All The Grocer articles in 17 December 2016 – Page 14
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Media Bites 22 Nov: Truck drivers, Exports, TPP, Theresa May
Christmas deliveries in the UK could be hampered by a shortage of lorry drivers as the potential pool of workers shrunk to its lowest level since records began in 2005, writes the FT.
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Matthew Walker unveils 'grown-up' Christmas puddings
The alcohol-infused duo tap the trend for ’rich, deep flavours’
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Diageo workers vote to strike over pension cuts
Diageo is facing mass walkouts across its Scottish bottling operations in the run up to Christmas as staff voted for industrial action over pension cuts.
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Comment and Opinion
Greenpeace is wrong to single out Sainsbury's over tuna
The supermarket has a good reputation on fish sustainability, so why is Greenpeace continually on its case?
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St. Ewe Eggs secures six-figure bank loan
The Cornish egg producer has invested in equipment to tap into the sports nutrition market, supplying its UK customers with pasteurised eggs for the first time.
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Industry groups hit out over curbs on business rates appeals
A collection of retail and leisure business groups have called on the UK government to rethink proposals that limit firms appealing that their categorisation of business rates is too high.
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Media Bites 21 Nov: Petrol prices, Business rates, Tesco
Morrisons is cutting the price of petrol to below £1 a litre for the first time since the Brexit vote, escalating a pre-Christmas price war among Britain’s biggest supermarkets.
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Dove tackles body image anxiety in new campaign
The Unilever brand has called on businesses to take its Be Real Body Image Pledge
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Majestic Wine recovery on track despite plunging into the red
Majestic Wine insisted its turnaround strategy is working despite swinging to a loss in the first half, with the wine retailer at the “tipping point” of transforming growing sales into profits.
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Comment and Opinion
Müller faces frothing in its non-aligned milk pool
After a relatively quiet past few months, there could be fresh stirrings of mutiny in the sector
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Walmart warns Asda turnaround ‘will take time’ as like for likes fall 5.8%
Walmart stressed it remained confident in the management team and said progress had already been made
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City Snapshot: Majestic Wine insists sales growth will boost profits after first half loss
Majestic Wine has posted a £4.4m first-half loss after weak commercial performance and the failure of a US marketing campaign despite sales growth of 13%.
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Media Bites 17 Nov: Amazon, Morrisons, Ocado, Co-op
The papers concentrate their coverage of the Amazon and Morrisons one-hour delivery tie-up on the crash in Ocado’s share price the news caused.
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Comment and Opinion
Foodie benefits can reap big rewards in staff loyalty. Pass the free beer!
‘Soft’ benefits rarely make the headlines but can add enormous value to employees
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Analysis and Features
From free ice cream to street food in Bombay: the delicious foodie perks offered by food & drink industry employers
Our roundup of the best food-related employee benefits on offer in UK food & drink
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Morrisons widens Amazon partnership with Prime Now store-pick service
Amazon Prime customers can now order a full Morrisons shop via the Prime Now app
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Cranswick makes move into Northern Ireland with Dunbia deal
Cranswick has snapped up the pork business of Northern Irish meat giant Dunbia for an undisclosed cash sum
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Media Bites 16 November: Tesco, Premier Foods, B&M, BAT
The latest Kantar Worldpanel data, Premier Foods and B&M results, and the latest on the British American Tobacco offer for Reynolds all get a showing today.
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Exports drive increased sales and profits at Moy Park
Third quarter sales edged up at Northern Irish chicken producer Moy Park as a jump in exports negated a fall in domestic sales volumes.
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Premier Foods looks to home advantage to battle price rises
CEO Gavin Darby said the Mr Kipling and Bisto maker was a different proposition to its multinational rivals thanks to 95% of its range being manufactured in the UK.