Specialist retailers
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Analysis & Features
How Oatopia went from athletic snack to gold award-winner
The business was started in 2011 by endurance athlete Tamar Coleman
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Analysis & Features
Sky Park Farm: the Sussex deer park championing local produce
Owners Pierce and Victoria Noonan have built a flourishing business in West Harting, West Sussex
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News
John Lewis partners with Timpson Group for new clothes repair service
It’s the latest new initiative being trialled by John Lewis as it seeks to broaden its offer and attract customers back to its ailing department stores
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Analysis & Features
How Oscar Mayer’s NASA-inspired Gastro Hub aims to turbocharge NPD
A Mission Control room sits at the centre of Oscar Mayer’s new seven-figure Gastro Hub. It’s all part of CEO Ian Toal’s plan to turbocharge innovation
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News
Love Cocoa to make bricks & mortar debut with first shop near Oxford Street
Founder James Cadbury has made no secret of his ambition to rival other premium chocolatiers on the high street
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News
Fortnum & Mason launches new tea subscription delivery service
The new service offers three subscriptions for top ups of Fortnum’s biscuits, teas and jam
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Events & Awards
Grocer Gold Awards 2024: Abel & Cole wins Sustainability Initiative of the Year
An intervention with the potential to deliver a “massive impact” in the battle against packaging waste, said our judges
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Events & Awards
Grocer Gold Awards 2024: Who Gives A Crap wins Specialist Online Service of the Year
Set up in 2012, the B Corp sells loo roll made from recycled office paper or bamboo
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Events & Awards
Grocer Gold Awards 2024: Cook is Specialist Wholesaler of the Year
Last year, this winner signed up 130 new accounts and drove an increase in gross wholesale turnover of 13.9%
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News
Cook appoints Leon’s Ashley Davis as new chief commercial officer
Ashley Davis will support Cook’s co-founders Rosie Brown and Ed Perry in the newly created role
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News
Booths rolls out new artisan bakery concession
The expansion of the bakery format comes as part of Booths’ ongoing programme to modernise stores and supply chain
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Analysis & Features
How sourdough specialist Lovingly Artisan became an award-winning retailer
A husband-and-wife team have grown an artisan bakery to become Farm Shop & Deli Retailer of the Year 2024
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Promotional Features
Taste elevated: premium tomato category growth
Robust growth in the canned and ambient tomato category is being driven by price inflation and consumers trading up. Read Mutti’s in-depth review of the sector and how retailers can capitalise.
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News
British Corner Shop to make a comeback
The online platform for British goods had closed earlier this year due to Brexit and Covid-19 impacts
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News
Huel and Little Moons among brands delisted by Planet Organic
Both products ‘no longer’ conform with Planet’s ‘organic and healthy’ product standards, founder Renée Elliott said
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News
Planet Organic plots new stores as recovery makes progress
Renée Elliot revealed the plans in new filings published to Companies House this week
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News
Daylesford Organic losses deepen after ‘challenging’ year
Daylesford “bore the cost” of historically high inflation, particularly in food
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Analysis & Features
What a Pickle: from kids’ jam to Asda and farm shop stalwart
What a Pickle founder Camilla Lywood explains how an acquisition is transforming the chutney and sauce supplier
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News
One Stop ramps up bakery offer with 33 sweet and savoury lines
The retailer is working with local bakeries to offer regional ranges
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News
Fortnum & Mason upgrades supply chain tech with Relex
The new technology would help improve availability of stock across Fortnum’s supply chain