All The Grocer articles in 22 April 2022
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NewsAsda launches first Express branded forecourt
The site offers an ’edited range’ of 2,000 products instead of the 3,000 in an ordinary Asda Express store
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Anchor and Lurpak reduce block butter pack size
The dairy co-op has started phasing out 250g blocks of its two flagship brands, citing the cost-of-living crisis.
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Co-op moves to 100% British strawberries ahead of coronation
The retailer said it was expecting to sell 89 punnets per minute across the royal celebrations
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Shaken Udder launches first TV advertising campaign
The advert for the premium milkshake brand will air during Coronation Street and I’m A Celebrity South Africa
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Beyond Meat launches chicken alternative range in UK
US plant-based giant has launched three chicken-style products: a Beyond Burger Chicken-Style, a Beyond Fillet and Beyond Nuggets
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Justin King made Itsu Grocery chairman as brand targets £100m within two years
The move is King’s first tie-up with a food brand since he left Sainsbury’s in 2014
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Analysis & Features
Discounts for data and the death of supermarket loyalty points
As Sainsbury’s and Co-op ape Tesco’s Clubcard Prices model, supermarkets are able to make more on consumer data. But are there risks?
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Comment & Opinion
Don’t let the ‘social’ be overlooked in your ESG strategy
For our sustainability targets to be effective, we need buy-in from employees, suppliers and consumers, says Emma Keller, head of sustainability at Nestlé UK&I
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Analysis & Features
What does the new underage vaping clampdown need to do to work?
Government is seeking evidence and boosting Trading Standards
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Category Report
What’s on at the UK Food & Drink Shows 2023
The UK Food & Drink Shows 2023 will bring together grocery’s best brands and leading experts. Here’s how to make the best of it
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Sainsbury’s, Asda, and M&S join exodus at CBI
A second woman has claimed she was raped by colleagues while working at CBI
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Comment & Opinion
Plight of British apples shows ‘rampant profiteering’ is only half the story
The clamour to denounce supermarkets and suppliers for their “rampant profiteering” and “global greedflation” keeps growing
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Comment & Opinion
Tango joins in parody fun to gain illicit-feeling edge
Irn-Bru has set a high bar with its movie parodies. Now another purveyor of orangey drinks is getting in on the act
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Long reads
Women’s power list: the leaders of grocery’s sustainability ambitions
In the latest in our power list series on women in grocery, we look at how greater gender diversity boosts environmental ambitions, and shine a light on the high-profile female talent that’s rising to the top
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Grocer 33
Waitrose best supermarket in Reading mystery shop
At 25,000 sq ft the winning store is the largest of three Waitroses in the area
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Royal favourite bacon DukesHill secures Ocado listing
The full range of smoked, unsmoked, streaky, back and rind-on middle bacon will be stocked on the online retailer
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Comment & Opinion
Hunger: Netflix film serves up chef clichés and breathtaking Thai food
Hunger attempts some social commentary, but the film excels when it comes to food
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Comment & Opinion
Sweet relief: it’s time to accept the truth about sweeteners
Even as the evidence against sweeteners mounts, the $2bn industry behind them shows no sign of slowing
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‘Stunted’ Cornish businesses urge post-Brexit support from government
Cornwall used to receive some of the highest levels of EU structural funding in England
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Grocer 33
Waitrose Oxford Road, Reading: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We’re just slightly out of the town centre itself but we do have some of the big competitors around us’
