Hannah Thompson
Hannah Thompson is currently on a placement at The Grocer in between studying for a magazine journalism master’s degree at City University London. She writes news and features.
ProfilesOn the hunt for Kelly's heroes
Others may beg to differ but Dexter Kelly is adamant: “Everybody loves food and if it’s organic, people will buy it”…
ProfilesChocolate that's Ohso healthy
Who says chocolate can’t be good for you and taste delicious? Not Andrew Marten…
ProfilesWhere are they now? Christine Cross, former Tesco director
Cross spent 15 years lecturing in food science at Edinburgh and Bath Spa Universities before joining Tesco in 1989….
NewsRetailers suffer as cost of retail crime soars by 15%
The cost of retail crime has soared to £1.6 billion a year, a new survey has found, amid fears that retailers may lack confidence when it comes to reporting incidents to the police.
NewsMorrisons teams up with Lakeland for new online venture
Morrisons is to sell Lakeland kitchenware through its Morrisons.com website from the Spring.
NewsBees are at risk from neonicotonoids claims EFSA
A widely-used group of pesticides has been ruled unsafe for bees, in a report that has raised concerns over the EU’s safety assessment process.
NewsEFSA faces questions over its study into aspartame toxicity
Doubts have been cast over the reliability of the European Food Safety Authority’s review into aspartame…
NewsPhilip Morris rebrands Bright Leaf to distiguish it from Marlboro
Philip Morris is rebranding its Marlboro Bright Leaf range as simply Bright Leaf this month.
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Food waste report points finger at bogofs and sell-by dates
Supermarkets and their suppliers must shoulder more responsibility for reducing food waste, say the authors of a new study claiming that up to half of all food is thrown away.
NewsFour million Sainsbury's shoppers use Nectar to bring down cost of Christmas
An estimated four million Sainsbury’s shoppers used their Nectar loyalty points to redeem a record amount in the run up to Christmas and New Year, the multiple revealed today.