All The Grocer articles in 27 July 2019 – Page 10
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Lyme Bay Winery kicks off campaign to grow Lugger Rum
Lyme Bay Winery is hoping to expand further into retail
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City snapshot: Ocado posts deep first half loss after £100m Andover fire hit
Ocado has posted a first half pre-tax loss of over £140m after the fire at its Andover warehouse cost the online supermarket almost £100m. Plus, PhD Nutrition acquisition drives first half sales surge at Science in Sport and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Media Bites 9 July: Retail sales, Imperial Brands, Heck
Retailers have suffered the “worst June on record” with total sales down 1.3% year-on-year in June
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Heck insists it ‘didn’t mean to cause offence’ amid Boris Johnson furore
The company was accused of resorting to a ‘cheap publicity stunt’ with the pro-Brexit MP
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Bread & Jam Festival to run food and drink ‘speed dating’ pitch event
An eight-strong panel of investors will invite food and drink SMEs to a round-robin of 10-minute face-to-face meetings
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Comment and Opinion
No-deal disaster: let’s hope Johnson and Hunt are bluffing
Both Tory leadership contenders have said they would back a no-deal Brexit if necessary
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Analysis and Features
Portion control, sustainability and daily fixes: 10 charts explaining UK attitudes to confectionery
The UK’s appetite for chocolate shows no sign of waning. Still, today’s shoppers want a bit more from their confectionery.
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Burger King launches halloumi burger amid ‘craze’ for the cheese
The new burger will be available nationwide as a single or double patty
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Feature Synopsis
Focus On Rice and Noodles: 10 August
Not long ago, rice was doing self-promotion better than your average reality TV star. This year, things have taken a very different turn
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Mars Foods appoints Armen Topalian as sales director
Topalian was previously grocery director for Mars Petcare
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Analysis and Features
Five new launches for vegan chocolate lovers
Here’s our pick of the most eye-catching new plant-based chocolate launches to tuck in to this World Chocolate Day
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City snapshot: Imperial Brands changes dividend policy and launches £200m share buyback
Imperial Brands has today moved away from its double-digit dividend payment to shareholders in favour of merely a “progressive” dividend policy and announced the commencement of a £200m share buyback scheme. Plus, new CFO for troubled Steinhoff Group and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Media Bites 8 July: Tesco, Premier Foods, Sainsbury’s/Asda
Tesco is to open 750 convenience stores in Thailand over the next three years in its first major overseas expansion under chief executive Dave Lewis.
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Comment and Opinion
Deliveroo and Just Eat may find the arm’s length approach a curse
It’s been an uncomfortable few days for food delivery unicorns Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats
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AB InBev buys BeerBods subscription service and The Bottle Shop assets
BeerBods said the deal would ‘help it reach its full potential’
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City snapshot: Supermarket prices flat but only Asda remains in deflation
Supermarket prices have stayed flat year on year, but there are signs food price inflation could be creeping back into the market after close to a year of stagnant prices. Plus all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Media Bites 5 July: Amazon/Deliveroo, Sainsbury’s, ABF
The CMA is mulling whether to investigate Amazon’s investment in food delivery firm Deliveroo’s latest fundraising
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Mars Wrigley targets £23m in first year for M&M’s Block quartet
Four variants of M&M’s Block will roll out on 17 July exclusively to Tesco
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Spike in stockpiling as Irish exporters prepare for Brexit
However, stockpiling added a ’layer of unrecoverable cost for companies’, warned Bord Bia
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Comment and Opinion
Consumer behaviour will be the real test of Evian’s recycling plans
The brand has invested in tech to launch a 100% rPET bottle for Wimbledon. But consumer buy-in will be crucial if these plans are to work on a wider scale