UK & Ireland Grocery News
Food Industry Making Progress On Halving Waste
One year on from the launch of WRAP and IGD’s Food Waste Reduction Roadmap, and 156 UK food businesses have now committed to ‘Target,...
Online Retail Continues Downward Trend
After online sales slumped to their lowest ever July growth last month, retailers saw little reprieve in August with growth of just 3% year-on-year...
Pladis Relaunches Better Biscuits Platform To Offer More Personalised Category Advice...
Pladis, the company behind brands including McVitie’s, Jacob’s, Carr’s and Flipz, has relaunched its Better Biscuits, category management online platform.
The updated site, which provides...
Lidl Remains The Only Grocery Chain Growing Market Share In Northern...
The Northern Irish grocery market is continuing to grow with overall sales up 1% during the 52 weeks to 8 September 2019. The data...
RH Amar Signs Foodservice Distribution Deal With Macphie
Fine food distributor RH Amar has added ingredients specialist Macphie to its foodservice portfolio.
The UK-wide agreement will cover Macphie’s range of ingredients and meal...
Sainsbury’s Set To Outline Performance Improvement Strategy
Sainsbury’s management team is expected to reveal further details of its new strategy this week following its failed attempt to merge with Asda.
At its...
Do your ranges work in smaller stores?
Small stores will have to work harder at differentiating ranges in 2020. IGD Live experts will share best practice and show you how ranges...
Grocery Growth In Ireland Holds Steady With Dunnes And Discounters Leading...
Latest figures from Kantar show that growth in the Irish grocery market remained at 2.7% during the 12 weeks to 8 September, aided by...
Marks & Spencer’s Finance Chief Quits
Marks & Spencer has suffered another blow with its Chief Financial Officer announcing he will be stepping down after just 18 months in the...
Tesco Launches New Range Of Plant-Based Products
Tesco is stepping up its efforts to meet increasing demand for vegetarian and vegan foods by launching a new own label range of plant-based...
