All The Grocer articles in 28 July 2018 – Page 8
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NewsMedia Bites 3 July: Tesco/Carrefour, Nestlé, Premier Foods
The link-up between Tesco and Carrefour gets plenty of coverage, with most centred on the potential impact on under-pressure suppliers.
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Feature SynopsisFocus on Breakfast: 4th August
Cooked breakfasts are back. But forget the greasy fry-up. Today’s consumers are cooking up concoctions such as scrambled eggs and spinach as health messages hit home.
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NewsSocial enterprise Clarity adds ‘playful’ Beco soap brand
Eighty percent of the supplier’s employees are visually impaired, disabled or disadvantaged
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NewsTate & Lyle Sugars blames 'uncompetitive' EU regulations for huge loss
Brexit backer Tate & Lyle Sugars has blamed the ‘uncompetitive’ European Union sugar regime for annual losses that have ballooned to more than £25m.
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NewsSuppliers fear CO2 disruption will last for several weeks
While one CO2 plant in County Durham came back online today, shortages could last for several weeks, suppliers have warned
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NewsDrought-like conditions of UK heatwave leaves crops wilting
Growers have warned a host of UK crops have stopped growing due to the heatwave
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NewsCadbury invites shoppers to create its next Dairy Milk bar
The winning sharing bar will be sold in the mults for at least a year
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Feature SynopsisFocus on Halloween: 28 July
Spooky sells. That was the message from last year’s Halloween, when marketers put big bucks behind limited edition products, above-the-line campaigns and even immersive experiences.
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NewsPernod Ricard launches no-alcohol ‘gin alternative’
The drink is billed as a distilled, non-alcoholic beverage with ‘all the flavours of gin’
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NewsOasis "dismayed" over Premier chairman's defence of CEO
The boardroom battle at Premier Foods is continuing into a second week, as second-largest investor Oasis Management described its “dismay” over comments by company chairman Keith Hamill in favour of re-electing current boss Gavin Darby.
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NewsMedia Bites 29 June: Tesco, Warburtons, Greene King
Tesco is planning the biggest revamp of its own-brand food in its 99-year history – and scrapping thousands of big name labels from its shelves
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NewsWarburtons hit by CO2 crisis as shortages spread to crumpets
Warburtons has been forced to suspend production at three of the four UK bakeries that produce its crumpets
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Comment and OpinionWill Waitrose ‘food ambassadors’ make a difference?
As if Waitrose ’partners’ are not getting enough star billing in the JLP fascia rebrand, they’re now ‘food ambassadors’ too
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NewsGreene King's profits slump amid rising costs and cold winter
Annual profits slumped by 11.4% at brewer and pub company Greene King last year as it suffered from the cold British winter and rising costs.
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NewsElla’s Kitchen unveils Oddpops snack brand for older kids
Positioned as “a healthier, tastier and better snack”, triangle-shaped Oddpops crisps are made with wheat and potato
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NewsMedia Bites 28 June: John Lewis/Waitrose, Premier Foods, Costa Coffee
John Lewis Partnership has warned that half-year profits will be “close to zero” as it prepares to invest heavily in services and technology.
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NewsGiant crumpets help prop up Warburtons’ annual sales
However, Warburtons’s pre-tax profits dived by 40.2% in the 53 weeks to 30 September 2017
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NewsOrganics Council warning over glyphosate in organic foods
Trace levels of glyphosate were detected in Duchy Organic Farmhouse Batch wholemeal bread from Waitrose and Tesco Organic Plain Flour
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NewsCity snapshot: Costa Q1 like-for-likes slide ahead of demerger
Whitbread owned Costa Coffee grew its first quarter sales by 5.2% ahead of its planned demerger, but like-for-like sales fell 2% reflecting the slump on UK high streets. Plus, butchery group Crawshaw suffers 12.9% like-for-like collapse in 20 weeks to 17 June and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 27 June: Booker/CO2, Grocery market share, Apprenticeship levy
Booker, the UK’s biggest wholesaler has begun rationing beer, cider and soft drinks as rising demand amid the heatwave and England’s World Cup campaign comes up against a shortage of food-grade carbon dioxide gas.