UK & Ireland Grocery News
Sugro Attracts Three New Members
Sugro UK, the buying and marketing group for independent wholesalers, has revealed that it has recruited three new members.
One of these is Seafresh Wholesale...
Kraft Heinz Joins Food And Drink Federation
Kraft Heinz has become a member of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) with immediate effect.
It will join more than 300 other food and...
Carlsberg Admits It Probably Isn’t The Best Beer In The World...
Carlsberg is tackling accusations of poor taste head on with a new campaign, admitting it got “preoccupied with being the biggest rather than the...
WH Smith Links Up With Well Pharmacy For New Store Concept
It has been revealed that WH Smith has opened a new store concept in Gatwick Airport’s North Terminal which hosts a licensed pharmacy selling...
Britvic Publishes Soft Drinks Market Reviews
Britvic has published its latest annual reviews of the soft drinks market in the convenience, grocery, and foodservice & licensed sectors.
Each report provides interesting...
Asda Overhauling Sports Nutrition Offer
Asda is seeking to make its sports nutrition offer more focused on everyday fitness, with a number of product lines disappearing from its shelves...
Growth Of Online Grocery Shopping Slowing
New research from Mintel shows that sales of online groceries in the UK rose 9% to £12.3bn last year. However, the data suggests that...
Aldi Starts Trialling Self-Service Checkouts
Aldi has finally followed its rivals with the launch of its first ever self-service checkouts.
The automated checkouts are being trialled at the discounter’s Glascote...
Former Reynolds CEO Joins Diageo’s Board
Diageo has announced the appointment of Debra Crew as a Non-Executive Director, joining its board later this month.
Crew was President and CEO of tobacco...
Growth In Dairy Market Continues To Slow
Figures from Kantar for the 12 weeks to 24 March 2019 show growth in the dairy market continuing to slow, down 0.1 percentage points...