UK & Ireland Grocery News
Nisa Promoting Initiative To Tackle Food Waste
Nisa is urging its member retailers to sign up to an initiative which helps to tackle food waste while also recovering some costs for...
KD Wholesale Joins Unitas Wholesale
KD Wholesale, a Watford-based cash & carry specialising in household, health & beauty, and other non-food products, has joined Unitas Wholesale.
The firm stated the...
Data Suggests Slight Pick In Retail Sales
Total UK retail sales decreased by 4.4% year-on-year in November, although the BRC–KPMG data is distorted by the later timing of Black Friday this...
Midcounties Co-op Completes Warner’s Budgens Deal
The Midcounties Co-operative has completed its purchase of four Warner Budgens food stores in Bidford-on-Avon, Broadway, Moreton-in-Marsh and Winchcombe.
The acquisition, first announced earlier this...
Lidl Looks To Forge Direct Publisher Relationships In Next Phase Of...
Lidl is in the midst of reviewing its contracts for "tier one" media partners as part of the next phase of its in-housing journey.
The...
UK Grocery Shoppers Ditching Some Brands Because Of Their Environmental Policies
New consumer research published by Kantar reveals that 77% of UK grocery shoppers have, in the last 12 months, switched, avoided or boycotted buying certain...
Dobbies Planning Stock Market Return
Dobbies, the garden centre chain once owned by Tesco, is making tentative plans for a return to the stock market following a period of...
Müller Yogurt & Desserts Appoints Two Commercial Directors To Accelerate Growth
Müller’s Yogurt & Desserts division has created two new senior roles to support its efforts to accelerate growth of branded and own label sales...
Asda Seeing Rising Demand For Scottish Food And Drink
Sales of locally produced food and drink in Asda’s Scottish stores has grown by 5% year-on-year.
The retailer stated that this growth was being driven...
Ocado Raising Funds To Support Overseas Deals; Updates On Trading
After announcing on Friday that it had signed another grocery delivery technology partnership, this time with Japanese retailer Aeon, Ocado has today launched a...
