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Byline: Dene Mullen If the pandemic taught the industry anything, it was the value of its people. As key workers they went above and beyond to feed the nation. And [...]

Byline: Nicholas Robinson M&S Food was crowned the Grocer of the Year for the first time in its history at the Grocer Gold Awards this week - capping a great [...]

The global grocery sector has few rivals when it comes to sheer size, growth rate and appetite. Here are the players that are leaving the rest of the competition behind [...]

On Tuesday night, the very best of the British food and drink industry gathered in the magnificent Guildhall in the City of London to celebrate another 12 months in the [...]

As David Cameron was naming the key figures in his coalition cabinet last week, the best in own-label food and drink were being crowned kings and queens of their fields. [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Heavyweights end top talent from across the grocery industry gathered at The Dorchester Hotel in London this week for The Grocer Gold Awards 2008, a celebration of the [...]

BEST IN SHOW Tesco comes out tops again in the big three. Britain's biggest retailer has done it again, walking off with a hat-trick of trophies at this year's awards. [...]

Retail and wholesale buyers applaud the pulling power of brands. Yet, according to those voting in the Branded Supplier Survey 2005, performance excels when brand management works in harmony with [...]

Morrisons has walked off with some glittering prizes for its drinks offering and the way it has developed its ranges. Keeping it simple is key Morrisons has been winning respect [...]

The Soil Association has announced the winners of its first Organex organic business awards. Clipper won consumer education award, Eastbrook Farms organic packaging design, and Fresh! organic cafe owner Chantelle [...]

Judging this year's Grocery Advertising and Marketing Industry Awards, the fmcg industry's most prestigious contest, has just taken place. The judging panel, chaired by Unilever Bestfoods sales director Tony Smith, [...]

Time is running out for companies planning to enter this year's prestigious Dried Fruit New Products Awards. There are five categories: convenience, health, indulgence, snacking, and seasonal. In addition, there [...]

National and regional winners praised for merchandising and product knowledge Country Cheeses of Topsham and the Booths supermarket in Clitheroe have been named the UK's best cheese shops. The stores [...]

The consistently high quality of entries for the Grocery exporter Award -- the most popular category, sponsored by FFB Fast Track, the membership arm of Food from Britain -- highlights [...]

Royal Highland Society accolade; Food From Scotland Excellence Awards The continuing success of one of the most respected family businesses in Scotland, Thomas Tunnock, has been recognised by the Royal [...]

The Nestle Social Commitment Award is presented to the company which shows a proven commitment to society and social issues through a local or regional initiative. Tesco Computers for Schools [...]

The 2000 Ian MacLaurin Award for supply chain Excellence was awarded to Superquinn for a collaborative scheme to give assurances about fresh food. The lan MacLaurin Award is given to [...]

Two leading figures in the Scottish Grocers' Federation were awarded life memberships at its annual conference. Former chief executive Lawrie Dewar, who retired at the end of last year, was [...]

The best off licence in the business is an independent specialist from Chorlton, Manchester. The commitment and innovation of Carrington off licence owners Ciaran and Michael Keeney kept them ahead [...]

Prospering in dismal times is an achievement common to all the winners of this year's NFU President's Awards. A business that can boast an average annual growth rate of 50% [...]

BMX bikes, a holiday in Mexico and Mrs Peek's Christmas puddings were among the goodies won by Grocer Club members in our November 18 issue. Leaf UK offered three readers [...]

Tesco's Finest range now includes an award winner -- the multiple's Pork and Stilton sausages took top prize in the National Quality Food and Drink Awards. The recipe was developed [...]

We now have a winner for our 5,000 [pounds sterling] store makeover competition which ran in the September issue of Grocer Club News -- L Hannam from Poole in Dorset. [...]

Investing in training has proved to be a recipe for success for Aberness Foods -- winner of this year's John Sainsbury 1990 Award at the IGD Food Industry Awards. The [...]

Little did we know that Simon Lee -- CEO of MRI International, sponsor of our Gramia 2000 awards held at the London Hilton last week -- could also have performed [...]

It's a challenge finding new ways to appeal to shoppers. The Robert Wiseman Neighbourhood Shop of the Year award manages to find plenty of star contenders every year The Grocer [...]

Essex Q Butcher Byfords Foodhall is one of only two butchers to be shortlisted in the 2000 Retail Industry Awards for Meat Retailer of the Year to be decided on [...]

Diversity of products and of winners was the theme of the seventh annual Brammy Awards in conjunction with The Grocer, with 83 products judged. Waitrose came triumphant as the only [...]

There's still time to enter the Grocery Advertising and Marketing Industry Awards organised by The Grocer. The premier awards for the fmcg industry, the GRAMIAs aim to reward both clients [...]

There's still time to enter the 2000 Brammy awards, which have been launched by the UK's Bramley growers in conjunction with The Grocer. The eight categories include one for the [...]

The search is on for the year's best small store operators as the Top Shop 2000 awards get under way. The awards are run by Convenience Store, sister magazine to [...]

Entries are now being sought for IGD's Food Industry Awards. The awards recognise the commitment, creativity and best practice shown by organisations of all sizes, from all areas of the [...]

Howard Dowell, the owner of Hillside Stores in Arundel, has won the top prize in a competition run by The Grocer at the Convenience Retailing Show. The lucky retailer will [...]

New Covent Garden fruit and vegetable wholesaler DDP has received the Royal Warrant from HM the Queen after supplying Buckingham Palace for seven years. It is the second accreditation for [...]

The closing date for IGD member companies to submit their nominations for The Grocer Award for Outstanding Achievement is August 20. So far, 34 industry leaders have been nominated and [...]

Companies entering for the Tetra Pak Packaging Design Awards have two opportunities to win. Entries must demonstrate commitment throughout the company and benefits to the consumer, environment and business. The [...]

IGD has two prestigious education programmes -- the Post Graduate Certificate in Food & Grocery industry Management (PGCIM) and the Foundation Certificate in Management (FCIM). The post graduate programme is [...]

David Frost once said, when accepting a TV award: 'They used to say, 'It's not the winning that's important - it's the taking part'. I didn't believe them then. I [...]

MARK ALLEN CEO, Dairy Crest Allen is on a mission-to lift Dairy Crest out of commodities. In the past year he has overseen the £10m relaunch of Cathedral City, reinvented [...]

It's been a year of extraordinary change, personnel-wise, in the grocery industry. But a number of executives have stood out for their management in these challenging times. In the countdown [...]

It's been a year of extraordinary change, personnel-wise, in the grocery industry. But a number of executives have stood out for their management in these challenging times. In the countdown [...]

Vote now for your personality of the year: www.thegrocer.co.uk/grocercup [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TESCO SIR TERRY LEAHY, CEO At the start of the year, pundits were queuing up to expose the cracks [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The message at The second annual The Grocer Branded Excellence Awards was loud and clear. In fraught economic times, innovation is more important than ever. Sponsored by SHS [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The unheralded stars of food and drink took centre stage at The Grocer's Own Label Excellence Awards on Tuesday. Now in their third year, the awards took place [...]

Was it the piano? Was it the service? Or was it the cheese, artfully displayed, with local and blue varieties getting particular attention? The truth is, it was all three [...]

We have started the search for the best in the business, with the official launch of The Grocer Gold Awards 2006, which this year are sponsored by GS1, Headcount and [...]

Now in its eighth year, The Grocer Cup for Outstanding Business Achievement is firmly established as one of the top accolades in the grocery industry. It is a special award--because [...]

Now in its eighth year, The Grocer Cup for Outstanding Business Achievement is firmly established as one of the top accolades in the grocery industry. It is a special award--because [...]

The great and the good of the grocery industry gathered this week at The Dorchester Hotel in London to celebrate the best in business at The Grocer Gold Awards. While [...]

It's been a tough year for agencies but this did not prevent them from entering in their droves for this year's Grocery Advertising and Marketing Industry Awards (GRAMIAs). In fact, [...]