mergers & acquisitions
Co-op's Nisa takeover gets green light from the CMA Subscription
The Co-op now expects the deal to be fully completed early next month, after Competition & Markets Authority waved through the £137.5m takeover
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Camden Town Brewery kicks off 'passionate' Hello Hells push Subscription
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Maltesers puts women centre stage in pair of ads Video
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Real Good Food completes sale of ingredients arm to address losses Subscription
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Vaping business Supreme reveals stock market float plans Subscription
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Co-op's Nisa takeover gets green light from the CMA Subscription
Stacey Solomon to host The Grocer Own Label Awards
She will co-host The Grocer’s awards ceremony on Friday 11 May alongside The Grocer’s editor, Adam Leyland
Harrods opens fine wine and spirits rooms Subscription
The rooms will offer top-tier and lesser-known brands, with bottles priced from £12-£28,000
Euro Garages enters US as Kroger forecourts deal goes through Subscription
The forecourt operator struck a £2.2bn deal with retail giant Kroger to acquire its store network in February
Good Sixty set for expansion after £197k crowdfunding Subscription
The company has seen 10% month-on-month growth over the past year
M&S marketing boss Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne tweets resignation
He is the latest casualty of M&S senior management cull that has seen head of food Andy Adcock, head of stores and online Laura Wade-Gery and head of womenswear Belinda Earl booted out
Sainsbury's Whitby: Grocer 33 store of the week
We got an Argos store-in-store in July, which has proved overwhelmingly popular
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As takeover gets go-ahead, Co-op will need swift success to satisfy Nisa members Subscription
The Co-op will have to quickly get to grips with dealing with thousands of individual and fiercely independent business owners
The biggest food & drink trends and launches from William Reed’s NEC shows Video
For those who couldn’t make it, here are some of the key trends and standout innovations from the biennial event …
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Supermeat & Fish Awards: what you need to know
A handy, at-a-glance guide with all the info about entering the 2018 event
Better chicken welfare, more to come on sugar
Sainsbury’s approach for improving chicken welfare is not going far enough for the millions of chickens in its supply
Waste Not Want Not food waste campaign: The industry pledges its support
The Grocer has launched a major campaign on food waste. Here’s how it’s been received so far
M&S marketing boss Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne tweets resignation
Selfridges launches UK's first avocado gelato
Supermeat & Fish Awards: what you need to know
Sainsbury's to roll out 'no touch' chicken pouches
Sainsbury's trials UK's first cargo bike grocery delivery
Sainsbury's Whitby: Grocer 33 store of the week
Eight innovative new crisp alternatives 
Free trade deal ‘urgent for food & drink’ says BEIS Committee
Unilever unveils reduced salt Marmite spread
Meet Food 2.0: UK food & drink shows category report 2018
Waitrose to end free hot drinks in cafés and remove disposable takeaway cups
Tesco and Graze partner to raise money for Cancer Research UK
PepsiCo and Nestlé criticised over palm oil rainforest clearance
More Brits worry about plastic than Brexit, new survey finds
Bottled water brand Life Water unveils BPA-free can format
Coke Classic kicks off OOH push as sugar tax takes effect
