All The Grocer articles in 24 March 2018
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Analysis & Features
10 of our most popular Waste Not Want Not campaign stories
We’ve gathered together some of our most popular WNWN content to inspire you to j oin the fight and sign our petition
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Analysis & Features
Life after plastic: what are the other packaging options?
Plastic packaging has faced fierce criticism for decades, but never quite like this. Two months after the government announced plans to phase out avoidable plastic waste by 2042, the industry is in a race against time to find viable alternatives. What options are there?
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News
Lidl to stop selling kangaroo meat from June
The discounter cited ‘customer tastes’ and ‘changing preferences’ among its considerations in taking the decision
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Comment & Opinion
Natural drinks: a long-term opportunity
The impending sugar tax in April provides natural beverage companies with the ideal opportunity to grow market share
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News
Chicken overhauls sausages in BBQ pecking order
Both burgers and sausages featured in fewer British barbecues last year
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Comment & Opinion
Stockpiling shows how much Brexit reassurance is needed
Businesses aren’t hanging around for politicians to save them from the drop
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News
Test project to create food packaging from algae
The new packaging material will be tested in branches of Nordsee
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News
Hovis on the road to all-electric delivery vehicles
It has deployed two Fuso eCanter vehicles for an initial two years
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News
Plans to stockpile food in case of Brexit border chaos
Some companies are considering stockpiling up to six months’ worth of products and ingredients
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Category Report
A lust for blood: Barbecue category report 2018
For all the talk of the conscientious avoidance of meat, Britain still has a thing for flesh
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News
Ocado feels chill as first-quarter sales disappoint
The online grocer’s first quarter sales growth was reduced by almost one percentage point
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News
Wing Yip suffers 30% drop in pre-tax profits
According to accounts filed at Companies House this week, pre-tax profits were down from £4.8m to £3.5m on turnover up 8.7…
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Analysis & Features
Is the market to blame for woes of Jamie Oliver & co?
Has the casual dining sector – such a source of growth and creativity in recent years – run out of ideas?
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Analysis & Features
Can Innocent rattle Alpro with its dairy-free launch?
Alpro’s dominance of the dairy alternatives drinks market faces a major challenge from an unlikely source
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Comment & Opinion
Use Easter to reflect on your methods and reconsider strategy
Themes traditionally associated with Easter include hope, resurrection and new beginnings
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My Alternative CV
Charlie Hoare, Tapped Birch Water, on manhole covers and sap
‘My first job? Cleaning cars – I would cycle around the local villages with a bucket and sponge’
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Comment & Opinion
Muffin report is hardly shocking, but there is work to do on morning goods
Action on Sugar has exclusively revealed that ’blueberry muffins are not a healthy snack option’, in case you didn’t already know?
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News
Stuart Machin joins M&S in newly created role of MD of food
His appointment means Andy Adcock, director of food, will leave the company at the end of April
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News
Anti-crime animation launched for convenience retailers
More than 9,000 estimated robberies took place in the convenience sector over the past year
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Comment & Opinion
Britain's Equal Pay Scandal: work to do for UK food & drink
A new raft of female workers are claiming they’re entitled to more on their pay cheque