All articles by The Grocer – Page 8
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Range Preview
Supermarket Easter ranges 2023
Here’s a preview of this year’s Easter ranges before they land on supermarket shelves
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Comment & Opinion
The internet reacts to the loss of Lilt
Let’s be honest, Coke doesn’t give its stellar performers the boot: a lot of people had virtually forgotten Lilt existed
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News
Grocer Gold Awards 2023 now open for entries and tickets on sale
Royal Albert Hall is new venue for the blue riband black tie event
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Range Preview
The supermarkets’ best value dine-in Valentine’s Day deals
There’s not a great deal of spare cash for many this Valentine’s Day, leaving supermarkets to step up their dine-in deals and provide exceptional value to allow lovebirds to celebrate in style – even if that is around the kitchen table
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Analysis & Features
Nine things food, drink and supermarkets can expect in 2023
What’s happening in grocery and fmcg in 2023?
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Analysis & Features
Story of 2022: Cost of living crisis strikes fear into all
The impact of inflation this year has gone far beyond just rising prices
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Analysis & Features
Hero of 2022: Jack Monroe takes the fight to retail
Jack Monroe ignited a storm after arguing that supermarkets were effectively punishing poorer households
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Analysis & Features
U-turn of 2022: Iceland rows back on plastic and palm oil
In 2018, Iceland committed to ditching palm oil before the year was out getting rid plastic packaging from own label by the end of 2023
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Analysis & Features
Disgrace of 2022: Food waste builds while Brits go hungry
A staggering 3.3 million tonnes of food are going to waste before it even leaves the farmgate
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Analysis & Features
Fall from Grace Award: BrewDog thought 2021 was bad. Then came 2022
BrewDog got off to a bad start in January
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Analysis & Features
Scandal of 2022: Supermarket price tactics fuel egg shortage
As late as November, supermarkets and the BRC were still parroting the line that egg shortages were caused by the bird flu crisis
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Analysis & Features
Bargain of 2022: Getir ‘rolls back prices to the 90s’ to fight inflation
It’s a case of those with the deepest pockets lasting longest: Getir acquired arch rival Gorillas
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Analysis & Features
Retreat of 2022: Unilever flies in the face of mass Russian retreat
Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine triggered a mass exit from Russia for hundreds of fmcg suppliers… But not Unilever
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Comment & Opinion
Hilarious, disastrous and frankly outrageous moments that shaped 2022
A year of political chaos, war, strikes, egg shortages, fevered cost price increase negotiations
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Comment & Opinion
The year in cartoons: The Grocer’s Christmas Tinkle 2022
These are your biggest stories of the year, told in pictures
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Analysis & Features
The Top Launches in each food and drink category 2022
Each of the categories covered in our Top Products report features a Top Launch – the product most significant to its respective category in 2022
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Rankings
Five fastest growing products of 2022
Challengers like Madrí Excepcional are making great gains
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Rankings
Five fastest falling products of 2022
The UK’s weather was the humble spud’s downfall this year
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Rankings
The top 10 biggest growing categories of 2022 by value
The craze for disposable vapes was led by the seemingly ubiquitous Elfbar whose £318.4m gain accounts for 73% of the uplift
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Rankings
The 10 fastest falling categories of 2022 by value
The reopening of bars and restaurants was a powerful blow for grocery’s sales of spirits