
Emma Weinbren
Managing Editor at The Grocer
Managing editor at The Grocer. Never knowingly undercaffeinated. Writes about all things retail and food & drink. Send me your stories [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
thegrocer.co.uk | Emma Weinbren
While other vertical farms have struggled, GrowUp’s CEO has built a team he believes has the potential to grow and sell its ‘best-tasting’ salad leaves globallyMike Hedges is munching on a salad leaf. Not just any old salad leaf, mind. It is one of GrowUp’s Unbeleafable Zesty Baby Leaves, winner of the Champion of Champions accolade at The Grocer New Product Awards 2024.
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1 month ago |
thegrocer.co.uk | Emma Weinbren
The shock departure of Tesco UK CEO Matthew Barnes is the top story in the nationals. The former Aldi boss spent just over a year in the post, reports The Telegraph. Barnes will be replaced by chief commercial officer Ashwin Prasad, and it is not yet known if he has another role lined up, writes The Times. Read The Grocer’s story on the wider management shake-up and the big interview with incoming UK CEO Ashwin Prasad.
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1 month ago |
thegrocer.co.uk | Emma Weinbren
Deli-volution: trends in deli 2025 By Emma Weinbren2025-05-15T12:10:00 As some mults have axed deli counters, others still view them as vital back-of-store draws. What does this mean for deli suppliers? As some mults have axed deli counters, others still view them as vital back-of-store draws. What does this mean for deli suppliers?
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1 month ago |
thegrocer.co.uk | Emma Weinbren
Dualit and Lavazza have both fallen foul of advertising standards by describing coffee products as “compostable”, when they are not suitable for home compost. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld complaints about search ads for Dualit’s coffee bags and Lavazza Eco Caps coffee pods this week. ‘Misleading’ ads Both paid-for ads, which appeared online last summer, described the products as compostable when they could only be processed through industrial facilities.
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2 months ago |
pharmaceutical-journal.com | Emma Weinbren
Georgie Aldous, who lives with an eating disorder, was five months into taking Mounjaro (tirzepatide; Eli Lilly and Co) when things started to go wrong. “At first, it was great. It did what it was supposed to do, and I started to lose weight,” he told ITV’s Good Morning Britain in January 2025. Soon, though, he started to feel weak and unwell. One night, his heart rate began to soar to as high as 150 beats per minute. The palpitations ended with an A&E visit at 04:00.
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Lovely to be here at the @Foodanddrinkfed dinner. Not for EU labelling has already got a not-so-honourable mention from CEO Karen Betts https://t.co/AlHDt8Sd7O

Can’t wait to complete the #asdatastematch. So far the Asda scones and jam have really impressed. Now on to cake (all in the name of science) @asdaprteam https://t.co/shw4alqekO

Great evening for @DietCokeGB with Kate Moss, Fat Tony and most importantly @Starlet3000 To launch an ad that could rival the nineties windows cleaner 😍 https://t.co/TcATTkCweD