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Tesco partners with Natwest to help farmers reduce costs and decarbonise
The new scheme will provide farmers with preferential rates on finance to help them switch to sustainable farming methods
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Sainsbury’s campaign uses poetry to highlight ‘stigma’ of food poverty
The retailer has partnered with poet Yrsa Daley-Ward, who spoke to food club users in London
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The Sidemen partners New World Foods to launch meat snacking range
The flavours in the range are inspired by the sauces available from The Sidemen’s chain of fried chicken shops
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Jayne Wall joins M&S from Morrisons as director of central store operations
Wall is set to join M&S in August when the retailer’s head of central operations Peter Line retires from a full-time leadership role after 40 years with the business
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Asda agrees to avoid making ‘ambiguous’ green claims in new deal with CMA
The CMA signed an unprecedented deal with Asda, Asos and Boohoo following greenwashing concerns in the fashion sector
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New agri-adjudicator ‘may let retailers off hook’
A policy expert who proposed the creation of the Groceries Code Adjudicator said the government should have expanded the remit of the GCA instead
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Tesco joins others in cutting Easter vegetable prices to 15p
Tesco has cut the price of its all rounder potatoes, carrots, swede, brown onions and white cabbage to 15p per item when purchased with a Clubcard
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Morrisons posts strongest sales growth in three years
The Bradford-based grocer on Thursday announced a 4.6% rise in group like-for-like sales (ex fuel) in its first quarter to 28th January
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Aldi to open 35 new UK stores this year
The discounter is set to invest £550m in expanding its UK footprint this year, while creating about 40 jobs per new store
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Booths introduces milk vending machine to Keswick supermarket
Booths had introduced the technology following feedback from a customer who wanted to buy locally sourced milk in a glass bottle
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Tesco and M&S catch heat for failing to disclose cocoa supply chains data
The annual Chocolate Scoreboard ranks cocoa buyers on issues such as child labour, deforestation and supply chain transparency
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Asda faces strike action at third store
Almost 200 GMB members are set to down tools in Lowestoft after 87% voted for industrial action on an 80% turnout
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Free-from brand Crave launches peanut-free take on peanut butter
The spread is made from roasted sunflower seeds
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Company Shop Group redistributes a record 108 million meals
The group redistributed 45,500 tonnes of surplus food, 10% more than the year before
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Oddlygood launches oat drinks and plant-based desserts into Asda
The brand, which is from Finnish dairy company Valio, launched a new range of Barista Oat Milks into Asda from 25 March
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Waitrose shoppers to be fitted with eye-tracking glasses in loose fruit & veg study
Waitrose is working with climate action NGO Wrap on the study, which said it hoped the findings would encourage more shoppers to choose unpackaged fresh produce
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Lidl cuts chicken stocking densities in animal welfare boost
The retailer has followed Co-op, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s in committing to more space for chickens in its fresh supply chain
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Morrisons rolls out digital coupon clearing platform with Savi
Savi had been working with Morrisons, as well as other UK supermarkets, to process paper coupons for decades
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Future Brands head leaves Sainsbury’s after restructure
Tom Forsythe, who has headed up Future Brands since 2021, left the supermarket on Friday after a decade at Sainsbury’s
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City snapshot: Ocado Retail hails “strong” Q1 performance
Ocado Retail has made a “strong” start to the year as the joint online venture with M&S continued to grow its market shares. Plus, the grocery latest market share data from Kantar and full-year results from Fever-Tree and AG Barr