All The Grocer articles in 27 February 2021 – Page 11
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Marigold slides into red after fire but lockdown cooking demand provides boost
The business was hit with exceptional costs of £1.3m related to the fire, including redundancy payouts for more than 100 staff, and saw stock worth £2m destroyed.
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Iceland MD Walker writes book promising to help other businesses be greener
Called ‘The Green Grocer: one man’s manifesto for corporate activism’, the book explores the Iceland boss’s ‘life and business lessons, and passion for sustainability and social change’
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Aldi falls short of 50 new stores a year in 2020
Delays to construction under Covid restrictions have forced Aldi to push some of the 2020 target into 2021
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Comment and Opinion
Supermarkets are in an impossible position on face masks
When it comes to face mask enforcement, retailers are being told to go left, go right and stay where they are, all at the same time
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Proper joins forces with Eat Real in new Exponent healthier snacking play
A new company to combine Proper with its Eat Real brand will be created by Exponent under a new joint CEO
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City snapshot: Retail sales suffers worst year on record after Christmas falls flat
The UK retail sector has suffered its worst year on record after a Christmas sales rise of 0.4% failed to meet expectations, according to the Office of National Statistics. Plus, The John Lewis Partnership upgrades profit expectations and pays back £300m government aid and all the rest of the latest news from the City
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Media Bites 22 Jan: EG Group, Border disruption, Pets at Home
EG Group, the UK petrol stations company whose billionaire owners are buying Asda, is bringing in retail veteran Stuart Rose to improve governance after its auditors resigned over the matter last year (The Financial Times £). A former boss of Marks & Spencer has been appointed as ...
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Cider sales dipped ahead of pandemic, financials reveal
Westons and Aspall have posted losses for the last financial year
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Analysis and Features
Christmas trading: how do all the supermarket performances measure up?
Unpicking the results of a festive grocery battle like none before
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Heinz unveils paperboard ‘eco-sleeves’ for tinned multipacks
The fmcg giant’s new ‘eco-sleeves’ are made from fully recyclable paperboard from sustainably-managed forests
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City Snapshot: EG Group names former M&S CEO Lord Rose as chairman
Future Asda owner EG Group has appointed former M&S CEO and current Ocado chairman Lord Stuart Rose as non-executive chairman with immediate effect
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Media Bites 21 January: Unilever, Co-op, P&S, WH Smith
The papers are packed with reports of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, but find room for stories about Unilever’s living wage plan, a rise in abuse for supermarket workers and latest results from P&G and WH Smith.
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Nomadic Dairy adds vitamin D-fortified Yogurt+ range for immunity support
Nomadic said Yogurt+ was designed to support immunity by countering people’s “D-deficit”
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Retailers welcome new legal protections for shopworkers in Scotland
Scottish Parliament yesterday voted to support a bill to create a new statutory offence of assaulting, threatening or abusing a retail worker
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F&B deals sink to 11-year low as coronavirus pandemic hits industry
Despite encouraging signs of recovery in the final months of the year, M&A volumes slumped 40% to 58 transactions in 2020, the report by corporate finance house Oghma Partners showed.
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Parsley Box secures £5m to ramp up DTC growth
Parsley Box is backed by VC firm Mobeus Equity Partners, which invested £4.6m in the business in 2019. The Edinburgh-headquartered business prepares ambient ready meals for the baby boomer demographic.
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Native Snacks rebrands ahead of Sainsbury’s and Holland & Barrett launch
The new listings, along with a launch into Ocado this past December, accounted for a 1,500% increase in distribution, said the brand
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City snapshot: WH Smith reports surprise Christmas boost
WH Smith has performed better than expected over Christmas as its high street stores operated at close to 2019 levels despite the ongoing Covid restrictions. Plus, Wincanton upgrades profit forecasts as shoppers turn online. And, inflation rises to 0.6% for December.
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Media Bites 20 Jan: Deliveroo, Premier Foods, Food imports
Food delivery giant Deliveroo has reportedly picked London for its hotly anticipated stock market float this year as Next’s chief executive Simon Wolfson joins the board.
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Supermarkets ‘at risk of discriminating against disabled people’ over face masks
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has written to supermarket CEOs warning they could be breaking the law