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MYOM wins great taste award for make your own oat milk product
Oat milk company, MYOM, is minimising packaging waste and transportation emissions by selling an oat premix that turns into a milk when mixed with water. Offering a more sustainable alternative to traditional oat, nut and soya milks - which are usually shipped in...
Less than 25% of UK suppliers are aware of Competition Law
Less than 25% of UK suppliers are aware of Competition Law and how it affects their business. In the most recent CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) research there are some startling findings. Did you know that: Less than 25% of suppliers stated that they...
‘Robust’ negotiations over pricing are set to be inflamed further
Major retailer buyers’ have reverted to pre-pandemic and cost of living behaviours regarding cost price increases, the latest report by the Groceries Code Adjudicator found. At a recent conference in London the Groceries Code Adjudicator, Mark White, presented the...
Rave reviews for British Brands Group GSCOP modular training
On the afternoons of the 16th and 23rd of October, delegates from a variety of suppliers to GSCOP-designated retailers attended the second of the Group’s new modular GSCOP training courses. Drawn from fresh produce, branded producers in food and non-food and pharma,...
Oatly Oatgurt – moving into the yoghurt category
Oatly has become a household name in the UK – founded more than 25 years ago by professors at Lund University in Sweden and remained a niche business until the last 5 years when it has become mainstream. Plant-based dairy alternatives account for around 56.5% of all...
Heck! make a sizzle with Smoky Chicken Sausage Rashers
British sausage maker HECK! introduced its first rasher-styled sausages earlier this year and has been shortlisted as a finalist in The Grocer New Product 2024 awards. The Yorkshire-based company aims to win over sausage-lovers' with rasher alternatives that take only...
Suppliers struggling to get cost price increase requests approved
According to a YouGov report commissioned by Groceries Code Adjudicator Mark White and released at the recent GCA conference in London, there is evidence that supermarket buyers have been using avoidance tactics or flat-out refusal to engage over requests for cost...
Campbell’s drops ‘soup’ from company name
After 155-years Campbell’s Soup Company has announced plans to change the iconic firm's name to The Campbell's Company. The move aims to better reflect Campbell's growing product line, which currently also includes sauces, snacks and beverages. While canned soup...
GCA threat of investigation drives action at Amazon
The Grocer (25 September 2024) reported that: ‘Online giant Amazon has revealed new measures it hopes will stave off a possible investigation by the Groceries Code Adjudicator. All eyes among GSCOP experts are on whether adjudicator Mark White will launch an official...
Will government warnings impact shopper confidence and sales?
The reality is that the gloomy talk of the state of the UK economy is likely to undermine shopper confidence at a time when retailers and manufacturers need shopper confidence to drive sales during the Christmas season. NAMNEWS observed: “In the short term, there’s...