All The Grocer articles in 27 July 2019 – Page 7
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News
Seachill growth boosts Hilton Food Group’s first half sales
Hilton Food Group has continued to grow sales in the first half of its financial year, boosted by increased volumes from its Seachill fish business.
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Jackson’s Yorkshire’s Champion Bread removes palm oil
The result of about a year’s work, the reformulated offer is rolling out this week to Waitrose
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Media Bites 18 July: Amazon, Inflation, Hotel Chocolat
Brussels has opened an investigation into Amazon to “take a very close look” into how the internet retail giant treats third-party merchants selling goods on its websites.
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Feature Synopsis
Focus On: Hot Beverages & Cold Brew
Are consumers ditching the pod for ground and instant coffee? And does cold brew have a hot future ahead?
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Vimto producer Nichols shrugs off cooler weather to post first half growth
Vimto producer Nichols has posted a double-digit rise in group revenues as it brushed off the cooler UK weather to post growth across its stills and carbonates portfolio.
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Comment and Opinion
Gove commits to DRS, but the arguments are far from over
The Defra secretary has nailed his colours to the mast of an ‘all in’ system
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Comment and Opinion
Don’t just lash out at farmers. Help them fight our ‘cheap food’ system
It feels like negative views about farmers are becoming more common
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FrieslandCampina brings Dutch hit Chocomel to UK
The chocolate milk is the dairy co-op’s third largest milk brand in the Netherlands
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Asda shakes up in-store bagged snacks for easier shopping
The grocer has also ramped up its healthier options in recent weeks
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Echo Falls moves into Malbec with 'Malb-Echo Falls'
Owner Accolade Wines said the launch would tap ’the huge boom in USA malbec varietal wine, which is growing at 19% year on year’
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City snapshot: First quarter sales rise at Premier Foods on branded growth
Premier Foods increased group sales by 1.1% in its first quarter, driven by 2.9% growth in branded sales. Plus, first half sales and profits rise at Nichols, Hotel Chocolat sales jump 14% in the year to the end of June, AG Barr shares plunge and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Media Bites 17 July: AG Barr, Farming, Wholefoods
AG Barr shares collapsed 28% to 623p after the Irn-Bru maker blamed a lack of Scottish sunshine for an expected 10% fall in sales.
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Cadbury returns Fudge to best-selling Christmas selection box
It comes 18 months after widely reported consumer ’fury’ over the treat being replaced by a Dairy Milk Oreo bar
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Heinz kicks off £7m ‘Makes it Better’ masterbrand push
It is the the supplier’s first ATL masterbrand campaign in 10 years
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Comment and Opinion
We need an independent online comparison service for food & drink
And it shouldn’t just be about price either. Consumers need an easy way to compare provenance, welfare and nutrition, says Professor Richard Moody
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AG Barr shares plummet 28% after shock profits warning
Irn-Bru maker AG Barr has lost more than a quarter of its value today after issuing a shock profits warning.
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Broadland Wineries shakes off Brexit woes with £1.7m profit surge
This time last year Brexit’s effect on the pound had sent Broadland’s profits plunging 74% to just £324k
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Comment and Opinion
Our food system must change, but there’s only so much it can do
Politicians and economists have as much work to do as supermarkets and farmers
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Climate emergency makes urgent transition to sustainable food system ‘essential’
The government needs to start taking action now to transition to a sustainable and healthy food system by 2030, warned a report by the RSA
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Comment and Opinion
Asda and Just Eat's delivery partnership could prove truly disruptive
Asda’s tie-up with Just Eat is a bold move towards providing for the convenience shop online, says Harry Walker of Google