New research finds financially stretched shoppers trust deals least of all. Black Friday is the starkest example of a strategy backfiring, says Joseph Fullylove, insight director at Hall & Partners ...

Marks & Spencer has launched its 2026 Christmas advert, starring James Norton as an undercover Father Christmas alongside Lucy Punch as Mrs Claus, with a soundtrack from Katherine Jenkins. The ...

For the food industry, clarity matters. Businesses are already preparing for the Healthy Food Standard, mandatory healthy ...

For the past 40 years, The Grocer and international strategy consultancy OC&C have teamed up for a deep dive into the ...

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Diageo's latest quarterly results beat expectations, but a 3.7% decline in US sales shows the turnaround job is far from ...

Our shopper found the Tesco store's scale 'impressive' if 'slightly overwhelming at first' but ultimately praised 'how easy ...

The CMA has kicked off an investigation into ABP's purchase of a minority stake in Waitrose beef supplier Dovecote Park ...

The one thing in common on the plates of the world’s longest-lived people is a plucky little pulse,” explains Dan Buettner, ...

Lidl sold the cheapest shop this week in a fiercely fought contest against rival Aldi and the five full-range supermarkets ...

The public has responded to the government's 'Be Ready' campaign with sensible calm, but ministers are quietly shifting ...

As he steers his busy hub of a store through a hectic golden quarter, Stephen Craig is caught up in the thick of things in ...