Today’s press continued to be dominated by coverage of the early stages on the latest Donald Trump US presidency and the speculation around what impact he will have on the global economy. The UK’s press also seemingly remains committed to its campaign to make UK chancellor Rachel Reeves public enemy number one. With very few outlets not featuring one or both in today’s news.
In terms of more releveant grocery news. Several publications including the Telegraph and BBC locked onto the news that Waitrose is once again tweaking its MyWaitrose rewards. Cardholders will no longer need to make a separate purchase in order to avail of a free coffee but they will not be able to grab a free newspaper.
Their was also a number of reports this morning of the move last night by the government to oust the charirman of the Competition and Markets Authority Marcus Bokkerink and his interim replacement former Amazon UK boss Doug Gurr. The move could prove interesting in further grocery deals with the business secretary Jonathan Reynolds quoted by The Times as saying: “We want to see regulators including the CMA supercharging the economy with pro-business decisions.”
One man never too far from the headlines is Brewdog founder James Watt and today he appeared in the Standard as part of an interview to promote his forthcoming UK TV History programme House of Unicorns which offers entrepreneurs the chance to win £2m. Looping back to Rachel Reeves and the most recent budget, Watt claims there “has never been a more difficult time to start a business in the UK”
We also had further coverage of the recent Q3 results for Premier Foods. According to the Daily Mail, The Mr Kipling maker enjoyed bumper sales of confectionery goods over Christmas. This helped it deliver a 3.1% increase on third-quarter turnover to £360.1m.
Arguably the most interesting and certainly the most ambitious article this morning was published in the FT under the headline How to solve world hunger. The piece penned by science commentator Anjana Ahuja looks at some of the recent projects and political moves aimed at tackling shortages in the world’s poorest areas and appears to conclude that “it is not hopelessly idealistic for science to toil towards the end of hunger”
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