All articles by The Grocer – Page 28
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News
The Grocer launches Best of Own-Label Awards
Seven titles are up for grabs including Best Own-Label Buyer of the Year, Best Own-Label Range of the Year and Best Own-label Supplier Development Chef
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Rankings
10 biggest alcohol brands in the UK 2019
Together, the top 10 alcohol brands have racked up an extra £3.4bn. So who’s up, who’s down, and what’s behind their performance?
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News
Grocer Gold Award winners 2019 announced
Here is a full list of all those that triumphed on the night
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Rankings
Britain's biggest brands 2019: one to 100
From Cadbury to Yorkshire Tea, these are the top 100 grocery brands in the UK ranked by value
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News
One in 10 start to stockpile as no-deal Brexit threat looms
Even Leave voters are starting to stockpile, our exclusive new research reveals
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Comment and Opinion
Reasons for grocery to be cheerful this Christmas, despite the doom and gloom
In our final blog of the year, here are The Grocer’s five reasons for cheer this festive season
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News
Supermarkets hoarding space as stockpiling scramble intensifies
Price of storage had risen by 15% per pallet per week in November and was up 8% in the third quarter
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News
The Grocer Drink Awards 2018 winners… revealed
After facing off throughout a rigorous judging process, a host of gold and silver winners have now been crowned
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Analysis and Features
Food and drink winners and losers in the 'giveaway' Budget
There were changes to business rates, online taxation, the national living wage and duty
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News
Jack's locations: where Tesco is recruiting for the next five stores
Tesco has announced plans to open up to 15 new Jack’s discount stores across the UK within the next six months
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Analysis and Features
First look: Inside Tesco's new discount chain Jack's, Chatteris
The new chain is designed to ”bring customers great-tasting food at the lowest possible prices” and promises ”no fancy fixtures or fittings, and no added extras”
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News
Tesco unveils new discount grocery chain Jack’s
The chain, named after Tesco founder Jack Cohen, will carry roughly 2,600 product lines and focus on British sourcing
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News
CO2 crisis: Britvic reassures on fizzy drinks supplies as Booker rations beer and soft drinks
The soft drinks giant also said it was working with its CO2 suppliers to find alternative sources of gas supply
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CO2 crisis: Now frozen food is hit as retailers run low on dry ice
Some retailers have started limiting online deliveries of frozen items
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News
Beer, fizzy drinks, chicken and meat hit by CO2 shortages
Supplies are running dangerously low right in the middle of World Cup fever and the crucial summer barbecue season
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News
UK braced for fizzy drinks shortages as suppliers scramble for CO2
A Europe-wide shortage of CO2 is hitting production of carbonated drinks, with sources describing the situation as a ‘mad scramble’ and ‘a perfect storm’
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News
Bestway wholesale recovery marred by poor health of Well
Well Pharmacy profits slumped due to less NHS funding and higher wages
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News
Lidl wins Christmas but the surprise package is... Asda
Tesco had been tipped to ‘win’ Christmas, but it was hit by sluggish general merchandise sales and a hit from the collapse of wholesaler Palmer & Harvey
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Analysis and Features
10 products that tell the story of what we ate & drank in 2017
From free-range milk to pink gin and on-the-go breakfast pouches, here is our pick of 10 new product launches that sum up the key trends that shaped UK food & grocery in 2017
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Analysis and Features
Autumn Budget 2017: the food & drink industry reacts
Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced his Autumn Budget, unveiling an increase to the national living wage, an April switch to CPI for business rates - and a surprise freeze in beer duty. Here’s how key industry bodies and companies have reacted.