap Co boosts sustainable personal care lineup
All three of the premium brand’s main innovations are 100% natural, vegan and plastic-free
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City snapshot: Black Friday fails to boost lacklustre grocery sales
Black Friday failed to boost lacklustre sales across the grocery industry as the latest market share figures from Kantar show grocery sales growth slowing to 0.5% for the 12 weeks to 1 December. Plus, Just Eat rejects new Prosus bid, McColl’s profits below expectations, new CFO for Premier Foods and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Media Bites 10 Dec: Tesco, Just Eat, M&S
Tesco shares rallied on the news that the potential sale of Tesco’s multibillion-pound Asia business could lead to a bumper payout for investors.
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Comment & Opinion
Hard seltzers encourage underage drinking? Don’t be so dramatic
Hard seltzers are lightly flavoured, don’t contain sugar and come in grown-up packaging
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Accolade Wines hires new marketing director
A 15-year drinks industry veteran, Caroline Thompson-Hill previously worked for rival Treasury Wine Estates
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Dunbia commits to 30% reduction in greenhouse emissions by 2030
The meat processor made the announcement in the wake of the UN Climate Change Summit in Madrid
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City snapshot: Associate British Foods expects sugar recovery and grocery growth
Associated British Foods reiterated its outlook of further profit and margin growth in its Grocery division, as well as strong Primark performance and a recover in its struggling Sugar unit
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Scotbeef sales rise on UK growth as exports suffer
Annual sales rose 5.2% at beef and lamb supplier Scotbeef driven by positive growth in the UK as international revenues dropped
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Future of Tiny Rebel’s Cwtch ale uncertain as Portman Group issues Retailer Alert Bulletin
The Portman Group says the cans risk appealing to under-18s
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Müller commercial director unveiled as new Greenyard Fresh UK MD
Bill Mathieson is to take up the role in January 2020, following Alan Forrester’s retirement
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Comment & Opinion
Portman Group’s latest Tiny Rebel ruling is worse than VAR
Portman Group craven in its response to a single complainant
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News
Labeyrie Fine Foods to bring upmarket L’atelier Blini dips and olives brand to UK
Its debut range will roll out in spring 2020
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Sainsbury’s launches own-label Plant Pioneers vegan range
Plant Pioneers, which was released in selected stores in October, is set for a national rollout in stores and online on New Year’s Day
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Lucy Squires, marketing manager, Rubies in the Rubble
One of our Top New Talent class of 2019, Lucy talks us through life at Rubies in the Rubble
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FSA chair Heather Hancock to step down next year
She will leave the regulator next October to take over as the new master of St John’s College, Cambridge
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Captain Birdseye unveils ‘high seas-inspired’ eau de toilette
The scent is said to be ‘inspired by the hypnotic and evocative power of the high seas’
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Quorn’s long-serving CEO Kevin Brennan to step down
Brennan will be replaced by Marco Bertacca, who joins from Philippines-based Alaska Milk Corporation
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Comment & Opinion
To remain the people’s grocer, Aldi must make progress on ethics
Oxfam consistently ranks the discounter at the bottom of the UK’s supermarkets for its human rights policies, says Morgan Holt, chief strategy officer at Fitch
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Comment & Opinion
How to support – and benefit from – the online spend of millennials this Christmas
Understanding how millennials differ from other generations is key, says Google’s Harry Walker