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Holland & Barrett to expand café concessions trial
H&B registered the trademark ‘H&Bean’ with the government’s Intellectual Property office in April
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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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Booths workers offered transfer to Asda after store closure
Booths said increases in operating costs meant it was no longer possible for Hale Barns to be ‘profitable under the Booths model’
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Booths joins Too Good To Go to help tackle food waste
Booths was rolling out the service after customers responded well to a short trial
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Hisbe founders ‘hurting and exhausted’ as ethical grocer enters liquidation
The liquidation would leave ‘many’ suppliers with unpaid invoices, Hisbe said
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‘Rebel retailer’ Hisbe pauses trading after ‘painful’ four years
Hisbe ‘had a disappointing Christmas trading period and our recovery funding hasn’t come through’ the chain told customers
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Holland & Barrett completes major till upgrade as part of new tech-led store refit
The work marks a ‘significant milestone’ in the retailer’s store redevelopment plans
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Booker marks 400th Budgens store opening
The store is owned by independent retailers Paul McKenna and Graeme Wilson, and was transformed from a garden centre following a £650,000 investment
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Henry Dimbleby joins Fortnum & Mason as non-exec
Dimbleby stepped down from his role as the government’s food tsar in March
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Sainsbury’s adds meat, fish and poultry to Nectar Prices
The loyalty discount scheme has been extended to 3,500 products since its launch in April
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Waitrose looks to deter shoplifters with in-store ‘love bombing’
The supermarket is training staff to be “extra attentive, causing thieves to think twice”, including by asking if help is needed at self-checkouts
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Holland & Barrett extends free menopause advice service
The new online service will see advisors offering support in different languages, starting with Urdu, Hindi, Gujarati and Punjabi
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Startup seeks to upend ‘old school vending industry’ with co-working space ‘micro markets’
Martee’s – cofounded by a former Weezy employee and ex-CEO of meal kit brand Plateaway – this week opened its first location at Expressway, an office space near Royal Victoria Dock, London
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Waitrose doubles down on value with new marketing campaign
The strapline ‘New Lower Prices on hundreds of your favourites’ will feature prominently in the new campaign
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Iceland franchisee owner under food traceability investigation in Ireland
Iceland sold all of its stores in the Republic of Ireland in February
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Pop-up grocer Raye to open seventh site, in tie-up with ice cream brand Araw
The pop-up includes an ice cream bar in addition to a 200-strong range of food, drink and wellness products
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Sainsbury’s confirms closure and replacement of all Lloyds pharmacies
How the spaces will be utiliised will vary store to store, a Sainsbury’s spokesman said
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Pret continues global expansion with first Italian store
The site is managed by Chef Express, the catering arm of Italian food conglomerate Cremonini Group
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Waitrose IT glitch causes bank holiday availability issues
The latest IT issue meant deliveries were not sent out or were sent with fewer items
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Waitrose to widen functional drinks offer with dedicated bays
The fixtures will launch in around 30 Waitrose stores under a limited trial