Morrisons has unveiled its online grocery store, featuring a virtual bakers, butchers and fishmongers. Deliveries will begin across much of the Midlands on 10 January 2014, with customers to receive a one-hour time slot of when their goods will be delivered. Dalton Philips, chief executive of Morrison, said: “This fresh food offer will be the […]
Exotic coffee merchants, Sea Island Coffee has secured two prestigious listings in the gourmet grocery section at Harrods, London and the gourmet food collection at Heathrow Terminal 5’s Caviar House & Prunier store. These exciting collaborations, which will showcase a wide range of specialist coffees including Jamaica Blue Mountain, Hawaii Kona and Signature Espresso Blend among […]
Safeway Inc. announced the launch of its Help Us End Hunger (Every Bag Counts) food drive to help make the holidays brighter for people who rely on the assistance of food banks. The company is joining with customers, Kraft, local food banks and broadcast partners to collect food donations at Safeway stores through Christmas. To […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t7-hDwXnos Marks and Spencer has unveiled its food ad for Christmas, urging the public to ‘make Christmas delicious’. This is the first of four Christmas food ads set to roll out for the retailer, featuring products such as its Ultimate Enchanted Forest Cake. Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne, executive director of marketing and development at M&S, said: “This […]
Morrison’s is reportedly set to push its fresh food offering as a point of difference from the other big four supermarkets when it finally unveils its e-commerce model later this week. The retailer is the last of the Big Four supermarkets – Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrison’s – to launch an e-commerce operation. Its delivery […]
Greenvale, the UK’s leading supplier of fresh potatoes, has secured two new listings through Ocado and Amazon for its branded product, GreenVale Farm Fresh potatoes, so consumers can now order them on line as well as buy them off the shelf at Tesco and Booths. Marketed as ‘great tasting all rounder potatoes’, GreenVale Farm Fresh […]
South Australia’s Coopers Ale has won the Best Marketed Beer award at the Australian Liquor Industry Awards, with the brewers subsequently thanking their supporters via Facebook. The award is given to “the beer or cider brand that has received the most effective promotional support including POS, advertising campaigns and trade incentives.” Coopers were up against […]
Asda is launching an aggressive Christmas campaign that targets the other big four supermarkets’ shoppers with a message that claims “You’re Better off at Asda”. The supermarket claims its campaign, which consists of 20 “hardworking” Christmas TV ads, will have “no gimmicks, no promotions and no celebrity filled features”. Instead Asda will invest in lowering […]
Legendary biscuit brand Tim Tam has launched a campaign for its new Chocolicious Bites with a creative designed by DDB and executed by MEC and Social Ally. It focuses on an interactive consumer poll utilising real-time technology, offering fans a year’s supply of Tim Tams. The campaign launches online via Facebook. “Real-time communications is the […]
Pernod Ricard has launched its first ecommerce hub in the UK to capitalise on returning customer spend across the region, a move that follows similar recent announcements from rivals Diageo and AB InBev. Drinks maker unveils first UK online store in time for key Christmas trading period. The Sipstor, dubbed an online “drinks boutique” by […]