All Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) articles
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Comment & OpinionIt is time for women in wholesale to grow, lead and influence
Networks like Women at Booker are helping create a culture where women can grow, lead and influence, says director of supply chain Trudy Wilson
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Comment & OpinionWhy gender equity is essential to coffee’s profitable future
Expanding our direct relationships with more of the world’s most talented women growers has pushed quality further, says Sophie Reid, chief commercial officer at Pact Coffee
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Comment & OpinionBridging gaps in the food chain starts with young people
Education on food production should be a key element to both primary and secondary schooling, says Jessica Walker, a young farmer at Barnside Farm in Abbey St Bathans, near Duns
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NewsAF Blakemore accelerates women in leadership push with trio of senior hires
AF Blakemore said it had made a sustained investment in developing female talent and had the ambition to reach 50% women in leadership by 2030
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NewsFemale founders take over Whole Foods Market’s flagship London store
The activation aims to inspire ‘the next generation of female entrepreneurs’
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News‘Urgent’ need for action on safety and inclusion across UK drinks, new survey finds
A fifth of all UK drinks workers report feeling unsafe at work
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Comment & OpinionYour Voice: in-store accessibility and sustainable seafood
Keep aisles clear, make staffed checkouts easy to access and say totals aloud, says Iain Walker
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Analysis & FeaturesHow can the food & drink industry tackle youth unemployment?
Young people today face a challenging jobs market. But many food and drink companies are helping them get their foot in the door with apprenticeships, graduate schemes and qualifications
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NewsPact Coffee to source core range exclusively from women growers in March
Women make up an estimated 70% of the global coffee workforce but just own or run just 20% of farms
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Comment & OpinionApprenticeships are essential to retail and social mobility
We believe defunding leadership apprenticeships would be a clear step backwards, says James Goodman, chief people officer at Asda
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: accessibility, value ranges and GLP-1 drugs
This week marked a first in the history of the Grocer 33: our inaugural blind or partially sighted (BPS) mystery shop. And for some retailers, the results were nothing short of damning
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets have serious work to do on helping blind shoppers
Shakti was conducting a mystery shop at Asda’s Newton Abbot branch. Her treatment was disgraceful
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Analysis & FeaturesHow supermarkets are failing blind and visually impaired shoppers
This week’s mystery shop highlights key lessons supermarkets must learn to help visually impaired shoppers
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Grocer 33Asda offers cheapest shop but rivals stay within 5%-10% margin
Our basket featured a number of brands with packaging designed to help blind or partially sighted shoppers
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News‘Appalling’ Asda staff belittled blind mystery shopper
A registered blind shopper, who was taking part in a Grocer 33 mystery shop, has branded Asda staff at its Newton Abbot store “appalling”
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Grocer 33Tesco Lewisham’s Mike Francis on inner city trading and supporting BPS shoppers
’Our motto is nobody tries harder for customers and every little helps. And we have a lot of colleagues who enjoy helping people and who will take their time’
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Grocer 33Tesco scores highest in our visual impairment mystery shop
This week, for the first time, the Grocer 33 mystery shop was carried out entirely by blind or partially sighted customers
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Comment & OpinionFeatures editor’s picks 2025: robots, chicken shops and pay gaps
With 2025 drawing to a close – and the weekend almost upon us – we thought this would be a prime opportunity to remind our readers of some of the very best features of the year
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NewsWaitrose offers paid role to 'sacked' autistic volunteer Tom Boyd
In October Waitrose found itself at the centre of a PR crisis after it emerged Tom Boyd was let go after his mother asked for him to be paid for shifts
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NewsGroceryAid modernises brand to reach more ‘grocery people’
The refresh places workers from across the entire grocery sector at the heart of the new visual identity