All The Grocer articles in 28 April 2018
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NewsYellow Tail wine gets £2m 'Cut to the taste' campaign
It comes as sales of Yellow Tail are on the up, growing by a cool £20m this year
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NewsNestlé could lose trademark for Kit Kat four-finger shape
The food and drink giant had appealed a 2015 ruling by the court that attempts to trademark the Kit Kat shape did not comply with EU law
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NewsTesco lists 'ethical' water charity-supporting One Gin
It hit shelves as part of the retailer’s BWS range review this month
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NewsIceland online store to supply ambient food to China
Iceland is working with China’s second-largest e-commerce business JD.com
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NewsHappy Egg Co launches liquid egg white and sandwich fillers
The NPD signals an expansion of the brand’s scope outside shell eggs
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NewsBrexit cost prompts Arla to launch €400m efficiency drive
The dairy co-op said it was losing between €100m and €150m a year from commodity price and currency volatility
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NewsPlanet Organic remains in the red despite 9% sales growth
Upmarket London grocer Planet Organic boasted 9% sales growth in its most recent financial year, but the chain remained loss-making as it continued to invest in growth.
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NewsBooze retailer 31Dover moves into click & collect with HubBox partnership
It will allow shoppers to collect tipples from some 4,000 collection points across the UK
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NewsCo-op rolls out Lego and Hasbro toys to 127 stores after trial
The retailer first started selling the toys as part of a small trial in October 2016
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NewsReckitt Benckiser tumbles on weak first quarter growth
Household goods giant Reckitt Benckiser (RB) fell sharply as modest first quarter sales growth failed to meet analysts’ estimates.
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NewsSelfridges launches UK's first avocado gelato
The product is served in avocado skin, and contains an edible nut butter stone
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NewsShorn brings out two new wines in pouch format for younger consumers
Once opened, the wine stays fresh for up to four weeks
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NewsFree trade deal ‘urgent for food & drink’ says BEIS Committee
A report released by the Commons Committee demanded ‘clarity for UK producers reliant on the EU for both imports and exports’
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NewsHarrods opens fine wine and spirits rooms
The rooms will offer top-tier and lesser-known brands, with bottles priced from £12-£28,000
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NewsMedia Bites 23 April: Yo! Sushi/Taiko Foods, Young’s Seafood, Consumer confidence
Restaurant group Yo! Sushi is poised to announce the purchase of Taiko Foods, a supplier of suishi, Asian food-to-go and dim sum to UK retailers, including Waitrose and Costco.
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NewsCity snapshot: English wine exports help Chapel Down sales jump 15%
Chapel Down has reported year-on year sales up 15% from £10.2m to £11.8m and continuing EBITDA up 29% from £750,000 to £968,000. Plus, YO! Sushi has bought Taiko Foods, a supplier of sushi products to the supermarket sector, as part of its plan to create a global multi-format and multi brand sushi business and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsAlison Robinson joins Weetabix to head on-the-go drinks sales
She joins Weetabix from Britvic, where she spent almost 12 years
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NewsLambrini teams up with Fake Bake for online promotion
New packs roll out from today (23 April) across Lambrini Always Original bottles
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NewsEuro Garages enters US as Kroger forecourts deal goes through
The forecourt operator struck a £2.2bn deal with retail giant Kroger to acquire its store network in February
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NewsAldi and B&M both to open new DCs in Elstow, Bedfordshire
Planning permission has been granted for an 800,000 sq ft Aldi facility and one million sq ft B&M site