All The Grocer articles in 18 May 2019 – Page 6
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Wrap kicks off Guardians of Grub foodservice waste campaign
The initiative will be launched as part of the symposium called by the government’s new food waste champion
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Exceptional costs drive £43m annual loss for Premier foods
Premier Foods has fallen to an annual loss of £42.7m as impairments and pension charges hit its bottom line, but core profitability improved in a further sign of “consistent progress”.
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Media Bites 14 May: Impossible Foods, UK retail shares, Boots
Plant-based meat company Impossible Foods has raised $300m in its latest funding round to increase its value by two-thirds to $2bn.
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LWC Drinks hails 'aggressive growth' after £53m sales surge
The booze wholesaler has reported sales up more than £53m
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Avara Foods under fire over poultry welfare after 'extreme suffering' filmed
Animal Equality claimed a series of alleged welfare breaches had been found at farms supplying the poultry giant
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Comment and Opinion
Veggie burger or veggie disc? Why the EU proposals miss the point
New legislation could ban the use of ‘meaty’ terms such as burgers for use on plant-based alternatives. But no amount of label changes will stop the rise of plant-based
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Re:Nourish claims world-first with soup in heatable bottle
The plant-based range of four variants is available from Planet Organic and independent stores
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Müller relaunches core yoghurt ranges to ditch sugar
Redesigned packaging would make it easier to identify health claims, said Müller
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Dave Lewis warns of 'gaps' in new food waste strategy
Lewis said the new Step up to the Plate initiative risked being toothless unless it asked companies to publish their food waste data
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Selfridges promotes Alannah Weston to chair
She took over the role on 1 May from her father, W Galen Weston
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Dairy Crest CEO Mark Allen steps down
Allen, who has held the post for 12 years, has been replaced by his deputy Tom Atherton
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Treasury Wine Estates boss Michelle Brampton joins WSTA board
WSTA chairman Dan Jago said Brampton’s ‘wealth of experience will help strengthen the WSTA executive team’
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Sainsbury's unveils range of Pride greetings cards
The retailer is introducing the cards in 207 stores to coincide with local Pride events
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Warburtons unveils bagels ad starring Robert De Niro
The commercial, called ‘GoodBagels’, will make its debut on 17 May
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Town centre vacancy rates soar
Vacancy rates in town centres have risen to their highest in four years, according to the latest BRC-Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor.
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Media Bites 13 May: Tesco, Sainsbury's, Rich list
Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis is to sweep 20% of its 40,000 products off the supermarket chain’s shelves.
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Sandwich makers hit out at FSA full ingredient labelling calls
The FSA board has backed mandatory full ingredient labelling on pre-packed for direct sale foods (PPDS)
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Kettle falls to loss as it invests heavily in promotions
Premium crisps player Kettle Foods has slumped to a heavy loss as it maintained high levels of promotions to fight declining market share.
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M&S-backed startup accelerator makes first fmcg investment with Rocketo
Marks & Spencer’s brand accelerator programme has made its first grocery brand investment by taking a minority stake in raw dehydrated organic dogfood startup Rocketo.
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Feature Synopsis
Focus On Scotland: 8 June
When you think of Scottish exports, you think of Scotch. And for good reason. Exports of whisky now encompass three quarters of Scotland’s food and drink export value, with HMRC data showing sales rose 7.8% to a record £4.7bn in 2018.