All Seasonal articles
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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
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News
McDonald’s lights up Christmas with festive ad and gift drop
The fast food giant is launching The McDonald’s Gift Drop, a nationwide treasure hunt in which customers cab find ‘hidden’ gift tags to win prizes
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Analysis & Features
The battle for the best Christmas ad 2024: which ones impress our expert panel?
From a star-laden ‘crime scene’ to Kevin Carrot making boob jokes, this year’s ads are a varied bunch
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News
Josie Gibson stars in Iceland Foods Christmas advert 2024
The discount retailer has launched a new tagline, ‘That’s why Santa goes to Iceland’, to support its Christmas campaign
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John Lewis’ Christmas ad features stores in moving campaign
John Lewis has finally dropped its highly anticipated Christmas ad aiming to capture the nation’s hearts and boost festive sales
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Leon launches new festive menu double the size of last year’s
The chain has boosted its festive menu with five new items
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Primula launches limited-edition Pigs in Blankets flavour for Christmas
It combines the classic flavour of pigs in blankets with Primula’s signature creamy cheese, creating a ‘fun, quirky twist on a festive favourite’
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Tesco turns the world into gingerbread in melancholy Christmas ad 2024
Tesco’s heart-wrenchingly nostalgic advert shows joy, loss and CGI gingerbread fish
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Aldi seeing early signs of high Christmas demand
Sales of its Mulled Wine and Flavour Mulled Wine are up 17% year on year, according to the discounter
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Boots features Adjoa Andoh’s Mrs Claus in Christmas ad 2024
The ad sparked a wave of racist, misogynistic and transphobic comments calling Boots ‘woke’
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Taco Bell launches festive burrito to ‘break out’ of the Christmas sandwich tradition
The chain said it wanted to innovate the category by offering a British classic with a twist
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Events & Awards
The Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024: Seasonal
Combining the indulgence of Baileys with the hit of espresso, the product surpasses other creams thanks to its extra-thick consistency
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Range Preview
Lamb guard of honour and passionfruit martini panettone: Morrisons Christmas range 2024
Morrisons’ new meat cuts, party-friendly nibbles and free-from options aim to lure consumers ahead of the big Christmas shop
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News
Nigella Lawson unveils Greggs’ festive bakes in saucy Christmas ad
The baker confirmed Lawson’s participation on Sunday, ending weeks-long speculation
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Waitrose celebrates Great British sleuths in star-studded Christmas ad
Waitrose has gone sleuth this year, debuting its Christmas ad-cross-festive mystery campaign with a celebrity-packed whodunit plot
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Kindness in the spotlight in Amazon’s Christmas ad
Amazon’s advert follows the quiet journey of a theatre janitor whose hidden singing talent finds the spotlight
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Dawn French returns in M&S Christmas ad 2024
M&S is bringing back its Christmas Fairy voiced by comedian Dawn French – this time joining her character on screen
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Kevin the Carrot returns on a mission to save Christmas in Aldi’s 2024 ad
Kevin the Carrot is back, this time on a mission to save the spirit of Christmas itself from evil (bah) humbug sweets
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Oven mitts are back for singalong Morrisons Christmas ad 2024
Morrisons is bringing back last year’s singing oven mitt puppets for a new rendition of You Give a Little Love from Bugsy Malone
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Driving Gnome for Christmas: Asda Christmas ad 2024
Asda is going big and going gnome in its punny Christmas ad campaign