Harry Holmes
The Grocer
United Kingdom
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Does fashion need a watchdog?
With buying practices said to be suppressing wages, campaigners want a GCA-style fashion watchdog. Creating one is not straightforward → Read More
Why Jack Monroe is The Grocer’s Hero of the Year
Monroe argued back in January that the system by which we measure the impact of inflation is fundamentally flawed. That it 'completely ignores the reality and the real price rises for people on minimum wages, zero-hour contracts, food bank clients, and millions more' → Read More
Bagged snacks 2022: Crisps hit by rising costs before HFSS
For bagged snack brands, this year was supposed to hold one big challenge: the ban on HFSS goods in prominent store locations → Read More
Christine Tacon on how she’s rebuilding trust via Red Tractor
More and more Brits don't trust the food they eat. Why? The Red Tractor chair talks through some of the reasons, plus farmer frustrations and the pros and cons of media exposés → Read More
Farmers show their frustration with government at NFU Council
Delegates at the event bemoaned a lack of clear signals from a government they have little confidence in → Read More
Live shopping, a Norwegian Ocado and the M&S ‘bullseye’: five key moments from Shoptalk Europe
While TikTok sees the UK live shopping market reaching $7.4bn, M&S unveiled its plans to personalise five billion customer interactions → Read More
FDF’s Karen Betts is more diplomat than ‘wrecking ball’. That could work in Whitehall
Setting out her vision at the FDF's annual conference, CEO Betts indicated a distinct change in style from her predecessor Ian Wright → Read More
Is Jack Monroe right about food inflation hitting the poorest hardest?
Jack Monroe sparked a media storm last week by showing it is budget items facing some of the biggest price hikes. Is she right? → Read More
The inside story of Tesco’s strike action
Tesco workers this week voted in their thousands to go on strike in the run-up to Christmas. But it's far from an isolated incident. So what's behind the rise in industrial action? → Read More
Tesco to insist on climate-friendly farming practices
All UK growers must be certified by the LEAF Marque assurance scheme by 2023 → Read More
Boris Johnson prepares to call in the troops to help deliver fuel
Fifty to 85% of independent service stations are now out of fuel → Read More
The real causes of the HGV driver shortage and why we can’t blame it all on Brexit
The HGV driver shortage has escalated to crisis point. As multiple theories circulate over the underlying cause, The Grocer has sourced exclusive data to uncover what's really driving the issue → Read More
How McDonald’s became an unlikely environmental farming pioneer
McDonald’s has not always been seen as an environmental pioneer. Quite the opposite, in fact. → Read More
Regenerative agriculture: why PepsiCo, McDonald’s and Waitrose are jumping on regen ag
Amid concerns over the UK’s food security, nature-based farming is on the rise. Who’s driving ‘regen ag’ and will it become the norm? → Read More
Brexit border checks: the five areas of most concern
What with the driver shortages, the ‘pingdemic’ and summer holidays, it would be easy to forget that in fewer than 50 days, border controls will begin for food and drink arriving in Great Britain from Europe → Read More
M&S calls for further six-month extension to Northern Ireland checks
The call was backed by 96% of M&S suppliers during a conference this week. → Read More
Driver wages must rise further to ease crisis, industry says
Pay hikes are so far failing to draw enough recruits, the industry has warned → Read More
Hauliers ‘boycotting’ Lidl over driver shortage response
A lack of drivers across the UK is forcing haulage companies to rationalise their supermarket deliveries → Read More
Tesco suppliers face new costs due to driver shortage
Tesco wrote to suppliers to say an additional 14% surcharge will apply on haulage rates → Read More
UK-EU talks over Northern Ireland end without agreement
Lord Frost met with EU counterpart Maros Sefcovic on Wednesday to discuss the escalating crisis → Read More