All The Grocer articles in 27 July 2019 – Page 5
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NewsMedia 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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NewsCity 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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Analysis & FeaturesFive 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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NewsMars Foods appoints Armen Topalian as sales director
Topalian was previously grocery director for Mars Petcare
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Feature SynopsisFocus 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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NewsBurger 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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Analysis & FeaturesPortion 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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Comment & OpinionNo-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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NewsBread & 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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NewsHeck 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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NewsMedia 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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NewsCity 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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NewsLyme Bay Winery kicks off campaign to grow Lugger Rum
Lyme Bay Winery is hoping to expand further into retail
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NewsUnilever aims to slash plastic with ‘super-concentrated’ Cif EcoRefill
Ecorefill is forecast to save 1.5 million plastic bottles by the end of 2020
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Comment & OpinionThe latest meat fraud outrage is exaggerated. But the risk isn’t
The claim ‘one in five meat products contain animal not stated on the label’ is untrue. But there’s no doubt we must be more vigilant in the fight against meat fraud
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Range PreviewRange preview: Tesco Christmas 2019
Here are 10 new festive products that caught our eye in the Tesco Christmas range
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NewsSales of MSC UK fish and seafood hit £1bn mark
The certification scheme has crowned Tesco its ‘Supermarket of the Year’
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NewsLucozade Ribena Suntory enters iced tea market with MayTea
Each 100ml of MayTea contains no more than 3g of sugar and 13 calories
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Comment & OpinionHow the big four supermarkets are helping save the British high streets
Broader offerings are attracting new shoppers, says Matt Lee, managing director at Capture
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NewsMedia Bites 10 July: Ocado/M&S, Asda, Patisserie Valerie
Ocado and Marks & Spencer are both heavily covered in this morning’s papers ahead of the launch of their JV.