All Daily Bread articles – Page 102
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Comment & OpinionUK dairy industry at a crossroads
With EU milk quotas to be removed next year, the sector’s focus is zeroing in on how to make the most of the opportunities offered by the new liberalised trading regime.
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Comment & OpinionCo-op’s ‘defining moment’ ushers in transition
Saturday, 30 August, 2014 will go down in The Co-operative Group’s long history as “a momentous and defining moment” for the society, according to chair Ursula Lidbetter. That’s because at a special general meeting held at the society’s Manchester HQ, elected members voted 83% in favour of adopting a new ...
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Comment & OpinionSparks fly in batteries
The batteries category is a huge battleground between the supermarkets and the discounters, which are seizing share here as they are in grocery in general.
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Comment & OpinionCo-op Group looks to its better angels as crucial vote nears
The Co-operative Group is facing a crunch vote on its future this Saturday
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Comment & OpinionE-cigarettes in the dock
The World Health Organisation’s damning assessment of e-cigarettes will be dispiriting reading to suppliers
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Comment & OpinionUpstart Uber fires a shot across the bows
Taxi app service Uber has caused a stir in the US with an unexpected swerve into grocery delivery
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Comment & OpinionPeter Andre takes Iceland back to the future
Iceland has announced the new face of its ad campaign will be none other than “TV presenter, songwriter and chart-topping singer” Peter Andre, of Mysterious Girl fame
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Comment & OpinionSmallest-ever Waitrose betrays big plans for convenience
Waitrose’s new store in London’s King’s Cross - its smallest yet - is its first move into travel convenience.
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Comment & OpinionHudl headache is price of success for Tesco
Tesco’s Hudl tablet made headlines with the news that a security flaw meant that users’ sensitive data could retrieved even after performing a factory reset on the device.
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Comment & OpinionIntroducing 'the world’s first free supermarket'
Imagine a supermarket where absolutely everything was given away for free. Implausible? Maybe, but there’s one called Freemarket opening in Copenhagen this Saturday.
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Comment & Opinion99p Stores thinks big in Northampton
99p Stores’ Abington Street branch is the first of a brand new concept for the chain. What’s it like?
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Comment & OpinionThe human side of global supply chain pressure
August is traditionally silly season territory, but there is nothing silly about the summer of 2014.
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Comment & OpinionFoodservice must wise up as new rules approach
From December 13 diners will be able to ask restaurant staff whether any of the 14 key allergens are contained in the food on their plates and the staff will need to be able to tell them – by law.
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Comment & OpinionOnline is the new reality – like it or not
Ofcom’s annual report on the UK’s media consumption and habits is a must-read for all the major grocers.
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Comment & OpinionClick & collect on the road to domination
The age of click & collect is well and truly upon us, and it seems almost every week there’s a new development.
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Comment & OpinionFevered minds and panic buying: WWI reported in The Grocer
As The Grocer reported in its issue of 8 August 1914, swift action was being taken to limit profiteering and panic at the outbreak of WW1.
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Comment & OpinionSugar tax supporters must heed Europe’s lessons
Doubtless calls for a sugar tax will soon be back. But there are clear signs that they are a political minefield for any government foolish enough to bring them in.
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury's thinks bike with new HGV
Sainsbury’s new HGV is aiming to make city streets safer for cyclists. Is it a step in the right direction?
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Comment & OpinionOnline shoppers with a sweet tooth
We’re buying more confectionery online - a stat we reveal in the first of a new series of digital reports.
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Comment & OpinionBB’s Warehouse piles ’em high in Wakefield
BB’s Warehouse, which opened on Monday, is Conviviality Retail’s new brand designed to be “bold, fun and democratic”. The Grocer paid a visit.