Jacqui Parr

4 days ago | thegrocer.co.uk | George Nott |Jacqui Parr

Super-waif Diet Coke fan Kate Moss once said: “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” – much to the delight of teenaged girls everywhere (and the horror of their appropriate adults). It’s a phrase we all thought was safely consigned to the 1990s, along with platform trainers and Beanie Baby collections.

1 week ago | thegrocer.co.uk | Jacqui Parr

The battle against single-use plastic is nothing new – we all know recycling is good and throwing things into landfill is bad. Problem solved, right? Unfortunately not. Consumed (Bonnier Books, £22) takes the waste-related stats and facts we’ve all heard before – our food is full of microplastics, a bin lorry’s worth of plastic is dumped in the sea each day, only 9% of plastic waste is recycled – and somehow makes them more shocking.

1 week ago | thegrocer.co.uk | Jacqui Parr

The news that UK grocery inflation had risen to the highest level since February 2024 dominated the news yesterday, as Kantar’s latest data (as reported on in The Grocer) revealed the all-important number had climbed to 4.1% in May, up from 3.8% the month prior. The Guardian took a straight line on the story, leading with Fraser McKevitt’s warning that belts are set to be tighened even further as shoppers start to really feel the pinch.

1 week ago | thegrocer.co.uk | Jacqui Parr

It might have been a bank holiday weekend but the papers didn’t see that as any reason to ease off on their unrelenting focus on Marks and Spencer. In the wake of last week’s annual results, which The Grocer reported on here, CEO Stuart Machin boosted his share of the weekend’s column inches following an interview with the Mail on Sunday, which was picked up and reshared pretty much everywhere.

2 weeks ago | thegrocer.co.uk | Jacqui Parr

Yesterday’s food and drink headlines were largely dominated by the rate of inflation rising by more than anticipated and the revelation that Marks & Spencer’s profits have taken a £300m hit following the ongoing cyberattack. While M&S updated the markets with a solid set of full-year results, much of the focus remained squarely on the fallout of the cyberattack, now in its third week.