UK & Ireland Grocery News
Sainsbury’s Hires Former Employee To Take On Fresh Food Director Role
Rhian Bartlett is set to take up the role of Director of Fresh Food at Sainsbury’s, replacing Adrian Cook who left the business at...
BAT Cutting Thousands Of Jobs
British American Tobacco (BAT) is laying off 2,300 employees globally, including a fifth of senior roles, as part of moves to restructure its business...
LRS Planning Switch To Sustainable Plastic Bottles
Soft drinks maker Lucozade Ribena Suntory (LRS) has pledged to use only ‘100% sustainable’ plastic bottles across its portfolio by 2030 in a bid...
Losses Rise At Iceland’s Irish Unit
Losses at the Irish arm of frozen food chain Iceland more than tripled last year, due mainly to expansion costs.
Newly-filed local accounts for Iceland...
One In 10 Sainsbury’s ‘Price Lockdown’ Items Were Cheaper Before The...
Sainsbury’s has pledged to ‘lock down’ the prices of thousands of grocery items until October – but Which? research has found that some items...
Aldi Restructures Its Wine Team By Wine Colour
Aldi has restructured its wine buying team, introducing two new buying manager roles to enable buying directors to concentrate on overall strategy, and dividing...
Tesco Most Valuable Retail Brand But UK Firms Falling Behind Global...
The value growth of the UK’s top retail brands is falling behind the leading global retail brands, according to the 2019 BrandZ Top 75...
Birds Eye Rejigs Management Team
Birds Eye is promoting its Marketing Director Steve Challouma to the newly-created role of General Manager UK, effective from 1 January 2020.
The move...
Nisa Hails Progress On Availability Rates
Nisa has claimed that its retailers are enjoying the best product availability rates since 2014 with an average of almost 98% so far this...
Pladis Becomes First FMCG Company Accredited By The Association Of Professional...
pladis, the company behind brands including McVitie’s, Jacob’s, Carr’s and Flipz, has become the first FMCG business in the UK & Ireland to receive...
