All The Grocer articles in 22 March 2025 – Page 3
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NewsCity snapshot: Pfizer completes £2.5bn Haleon exit
Pfizer still owns about 7.3% of the company, making it the largest shareholder. GSK sold its remaining stake in May last year
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NewsJeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat range hits Deliveroo Hop
“Slow farming meets rapid delivery” according to Diddly Squat and Deliveroo
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NewsFormer Wilko chief Mark Jackson made Poundland CFO
Poundland MD Barry Williams is understood to have been keen to bring Mark Jackson on board because of his turnaround experience
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NewsBoots customers can now earn Advantage points shopping on Deliveroo and Uber Eats
More than 240 Boots stores across the UK offer on-demand delivery through Deliveroo and Uber Eats, offering a range of up to 10,000 products
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NewsGlobal banana supply at risk as climate change hits producers
RaboResearch warned the banana supply chain faced significant risks due to yield fluctuations, increased water demand, severe weather events, and heightened disease pressure
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NewsLipton ‘discontinues’ Peach Ice Tea in Instagram stunt
Lipton yesterday posted a graphic of its Peach can adorned with angel wings to the social media site
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NewsUK food businesses ‘unlikely’ to meet 2026 chicken welfare deadline
UK retailers need to do more to improve chicken welfare, according to data from Compassion in World Farming
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NewsYoplait moves to fully recyclable bottles four years after Joe Lycett campaign
Featuring clear PET and including 35% RPET, the bottles have a mico-perforated sleeve for the consumer to remove before being put into the recycling bin
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NewsMeat exports get a boost as Philippines trade bans lifted
Ministers from the UK and the Philippines have been holding trade talks in London under the first Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) meeting
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NewsFarm shops & delis outline ‘challenging’ climate in new review
Rising costs and falling consumer spending have been flagged as the biggest challenges
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WhitepapersFrom trial to trust: how to build real brand loyalty in 2025
YouTube celebrities are disrupting the FMCG industry, outperforming even the biggest of media budgets. Those that choose not to adapt, do so at their peril. Discover how to protect your brand and build loyalty without increasing your budget.
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NewsWaitrose appoints new head of loyalty from Sainsbury’s
Lovell is the latest, and final appointment, following a restructure of the Waitrose and John Lewis loyalty teams
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NewsSuperdrug planning to open 25 UK stores in 2025
Superdrug said retail parks and destination stores would be a focus of the expansion, after sales in its 100 largest branches grew by 25% last year
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NewsAldi promotes from within for customer interaction director
The communications director position previously held by Thornton has been filled by Rebecca Heley, who has transferred from global customer strategy director
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NewsSure Whole Body Deo goes beyond armpits in light-hearted TV ad
It features characters applying Sure deodorant to various parts of their bodies
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Comment & OpinionCould reuse and refill replace single-use packaging in the next 10 years?
Will reuse and refill replace single-use packaging in the UK? Dr Paul Davidson, director of UKRI’s Smart Plastic Packaging Challenge, believes the reuse revolution is closer than we might think
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NewsThe Jolly Hog launches BBQ range that cooks in five minutes
The range (rsp: £6) is launching into Tesco, Morrisons, Ocado and Sainsbury’s at the end of March
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Comment & OpinionFarming disinformation is rife with idyllic imagery on packs
‘Humane-washing’ uses deceptive labels and imagery to sell animal-derived products, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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Comment & OpinionRed tape and bureaucracy: do we need PackUK to run the EPR?
Questions are being raised over the future of PackUK, the new quango set up to run EPR. With a £150k year CEO and separate bureaucracy, could this be run by the industry instead?
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat a mega-merger would do for Bakkavor, Greencore and own label
Will Bakkavor founders sell to Greencore, what are the benefits of the proposed mega-merger - and would the CMA clear it?