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JJ Foodservice is on the lookout for new acquisitions following its 'successful' deal with Gateslands Supplies. The wholesaler will consider businesses 'of any size' with turnover from PS8m to PS80m. [...]

Pukka Herbs has revamped its herbal teas with five 'reimagined' blends, in a bid to recoup lost volumes. The brand has overhauled Night Time Berry; Lemon, Ginger & A Touch [...]

Many of us get through January with the help of hot soup - but what if you need your fix on the bus, or while jogging? It could happen. And [...]

Vita Coco is to launch Treats Creamy Strawberry (rsp: PS2.50/330ml), a low-calorie, strawberryflavoured coconut drink with no added sugar. It will roll out from April in meal deals in 'several [...]

Byline: Ed Devlin family-owned rice suppliers Surya Foods and Veetee have been courting potential buyers after hiring advisors to explore strategic options. The Grocer has learned Surya engaged Grant Thornton [...]

Byline: Alice Pilkington It's been a challenging period for meat mimicry. In the past couple of years, sales have fallen and new health concerns have come to the fore. When [...]

Starbucks recently launched its new strategy, which aims to reverse its sales decline and reposition its brand as the world's leading speciality coffeehouse ('Starbucks to bulk up 'community store' of' [...]

? Interesting move by Asda - I do wonder whether the actual inefficiencies are being addressed, though ('Asda boss Allan Leighton to launch massive new Rollback price war', 20 January, [...]

? Last week, Kemi Badenoch MP paid a visit to Global Brands, where she met with staff, management, and invited representatives from local businesses in the hospitality and pharmacy sectors. [...]

Doug Gurr running the CMA: what could possibly go wrong? The appointment of Doug Gurr as interim chairman at the Competition & Markets Authority is an overtly political one. The [...]

Ditch AHDB's Lets Eat Balanced campaign, campaigners urge It seems crazy for a government-sponsored body to be promoting meat and dairy when the country needs to be informed of the [...]

Byline: Daniel Selwood No, spring cleaning doesn't actually require super strength. But it can still be a physically demanding task - not to mention time-consuming. Which explains why house-proud shoppers [...]

AMCOR, a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, has published new research that reveals the sustainability of packaging is a key factor for European pet owners when [...]

Byline: Rob Brown Loo roll brands look like they're out of luck. In a year that saw own label units grow 1.3%, branded units fell 2%, according to Kantar's read [...]

Byline: Filippo Berio ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE FROM FILIPPO BERIO A er two difficult years defined by inflation and changing shopper behaviours, the olive oil category is beginning to recover - and [...]

Byline: Alice Leader Brace yourselves, indies. The battle for convenience hearts and minds rages on - and supermarkets have turned their convenience store strategies up another notch. This time through [...]

Byline: Anthony Warner It is a common modern refrain that AI should be used by creative people to do boring things, but it is mostly being used by boring people [...]

Byline: Harvey Choat Imagine a world where British farmers, growers and assurance schemes felt valued in the same way the government froths about artifi- cial intelligence. Where the fact that [...]

Byline: Dene Mullen Sainsbury's romped to victory in this week's mystery shop - its first win since early October. Its branch in Wilmslow Road, Manchester, scored 77 points to comfortably [...]

Byline: George Nott Won't somebody think of the landlords! As working from home becomes more common in the UK, the amount of vacant office space in major cities is up, [...]

Byline: Dan Crossley There's a number we should all know about and be acting on, but we're not: PS268bn. What does it represent? It's a conservative estimate by Professor Tim [...]

Byline: Ronan Hegarty Morrisons has bagged its second Grocer 33 pricing victory in just three weeks, following six months without a win. At PS81.01, the Bradford-based retailer was just 25p [...]

0.54 +9p -3p - PS1.25 last month was PS4.75 WANT TO KNOW THE DEAL IN DETAIL? Extra analytics are available online to track and compare the price and promo history [...]

Tesco has relaunched its Sustainable Pig Group with a broader remit. The group will now cover all production methods used in the UK across farms of varying sizes, in partnership [...]

Byline: Kevin White The UK farm assurance landscape requires a 'fundamental reset' to reduce and simplify the so-called audit burden, the independent UK Farm Assurance Review has concluded. The national [...]

Co-op has launched a PS820,000 fund that will reward farmers for their efforts in reducing carbon emissions and promoting nature across the beef, lamb and dairy sectors. Farmers will be [...]

Noble Foods has splashed PS2.3m on its 'most ambitious' advertising campaign to date for The Happy Egg Co. The 'happy hens lay tasty eggs' multichannel marketing push, which will run [...]

Byline: Kevin White Aldi UK parent Aldi Sud has become the first food retailer in the world to include the Marine Stewardship Council's Improvement Program in its sourcing policy. Launched [...]

Tofoo Co in France: The Tofoo Co is to make its international debut in France next month to plug a 'gap in the market'. Its Naked, Smoked and Sriracha blocks [...]

Hybu Cig Cymru/Meat Promotion Wales has appointed former Tulip MD Jose Peralta as CEO. Peralta joins the Welsh government arms-length levy body after a spell at Pembrokeshire-based Puffin Produce, where [...]

Tesco has unveiled two private-label ranges aimed at supporting shoppers' digestive health and increasing their protein intake. Gut Sense (from PS1.50) has debuted with a quartet of kefir drinks and [...]

Niamh Leonard-Bedwell Nestle Purina has shrunk the size of its Felix As Good As It Looks catfood pouches by 15%, without reducing the recommended retail price. The former 12x100g packs [...]

Byline: Daniel Selwood Unilever has its eye on Brits' private parts, rolling out deodorants suitable for intimate and sensitive areas of the body - backed by a PS12.5m marketing spend. [...]

Alpen relaunch: Alpen has unveiled an 'improved' muesli recipe with 30% more fruit and new-look packs. It is being backed by a PS2m push. Ecover dishwashing: Ecover has launched dishwasher [...]

The founder of a snacking startup is dressing as a robber to hand out products samples outside Holland & Barrett stores, having accused the retailer of copycat behaviour. Giuseppe Baidoo, [...]

The opening couple of seconds of cereal brand Jordans new ad purports to show us the brand's HQ. And it's what you'd expect: an idyllic pile in a lush field [...]

Byline: Maria Goncalves Donald Trump has offered some relief to global fmcg businesses by dropping his pledge to introduce tariffs on 'day one' - but eye-watering levies are set to [...]

M&A activity in food & drink picked up significantly in 2024, businesses raced to push through deals in October ahead of anticipated budget tax hikes. Total deal volumes rose 29.1% [...]

Unions, privacy campaigners and courier advocacy groups are calling on Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat to maintain a public register of all the algorithms used to manage riders. In [...]

Kellogg's ended last year with a TV ad starring its brand mascot, Cornelius the cockerel. The giant bird was seen stalking the streets of a city, like a benevolent Godzilla. [...]

FARMING Tesco, Aldi, Lidl and Co-op urge Inheritance Tax u-turn 5 STORES Rappers Krept & Konan to open inclusive supermarket 6 TRUMP Uncertainty continues as tariffs hang in the balance [...]

The pineapple on pizza debate rumbles interminably on. Latest to stick its oar in is Lupa Pizza in Norwich, whose chefs apparently 'loathe' the combo. Lupa is offering a Hawaiian [...]

'AI is increasingly being positioned as a tool to remove human creativity from the innovation process. A stupider, less interesting food landscape beckons' [...]

Cadbury adds its first paper pouch for Easter Rappers open 'inclusive' supermarket in Croydon Asda boss to launch huge new Rollback price war Pepco Group 'exploring options' Aldi infringed trademark, [...]

Byline: Ian Quinn Former Morrisons group retail director David Lepley has assumed the newly created role of chief supply chain officer at Asda, as Allan Leighton continues his management shake-up. [...]

'With Trump's vow to drill, baby, drill, what's the point of making sustainability sacrifices?' Adam Leyland, Editor-in-Chief Where to even start? The agenda of Donald Trump's new White House administration [...]

The chair of the UK's competition regulator has been ousted in favour of former Amazon UK boss Doug Gurr. The departure of former chair Marcus Bokkerink was announced on Tuesday, [...]

Byline: Darren A Smith ime management' - the great paradox. T Why? Because you cannot manage it. It just ticks and ticks. There is no managing time, there is only [...]

Barry Williams has returned to Poundland to help turn round the struggling discounter, The Grocer can reveal. Williams was Poundland MD from 2017 until September 2023, when he was parachuted [...]

Byline: Stephen Jones Rap duo Krept & Konan have entered the retail game with a brand-new supermarket format tailored specifically to serve the needs of black, Asian and ethnic communities [...]