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Christmas dinner #pricewar 2025 has kicked off 🎄
Lidl has launched an £11.93 feast for eight - equating to less than £1.50 per person
Lidl has launched an £11.93 feast for eight - equating to less than £1.50 per person
Christmas dinner wars 2025: Lidl reveals feast for eight for £11.85
The prices equates to less than £1.50 per person including a Birchwood Whole Turkey
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November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Christmas dinner #pricewar 2025 has kicked off 🎄
Lidl has launched an £11.93 feast for eight - equating to less than £1.50 per person
Lidl has launched an £11.93 feast for eight - equating to less than £1.50 per person
The UK’s biggest 150 food & drink manufacturers have seen crisis after crisis
Now they have shifted from survival mode to #profitability and investment in #automation
Now they have shifted from survival mode to #profitability and investment in #automation
The top 150 UK food & drink supplier rankings and report 2025
After a series of crises, the UK's biggest 150 food & drink manufacturers have shifted their sights from survival mode to the pursuit of greater profitability and investment in automation
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November 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The UK’s biggest 150 food & drink manufacturers have seen crisis after crisis
Now they have shifted from survival mode to #profitability and investment in #automation
Now they have shifted from survival mode to #profitability and investment in #automation
Festive favourite veg has seen significant price increases compared to last Christmas 🥕🥔
Sprouts, carrots, potatoes and cabbage prices all rose, according to analysis of Assosia data
Sprouts, carrots, potatoes and cabbage prices all rose, according to analysis of Assosia data
Christmas vegetable prices increase by up to 30% in a year
Sprouts, carrots, potatoes and cabbage prices all rose, according to The Grocer's analysis of Assosia data
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November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Festive favourite veg has seen significant price increases compared to last Christmas 🥕🥔
Sprouts, carrots, potatoes and cabbage prices all rose, according to analysis of Assosia data
Sprouts, carrots, potatoes and cabbage prices all rose, according to analysis of Assosia data
Unequal #pay at supermarkets is leading female #retailworkers to suffer “sleepless nights” and poorer #mentalhealth
Unequal pay ‘damaging’ health and wellbeing of women supermarket workers, report claims
Leigh Day surveyed more than 4,500 female supermarket workers involved in its ongoing group claims against Asda, Sainsbury's Morrisons, Tesco, The Co-op and Next, about the impact pay inequality is having on their health and wellbeing.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Unequal #pay at supermarkets is leading female #retailworkers to suffer “sleepless nights” and poorer #mentalhealth
Martin Lewis of Money Saving Expert claims to have brought 30 retailers into line over illegal online returns info
Home Bargains and The Range were among retailers found to be listing policies that did not match #consumerrights
Home Bargains and The Range were among retailers found to be listing policies that did not match #consumerrights
Martin Lewis investigation brings 30 retailers into line over online returns information
Home Bargains and The Range were among 30 retailers listing online returns policies that didn't match the law, according to Lewis
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November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Martin Lewis of Money Saving Expert claims to have brought 30 retailers into line over illegal online returns info
Home Bargains and The Range were among retailers found to be listing policies that did not match #consumerrights
Home Bargains and The Range were among retailers found to be listing policies that did not match #consumerrights
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
A major rise in the #PlasticPackagingTax could generate £100m a year for the Treasury, according to a new report by Hybrid Economics for Biffa
The study urges Rachel Reeves to overhaul the tax and end exports of unprocessed plastic waste by 2030 ♻️
A major rise in the #PlasticPackagingTax could generate £100m a year for the Treasury, according to a new report by Hybrid Economics for Biffa
The study urges Rachel Reeves to overhaul the tax and end exports of unprocessed plastic waste by 2030 ♻️
Plastic tax overhaul would generate £100m tax windfall, Chancellor told
A Biffa-commissioned report by Hybrid Economists urges Rachel Reeves to overhaul the tax while phasing out the export of unprocessed plastic packaging waste to other countries
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November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
A major rise in the #PlasticPackagingTax could generate £100m a year for the Treasury, according to a new report by Hybrid Economics for Biffa
The study urges Rachel Reeves to overhaul the tax and end exports of unprocessed plastic waste by 2030 ♻️
A major rise in the #PlasticPackagingTax could generate £100m a year for the Treasury, according to a new report by Hybrid Economics for Biffa
The study urges Rachel Reeves to overhaul the tax and end exports of unprocessed plastic waste by 2030 ♻️
Use of #antibiotics in food production has remained at a record low 💊
Sales of veterinary antibiotics for use in food-producing animals decreased by 57% since 2014
Sales of veterinary antibiotics for use in food-producing animals decreased by 57% since 2014
Antibiotic use in animals for food down by over 50% since 2014
Sales of veterinary antibiotics for use in food-producing animals decreased by 2% since 2023 and 57% since 2014, the Veterinary Medicines Directorate said in its latest report
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November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Use of #antibiotics in food production has remained at a record low 💊
Sales of veterinary antibiotics for use in food-producing animals decreased by 57% since 2014
Sales of veterinary antibiotics for use in food-producing animals decreased by 57% since 2014
A new M&S Food near you? 🎉
M&S has published a list of 500 “target locations” for “new or renewed” Food stores across the country
M&S has published a list of 500 “target locations” for “new or renewed” Food stores across the country
M&S reveals list of 500 ‘target locations’ for Food stores
The 500 'potential locations' for new and renewed Food stores include areas where there is not yet an M&S
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November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A new M&S Food near you? 🎉
M&S has published a list of 500 “target locations” for “new or renewed” Food stores across the country
M&S has published a list of 500 “target locations” for “new or renewed” Food stores across the country
NEW 🍑 LAGER
Alcohol-free craft brewer Drop Bear Beer Co has secured its first nationwide supermarket listing
Peach Cut Lager available in stores for rsp: £5/4x330ml
🔗 See where to get them here: https://bit.ly/43IgTpO
Alcohol-free craft brewer Drop Bear Beer Co has secured its first nationwide supermarket listing
Peach Cut Lager available in stores for rsp: £5/4x330ml
🔗 See where to get them here: https://bit.ly/43IgTpO
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
NEW 🍑 LAGER
Alcohol-free craft brewer Drop Bear Beer Co has secured its first nationwide supermarket listing
Peach Cut Lager available in stores for rsp: £5/4x330ml
🔗 See where to get them here: https://bit.ly/43IgTpO
Alcohol-free craft brewer Drop Bear Beer Co has secured its first nationwide supermarket listing
Peach Cut Lager available in stores for rsp: £5/4x330ml
🔗 See where to get them here: https://bit.ly/43IgTpO
St Andrews-based Eden Mill Distillery has been purchased out of administration by investment fund Ruby Capital
Eden Mill Distillery acquired from administration after accruing ‘significant debt’
Ruby Capital has purchased the assets of Eden Mill, including its St Andrews distillery and namesake gin and whisky brands.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
St Andrews-based Eden Mill Distillery has been purchased out of administration by investment fund Ruby Capital
Unilever has kicked off a sale process for historic brands including Marmite, Bovril and Colman’s
CEO Fernando Fernandez aims to trim down the consumer giant’s food footprint
CEO Fernando Fernandez aims to trim down the consumer giant’s food footprint
Unilever kicks off sale process for Marmite, Bovril and Colman’s
Unilever has kicked off a sale process for historic brands including Marmite, Bovril and Colman's, as new CEO Fernando Fernandez trims down the consumer giant's food footprint
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November 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Unilever has kicked off a sale process for historic brands including Marmite, Bovril and Colman’s
CEO Fernando Fernandez aims to trim down the consumer giant’s food footprint
CEO Fernando Fernandez aims to trim down the consumer giant’s food footprint
M&S food boss calls on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to rethink controversial reforms to #InheritanceTax ahead of this week’s #Budget
M&S calls for Inheritance Tax rethink in Budget
The boss of the M&S food operation has called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to rethink controversial reforms to Inheritance Tax ahead of this week's Budget
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November 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
M&S food boss calls on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to rethink controversial reforms to #InheritanceTax ahead of this week’s #Budget
British consumer sentiment sunk in November 📉
The public braced itself for difficult news in this week’s #budget
The public braced itself for difficult news in this week’s #budget
Consumer confidence ‘bleak’ ahead of Reeves’ budget
'The public is bracing for difficult news,' according to GfK's survey
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November 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
British consumer sentiment sunk in November 📉
The public braced itself for difficult news in this week’s #budget
The public braced itself for difficult news in this week’s #budget
Britain’s biggest food and drink manufacturers have begun to invest in their operations again
Farmed fish companies were among the fastest-growing on 2024’s list
Farmed fish companies were among the fastest-growing on 2024’s list
Top suppliers investing again after years of caution
Capex among the UK's top 150 suppliers rose to 3.4% of revenue in 2024, up from 2.8% the previous year, according to a report from strategy consulting firm OC&C and The Grocer
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November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Britain’s biggest food and drink manufacturers have begun to invest in their operations again
Farmed fish companies were among the fastest-growing on 2024’s list
Farmed fish companies were among the fastest-growing on 2024’s list
Nick Vadasz has steered his eponymous brand from market stall to supermarket shelf
Now, following its sale to Compleat, he’s become a pickle ‘ambassador’
Now, following its sale to Compleat, he’s become a pickle ‘ambassador’
‘Sell kimchi to Korea? Why not?’ Nick Vadasz, the pickle ambassador
Nick Vadasz has steered his eponymous brand from market stall to supermarket shelf. Now, following its sale to Compleat, he's become a pickle 'ambassador'
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November 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Nick Vadasz has steered his eponymous brand from market stall to supermarket shelf
Now, following its sale to Compleat, he’s become a pickle ‘ambassador’
Now, following its sale to Compleat, he’s become a pickle ‘ambassador’
‘We’ve got a big clothing and non-food range, a huge food offer and one of the largest e-commerce operations in the region’
Asda’s Jason Donoher on running a ‘battleship’ store with a local Gloucester feel
Asda’s Jason Donoher on running a ‘battleship’ store with a local Gloucester feel
Asda’s Jason Donoher on running a ‘battleship’ store with a local Gloucester feel
'We've got a big clothing and non-food range, a huge food offer and one of the largest e-commerce operations in the region'
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November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
‘We’ve got a big clothing and non-food range, a huge food offer and one of the largest e-commerce operations in the region’
Asda’s Jason Donoher on running a ‘battleship’ store with a local Gloucester feel
Asda’s Jason Donoher on running a ‘battleship’ store with a local Gloucester feel
NEW 🎂 CAKE
Finsbury Food Group to launch Wicked-themed celebration cake to coincide with the release of Wicked: For Good
Available in supermarkets now for rsp: £16/1kg
🔗 See where to get it here: https://bit.ly/3XNayWp
Finsbury Food Group to launch Wicked-themed celebration cake to coincide with the release of Wicked: For Good
Available in supermarkets now for rsp: £16/1kg
🔗 See where to get it here: https://bit.ly/3XNayWp
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
NEW 🎂 CAKE
Finsbury Food Group to launch Wicked-themed celebration cake to coincide with the release of Wicked: For Good
Available in supermarkets now for rsp: £16/1kg
🔗 See where to get it here: https://bit.ly/3XNayWp
Finsbury Food Group to launch Wicked-themed celebration cake to coincide with the release of Wicked: For Good
Available in supermarkets now for rsp: £16/1kg
🔗 See where to get it here: https://bit.ly/3XNayWp
#TomorrowsPapersToday
Check out The Grocer digital edition now: https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/still-like-getting-your-magazine-fix/192031.article
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November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#TomorrowsPapersToday
Check out The Grocer digital edition now: https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/still-like-getting-your-magazine-fix/192031.article
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Asda wins best supermarket in and around the Costwolds 🏆
It first store #Grocer33 victory since July, with the store performing best on accessibility and store experience
It first store #Grocer33 victory since July, with the store performing best on accessibility and store experience
Asda Gloucester named best supermarket around the Cotswolds
In Asda's first win since July, the produce section was "well stocked, clean and tidy", the entrance "bright" with festive offers, and the store "fairly easy to navigate"
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November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Asda wins best supermarket in and around the Costwolds 🏆
It first store #Grocer33 victory since July, with the store performing best on accessibility and store experience
It first store #Grocer33 victory since July, with the store performing best on accessibility and store experience
No representation from the US, protests and an increased presence of lobbyists
#COP30 in Belém has struggled to provide much hope 🌎
#COP30 in Belém has struggled to provide much hope 🌎
Was COP30 in Brazil another cop-out for climate action?
With no representation from the US, protests and an increased presence of lobbyists, COP30 in Belém has struggled to provide much hope
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November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
No representation from the US, protests and an increased presence of lobbyists
#COP30 in Belém has struggled to provide much hope 🌎
#COP30 in Belém has struggled to provide much hope 🌎
Gluten-free and special nutrition foods producer Dr Schär has announced its transition to 100% #cagefree eggs
The change will affect its production sites worldwide - including its two in the UK
The change will affect its production sites worldwide - including its two in the UK
Dr Schär completes transition to 100% cage-free eggs across production sites worldwide
The business, which has nearly 2,000 employees in 12 countries, said the result confirms its long-standing commitment to responsible sourcing
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November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Gluten-free and special nutrition foods producer Dr Schär has announced its transition to 100% #cagefree eggs
The change will affect its production sites worldwide - including its two in the UK
The change will affect its production sites worldwide - including its two in the UK
Tate & Lyle launches new #regenerativeagriculture programme to support corn suppliers in France to farm more #sustainably
Tate & Lyle announces regenerative agriculture programme in France
Tate & Lyle has developed the programme in collaboration with farm co-operatives and agriculture resilience platform Regrow Ag to help farmers understand the impact of adopting regenerative agrono...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Tate & Lyle launches new #regenerativeagriculture programme to support corn suppliers in France to farm more #sustainably
The Scottish government has been accused of abandoning plans for the country to become a ‘Good Food Nation’
It has dropped proposals for a swathe of environmental and health regulations across the sector
It has dropped proposals for a swathe of environmental and health regulations across the sector
Scottish ministers accused of sinking their own flagship Good Food Nation strategy
Environmental and health groups are up in arms at the changes to the strategy
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November 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The Scottish government has been accused of abandoning plans for the country to become a ‘Good Food Nation’
It has dropped proposals for a swathe of environmental and health regulations across the sector
It has dropped proposals for a swathe of environmental and health regulations across the sector
Morrisons has sold its newspaper delivery service to News Team
The undisclosed deal was completed earlier this month, and will see News Team take over all 18,000 existing accounts
The undisclosed deal was completed earlier this month, and will see News Team take over all 18,000 existing accounts
Morrisons defends sale of newspaper service citing ‘unsustainable’ costs
The sale to News Team has drawn criticism in the press, after 1,700 paper boys and girls lost their rounds as a result
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November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Morrisons has sold its newspaper delivery service to News Team
The undisclosed deal was completed earlier this month, and will see News Team take over all 18,000 existing accounts
The undisclosed deal was completed earlier this month, and will see News Team take over all 18,000 existing accounts
Asda has scraped another victory in our #Grocer33 weekly price comparison survey
But it only beat Morrisons by 3p and was less than 1% cheaper than Tesco
But it only beat Morrisons by 3p and was less than 1% cheaper than Tesco
Asda wins cheapest supermarket – but is just 3p cheaper than Morrisons
Asda was the only retailer where our basket cost more than last week or last month
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November 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Asda has scraped another victory in our #Grocer33 weekly price comparison survey
But it only beat Morrisons by 3p and was less than 1% cheaper than Tesco
But it only beat Morrisons by 3p and was less than 1% cheaper than Tesco