UK & Ireland Grocery News
Diageo Averts Damaging Strike After Agreeing New Pay Deal
Diageo avoided a planned strike at its key distilleries in Scotland yesterday after reaching a last-minute agreement on worker pay with unions.
The drinks giant...
Caterforce Appoints Interim MD
Following the recent announcement that Nick Redford will step down as its Managing Director at the end of the year, Caterforce has confirmed that...
Body Shop Gets Greener With Refillable Shower Gel And Activism Zone
The Body Shop is going back to the future with a UK concept store that aims to return to the activist roots of its...
Slightly Better Period For Grocery Market But Big Four Still Struggling...
Latest grocery industry data from Kantar shows year-on-year supermarket sales returned to growth during the 12 weeks to 8 September, although the Big Four...
Bank Holiday Boost For Grocery Sales But Retailer Fortunes Mixed
After a mixed bag of summer weather, latest industry data from Nielsen shows the August bank holiday heatwave gave the sector a much needed...
Profits And Sales Up At Asda As Turnaround Strategy Pays Off
Asda delivered an increase in profits and sales during 2018 - a year it unsuccessfully tried to merge with rival Sainsbury’s.
Accounts filed at Companies...
Strong Quarter For New Ocado-M&S Joint Venture
Ocado Retail, the recently completed joint venture between the online grocer and Marks & Spencer, has reported healthy growth for the third quarter to...
Remains Of Oddbins Set To Be Saved
Oddbins and its sister off-licence chains look set to be saved in a deal arranged by administrators.
The business collapsed in February after suffering poor performance amid...
Beer Sales Fall In Both On And Off Trade
Overall beer sales in the second quarter of 2019 were down 2.2% year-on-year, according to the latest Beer Barometer sales data from the British...
Pret A Manger Names New MD
Clare Clough has been appointed as the new UK Managing Director of Pret A Manger.
She had previously held the position of Food and Coffee...
