UK & Ireland Grocery News
BrewDog Makes Acquisition In Germany
Scottish craft beer giant BrewDog has boosted its international growth plans with the acquisition of a brewery and taproom in Germany from US-based Stone...
Tesco Ditches Promotions Due To Brexit Planning
Tesco has reportedly postponed or cancelled a number of supplier promotions in recent weeks as it focuses its efforts on planning for a possible no-deal...
Tesco Planning Amazon-Style Loyalty Scheme; To Post Healthy Year-End Results
Ahead of the release of its annual results this week, it has been suggested that Tesco is working on an Amazon Prime-style reboot of...
Tesco Cutting Back On In-Store Security
Tesco is reportedly making cuts to its in-store security as part of its ongoing cost-saving drive.
Trade publication RN said it had seen plans that...
Holland & Barrett’s Supplier Payment Practices Criticised
Senior MPs have publicly criticised Holland & Barrett saying it has been treating its suppliers “shabbily” when it comes to settling invoices.
A report by...
Grocery Market In Ireland Continues Robust Growth; Discounters And Dunnes Lead...
Latest market share figures by Kantar show that the Irish grocery market grew by 3.2% in the 12 weeks to 24 March 2019, with...
Former Weetabix Chief In Running For Top Job At Premier Foods
Giles Turrell, the former Chief Executive of Weetabix, is believed to amongst several candidates being considered for the vacant CEO role at Premier Foods.
Turrell...
Ashley Offers Debenhams £150m Lifeline But Says Execs Should Take Lie...
The saga surrounding Mike Ashley and Debenhams continued over the weekend with the Sports Direct tycoon offering to underwrite £150m of new equity funding...
Nearly Half Of Consumers Switching Supermarkets Due To Prices
A new report into consumer expectations of brand loyalty programmes has found that almost half of consumers (49%) were influenced to switch supermarket due...
No-Deal Brexit Could Lead To Shoppers Switching To Healthier Foods
Following the recent British Retail Consortium (BRC) report that food inflation has increased to the highest rate (2.5%) since November 2013, analysts at Edge...
