All The Grocer articles in 13 June 2020 – Page 3
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Aldi launches own-label take on hard seltzer White Claw for half the price
The own-label Aldi product is set to roll out in four flavours
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The Tofoo Co looks to boost capacity with new soy milk cooker
The cooker will expand the supplier’s production capacity by 70%
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Heinz gets personal with customisable labels on new DTC channel
Heinz is offering personalised versions of six products through its direct-to-consumer channel Heinz to Home
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Cambridgeshire Nisa defies pandemic to open fully refurbished store
The store has undergone a major extension and refurbishment throughout the coronavirus pandemic
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Independent inquiry announced for Post Office Horizon IT scandal
The review will consider whether the Post Office has learned lessons from the Horizon dispute and court case
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Medical journal links food industry to ‘devastating’ coronavirus death toll
Campaign groups have stepped up their calls for a new war on obesity in the past few weeks
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City snapshot: Just Eat Takeaway to acquire Grubhub to create global delivery giant
The online delivery company will buy the US-based business for $7.3bn, in a move that will create the largest online food delivery company outside of China
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Media Bites 11 June: Ocado, Just Eat/Grubhub, Morrisons
The surge in online food shopping has prompted Ocado to tap investors for £1bn to build more of its robotic warehouses
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Ocado launches £1bn funding drive to capitalise on online shopping boom
Ocado is seeking to raise more than £1bn to capitalise on the boom in online grocery shopping brought about by coronavirus.
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Beyond Meat promises NPD and cheaper products as Dutch factory opens
The US plant-based giant has also acquired a second Dutch site dedicated to innovation
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Food and drink trade groups urge government to rethink food strategy
The proposals claim successive governments have overseen a gradual decline in the UK’s self-sufficiency
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Coronavirus: Government approves only one in 10 Future Fund applications
The British Business Bank revealed £55.9m worth of convertible loans had been approved since the fund opened on 20 May, despite receiving applications worth £515m on the first day of opening
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#BoycottSainsburys trends amid racist statue mixup
False claims are circulating that legendary ex-Sainsbury’s CEO Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover – whose Linbury Trust donated £10m to set up the museum - ordered the Robert Milligan statue to be taken down
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New HR director and operations director appointed at CJ Lang
Sonya Harper takes the role of central operations director while Louise Rogers joins as HR director
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Comment and Opinion
What are the consumer trends emerging in online searches during lockdown?
Trying to understand which new shopper behaviours will be fads and which will sustain is a huge challenge, says Harry Walker, industry head of grocery retail at Google
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Crediton expands Arctic Iced Coffee range with at-home one litre carton
The processor said the new, larger variant was in response to shopper demand
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Cornish cheesemaker may need to dump tonnes of unwanted cheese
The coronavirus crisis meant 90% of the Cornish Cheese Co’s business had been lost overnight, said owner Phillip Stansfield
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Brakes offers home grocery delivery service for blind people
The scheme aims to help people that have difficulties maintaining social distancing in stores and accessing online delivery slots
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Mission Ventures takes on seven startups to tackle childhood obesity
Mission Ventures will help seven brands at different growth stages tackle childhood obesity through an accelerator programme providing support and funding
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Gold&Green launches “revolutionary” Pulled Oats meat alternative
It has launched two minces, which are made with oats, yellow peas, faba beans, rapeseed oil and salt