All The Grocer articles in 29 August 2020
Previous issues.
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NewsButcombe Brewing Co targets younger shoppers with major makeover
The Bristol business has revamped the look of its Original, Gold, Rare Breed and Goram beers
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NewsSuperdrug is latest retailer to launch face masks
The high street pharmacy is offering £2.99 reusable face coverings with three fabric layers, claimed to significantly reduce particle transfer
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NewsWrap report calls for economy to be rebuilt with more sustainability
The report claims companies recycling more, making products easier to repair and renting or leasing rather than buying consumer goods could all be measures to boost a ‘Build Back Better’ recovery
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NewsPoundland announces next 19 stores to get frozen and chilled ‘shops in shops’
Another 27 stores are due to get the treatment by September
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NewsCentral England Co-op and ACS call for action on violence against shop workers
The mutual retailer, which has more than 260 stores across 16 counties, is joining forces with co-operatives in the UK calling on the government to introduce new legislation to better protect key workers
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NewsWaitrose to open third online fulfilment centre to boost London slots
Waitrose said the new site in Greenford, West London, could be up and running as early as December
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NewsNisa supports retailers with new app for ordering, price checking and more
The app includes ‘intelligent’ push notifications to direct retailers to specific products, web deals and news updates relevant to their business
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NewsNisa extends DHL deal to deliver to more than 1,400 of its retailers until 2023
Under the agreement DHL will continue to provide warehousing, transport, facilities and ancillary services for the symbol group throughout the UK
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Analysis & FeaturesThe food and drink funding challenge: how suppliers are raising cash and doing deals in the pandemic
Whether to survive, or to continue with existing plans, many suppliers have needed funding in the crisis. With investors spooked, how have they fared?
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NewsNew meal kit service launched to support hospitality and foodservice
Great Food 2U offers consumers the chance to recreate restaurant meals in their own homes, using premium ingredients from suppliers and recipe cards from a range of operators
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NewsAldi slips back to bottom in Oxfam’s latest human rights scorecard
Lidl climbs to fourth while Asda slips down to fifth place
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NewsFrugalpac creates paper wine bottle with 94% recycled paperboard
Frugalpac said the bottle was already ‘under active consideration by a number of leading UK supermarket chains’
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NewsSpar wholesaler launches £30,000 fund for community groups
The Community Cashback Grant scheme is open for applications via Blakemore Spar Facebook pages until 9 July
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NewsUnitas severs ties with Confex after bustup over strategy and direction
Confex, which has 244 members, will no longer be able to access the terms Unitas has in place with 320 suppliers
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NewsMedia Bites 1 July: Deliveroo/Lloyds Pharmacy, Retail admins, UK economy
Plasters and paracetamol will be delivered to households within 30 minutes of being ordered in a tie-up between Lloyds Pharmacy and Deliveroo.
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NewsOnline sales still haven’t hit ‘high watermark’, says Sainsbury’s CEO
Higher online demand is here to stay, says Simon Roberts in first trading update as new CEO
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NewsFareShare signs up 150 new food businesses
Fareshare said the influx of new partners had enabled it to triple the amount of food it distributes each week
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NewsBanishing sugary cereals to top shelf shown to have little impact on consumer behaviour
The move led to a switch to healthier, higher-fibre cereals put in their place of less than 1%
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NewsJerome Saulet appointed Noble Foods’ commercial director
Saulet joins the Happy Egg producer from Andros UK
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VideosOn The Frontline with a toilet paper supplier during the pandemic
This week on The Grocer’s On The Frontline, we’re talking about the product that sparked a wave of panic buying across Europe, loo roll.