All The Grocer articles in 16 January 2021 – Page 4
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Unitas slams disparity in grant funding between Scottish and English members
Goldney has written to the prime minister and the chancellor, urging them to establish a fund for wholesalers in England
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Quorn kicks off 2021 with major marketing push on sustainability
The move includes a new TV ad and activity encouraging shoppers to cut down on meat, plus a new pack design
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Fmcg heavyweights team up to launch 'mass-market' bone broth brand
Source: Sloth: The Slow Broth Co The brand will debut in the spring with a nine-strong lineup A team of fmcg heavyweights have teamed up to launch what they claim is the UK’s first mass-market bone broth brand. Called Sloth: The Slow Broth Co, the NPD is ...
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Petition launched to prioritise shopworkers in Covid vaccine rollout
The petition was created by Sarah Green, understood to be a shopworker
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Government set to prioritise supermarkets at EU border to avoid food shortages
Supermarket lorries returning to the EU to restock will be prioritised at the border under the proposals
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M&S signs call to action on China human rights abuses
The move comes as part of its relaunched Plan A sustainability programme
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Sainsbury’s seeks bacteria detection tech for ready to eat products
Sainsbury’s said at present bacteria detection could only be achieved through “destructive testing or inadvertent consumption”
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Radox overhauls brand and adds new lines in £6m revamp
The ‘Life’s Better With Bubbles’ campaign will span TV, radio, OOH and social
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BRC and Company Shop launch new Covid food waste initiative
Company Shop has become the BRC’s Sustainability Partner for 2021
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Scottish seafood sector reeling amid Brexit border chaos
Fishing vessels that would normally land their catch in Scotland have turned to EU ports instead
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Asda to open in-store Covid vaccination centres
Qualified Asda pharmacy staff will administer jabs, starting with priority groups
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Nisa store trials inflatable social distancing barrier technology
Another trial was conducted over Christmas at a garden centre in Derby
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Booths reports strong Christmas with like-for-like sales up 12%
There were strong sales of smaller turkey lines, up 23%, while turkey crown sales rose 38%
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Supermarket bosses demand ‘urgent intervention’ over NI food shortages
In a letter to Michael Gove, CEOs warned shortages could worsen after the grace period ended in April
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Logistics companies halt EU exports due to post-Brexit red tape
Groupage loads to the EU have been paused to avoid the worst of the disruption
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Iceland launches new recruitment push for 1,000 drivers and 2,500 store staff
It’s on top of the 3,000 additional drivers and store assistants Iceland has already taken on in the pandemic
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Morrisons first supermarket to guarantee £10 an hour pay
The increase, which is due in April, works out at around 9% for the vast majority of Morrisons workers
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Aldi pledges to donate 10 million meals to families in need
The discounter has also commissioned an animated film narrated by Marcus Rashford to raise awareness of food poverty
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Iceland rejects making staff enforce mask wearing by shoppers
Iceland has said that in light of abuse of shopworkers, it does not expect staff to ’confront the small minority of customers who aggressively refuse to comply with the law’
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Waitrose to make masks mandatory in-store and limit shoppers to one per household
Staff will also now be required to wear face coverings behind Perspex screens and in back-of-house areas