| Categories | trade magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| First issue | 1862 |
| Company | William Reed Business Media |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | Crawley, West Sussex |
| Language | English |
| Website | thegrocer.co.uk |
The Grocer is a British digital and magazine service devoted to grocery sales, published by William Reed Ltd. It has been published since 1862. [1]
A feature of the service is 'The Grocer 33'. This is a survey of each of the five leading supermarkets' (Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose) prices and availability on a range of 33 popular lines and published in each issue. [2] The survey is conducted by "mystery shoppers" and different branches in varying parts of the country are used for each week's survey.[ citation needed ] The supermarkets place prominence on this feature and ASDA heavily promotes the fact it has been the lowest-priced supermarket in The Grocer's survey for 25 years as of 2022. [3]
The Grocer runs a range of awards in the food retail industry, including: