All Own label articles
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Range Preview
Vegan liquid egg and Frickles: Aldi Plant Menu for Veganuary 2025
Aldi is ramping up its plant-based offering for Veganuary, unveiling its biggest-ever Plant Menu range launch with over a dozen new options
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News
Aldi to limit supply of own-label crémant for duration of New Year’s Eve offer
The discounter said it expected to see ‘unprecedented demand’ for the tipple
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Comment & Opinion
Asda’s own-label growth shows the importance of premium cues
While people are still being careful with their cash, they are more likely to indulge in ‘affordable luxuries’, says Kim Van Elkan, MD at OurCreative
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News
Thatchers vs Aldi trademark battle reaches Court of Appeal
Thatchers is appealing a High Court ruling in January that Aldi’s Taurus Cloudy Lemon Cider had not infringed its trademark
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Analysis & Features
The Big Book of Grocery: Top Products Survey 2024
It’s our most comprehensive report ever, measuring a record 127 categories and including grocery sales data from discounters Aldi and Lidl and online giant Amazon for the first time
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News
Shelves left empty of dips, soups and pasta sauces as Bakkavor strike continues
Tesco and Waitrose are experiencing significant shortages as a result of the ongoing industrial action
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Rankings
Pizza 2024: own-label pizza buoyed by NPD flurry
Retailers have invested significantly in their own pizza ranges over the past year
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News
Holland & Barrett to add hundreds of new food and drink lines in January
‘We are nobody’s primary shop, they have to make a conscious decision to come to us,’ group product director April Preston told The Grocer
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KVI Tracker
Mince pies up 40% year-on-year amid tight sultana and butter supplies
Twenty-six mince lines are pricier this year than last
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Comment & Opinion
Tomato purée slave labour muck throwing doesn’t seem to be sticking
It’s not just the supermarkets challenging the tomato purée slave labour findings, either
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News
Tomato purée: supermarkets hit back at BBC investigation but own-label supply slows
This is how UK supermarkets got caught up in a major forced labour scandal this week
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News
Flourish range dwindles as Sainsbury’s plans healthy food shake-up
Shoppers have been contacting Sainsbury’s about struggling to be able to find Flourish products
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News
One Rock completes takeover of Burts Snacks owner Europe Snacks
As revealed by The Grocer in July, New York-headquartered One Rock saw off rival bids to win the auction run by investment bank Lazard
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News
Tomato purées ‘likely’ linked to forced labour in China, BBC investigation finds
The BBC tested several own-label tomato purées that appeared to contain tomatoes grown and picked in China using forced labour, it claimed
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Comment & Opinion
Why couldn’t Morrisons find a buyer for Rathbones bakery?
Morrisons’ failure to find a home for its Rathbones bakery has left many in the sector baffled as to what went wrong.
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News
Tesco to roll out own label gut health range in 2025
The supermarket has applied to register the name ‘Gut Sense’ as a trademark
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News
Bakers union BFAWU ‘furious’ at Morrisons proposal to close Rathbones
The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union said the decision was ‘beyond disappointing’ and added even more jobs in the supply chain, as well as agency workers, would be impacted
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News
Morrisons to shutter bakery Rathbones with 400 jobs at risk
Morrisons is set to shutter Rathbones bakery after exploring all options for the manufacturing facility, with almost 400 workers facing redundancy as a result, The Grocer has learned
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News
Aldi recalls own-label bao buns due to undeclared sesame and duck meat
The retailer has contacted the relevant allergy support organisations and issued a point-of-sale notice
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Range Preview
Nineteen innovative products launching for Christmas 2024
From brie, bubbly & orange flavour crisps to turkey dog dinners, here’s what’s hitting supermarket shelves for the holidays