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THE SUCCESS OF HYDROPOWER can come With financial risks linked to volatility in production, and is highlighted in a recent blog published by non-profit public policy organisation Brookings. In May [...]

In the past two years since SPC has profiled the baby and toddler category, a lot has happened in terms of launch pace and innovation. Moreover, it is a universal [...]

The industry has taken a backwards step on plastic The percentage of products that are reusable, recyclable or compostable has barely budged since the Pact began. In fact, it would [...]

Tesco's business rates refund puts rivals in an awkward position With one fell swoop the UK's biggest retailer has not only morphed from Christmas pantomime villain to hero. At the [...]

Grocery must wake up to plight of night workers Recent research by Co-op found night shift workers were twice as likely to miss out on key family events than their [...]

Unilever's plant-based aim is harder than it looks This week, the fmcg giant set out plans to achieve [euro]1bn worth of plant-based meat and dairy alternative sales per annum within [...]

It's now up to the recipe box players to meet the heightened demand, and keep hold of new customers. The signs are positive - seven in 10 consumers that tried [...]

Shop staff are the real victims of the nonessential products ban The government told supermarkets they should shut down nonessential aisles if they were standalone units, including many F&F and [...]

Celebrating the heroes of dairy, and our first podcast In this year's Dairymen, we feature the uplifting stories of six dairy heroes (nominated by readers of The Grocer). But that's [...]

A Biden presidency would slow down a UK-US deal - but that could be good While it's generally accepted a US-UK trade deal would be delayed under Biden, perhaps that's [...]

Could child food poverty inaction be the final straw for Boris Johnson? Food Strategy author Henry Dimbleby urged the government to 'act immediately' to tackle child hunger. The PM is [...]

Nestle's third-quarter success shows the benefits of size in the Covid era The world's largest food group this morning posted third-quarter organic growth of 4.9% driven by booming demand for [...]

Ascendant Amazon won't sweat over a dud Prime Day The e-commerce giant's global sales event has reportedly boasted fewer blockbuster bargains, and discounts have been modest at best. But even [...]

Shopworkers are paying a high price for face mask enforcement The government says supermarkets - along with other premises where masks are required - should take 'reasonable steps to promote [...]

What we learned from Aldi chief's results presentation Hurley accepts it's 'really difficult to call' how Christmas will play out, not least because 'the joy of six does inevitably curtail [...]

Could PepsiCo's mindful Driftwell drink soothe our fraying mental health? A University of Nottingham study of more than 3,000 adults found 57% reported symptoms of anxiety in the early stages [...]

Undermining the Brexit withdrawal agreement will punish the nation's poorest It has now become hard to see beyond no-deal. Trust is severed, the withdrawal agreement set to be breached, and [...]

Does Unilever's 'Clean Future' pledge change the game on supplier sustainability? Unilever's sustainability pledges typically make headlines, and today's announcement was no exception. This time, the Anglo-Dutch supplier is 'reimagining [...]

Whitehall worst-case scenario warning lays bare Brexit reality Last year's Operation Yellowhammer seemed to many like a reasonable baseline, with a few additional struggles thrown in due to Covid, but [...]

Amazon has lessons to learn from the grocers More mature online grocery players have added useful features to their websites like recipe-based basket building, and populating online orders by uploading [...]

Ben & Jerry's Home Office row shows the industry is trying to be a force for good The brand yesterday challenged Priti Patel about what she described on Monday as [...]

When will Coca-Cola loosen its lips on its plans to move into booze? In June, Coca-Cola European Partners GB registered the name EH Canning Co with the Intellectual Property Office. [...]

Henry Dimbleby's food report pulls no punches, but he must not alienate industry Like Johnson's plan, the report pulls no punches in its criticism of the food industry and its [...]

Will Brits be tempted by synthetic chicken and bioengineered ice cream? Brave Robot ice cream - made using bio-engineered dairy protein - is more likely to tempt Brits than lab-made [...]

Why Covid-19 could be the right time for refillables The Loop scheme plays into the way consumers are feeling and shopping. Brits may be worried about Covid, but that doesn't [...]

Aldi's chlorinated chicken pledge is a PR stunt - but worthwhile nonetheless Arguably, these pledges are little more than a PR stunt. Why? Because they are simply not enforceable. No [...]

Boris Johnson should use brains, not brawn, in his obesity battle With the government's Obesity Strategy still on ice, including a radical plan to clamp down on HFSS promotions in [...]

British farming has more to worry about than cheap US imports With the public debate consumed by talk of protecting our own food standards against cheap imports, we risk losing [...]

Free school meals debacle is latest on a list of government cock-ups The limits on the timescale of the voucher scheme, incredibly, only touch the surface of the true incompetence [...]

Ministers must act now to avoid a post-coronavirus food crisis The UN is calling on countries around the world to invest in the future by building food systems that better [...]

Four ways the world will 'never be the same again' for Marks & Spencer M&S published its annual report today, and with it some phrases that are beginning to become [...]

Can Britain's supermarkets hold on to online shoppers after lockdown? Online shopping now accounts for 11.5% of all grocery sales, according to Kantar, having gained more shoppers in 2020 than [...]

We urgently need a strategy on hunger With the chancellor himself warning the UK faces a 'severe recession the likes of which we've never seen', it is increasingly apparent that [...]

Furlough scheme extension only delays day of reckoning for jobs Although a large proportion of the food and drink industry has continued to work towards feeding the nation, the furlough [...]

Summary: eSports -- competitive video gaming tournaments -- are enjoying unprecedented growth under lockdown and South Africa could be a staging post for their expansion across the continent. Will McBain [...]

Less food waste can be part of the 'new normal' Wrap is urging Brits to avoid food waste by not pandering to best before dates. Last month, it published new [...]

White is right to move fast with a Waitrose boss. But has she got the right one? The current coronavirus crisis has only served to highlight even more the need [...]

? Sir, While we concur with The Grocer's recent Daily Bread blog (15 April) calling for suppliers to reformulate and innovate for the good of shoppers' wellbeing, the question not [...]

Absenteeism panic is over, but now food producers face a PPE problem Despite official advice from PHE only two weeks ago saying masks were not necessary in food factories, the [...]

Coronavirus crisis must lead to fundamental reforms for food supply Just-in-time supply chains are inherently vulnerable. We've now had two 'once in a generation' threats to the food industry in [...]

About the Author Shivani Singh has written two novels, Secret of Sirikot and Lonely Gods. She has been advocating Inclusion through her books, plays, blogs and activism. Her desire for [...]

Treasury measures are a start but more needs to be done to protect SMEs Startups are by nature companies in growth stage and there is widespread fear lenders will take [...]

Iceland has now reformulated 17 products that proved too tricky to include in its pledge to go palm oil-free across own label by 2019. The 'thorny technical issues' that led [...]

Coronavirus and the City: the least and worst affected Global stock markets have crashed on mounting fears over the economic impact of the rapid spread of coronavirus - but some [...]

Budget shows ministers are not underestimating the impact of coronavirus If ever there was a Budget not intended for the 'long term' this was it. Today was about making it [...]

Brands must deliver on pro-pollinator promises There are numerous examples of retailers, suppliers and brands touting their pro-bee credentials. That's lovely stuff. But all involved would be wise to bear [...]

Brussels' negotiating position shows it's US or them. It must be the latter Johnson will need to abandon his blackand-white approach to sovereignty if a trade deal is to be [...]

Byline: Ronan Hegarty Grocery Girls, the women's network founded by Co-op Food CEO Jo Whitfield has attracted almost 1,000 members in its first year. Grocery Girls was launched last February [...]

New immigration policy will punish British food businesses and consumers By stopping the supply of cheap labour from Europe, the government will force the industry to either employ Brits at [...]

What next for Edgewell after close shave with Harry's? One has to wonder why the company was so keen to spend so much cash on Harry's, other than to thwart [...]