All The Grocer articles in 29 August 2020 – Page 15
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Spar raises £1.5m for charity partner Marie Curie
The fundraising efforts of independently owned UK Spar stores have paid for expert care and support for terminally ill patients and their families
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Exporters fear US standards would undermine Britain’s ‘premium’ reputation
A new trade commission was hailed as an “important step” towards protecting British food standards
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Retailers call for better data from suppliers to help online boom
Both Sainsbury’s and Tesco have called for a step change in the information provided for their websites
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Walkers: staff Covid-19 cases will not affect supply
The rise in cases reflected “the situation in the local community” and coincided with “the rollout and uptake of testing”, said a Walkers spokesman
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Tony’s Chocolonely adds Dark Milk chocolate to lineup
It’s billed as a ”delicious creamy milk chocolate bar with the bite and punch of decadent dark chocolate”
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Analysis and Features
Delistings: have supermarket product ranges shrunk for good?
Supply issues forced brands and retailers to rationalise when the pandemic hit. But will financial pressures keep ranges simple?
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Media Bites: ABF/Primark, Supermarket profits, M&S
Coronavirus lockdowns have cost Associated British Foods £800m, with clothing retailer Primark expecting profits to tumble by two-thirds this financial year.
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Vibrant Foods snaps up Cofresh Snack Foods to bolster mainstream push
Exponent-backed Vibrant Foods closed the deal for the Leicester-based bagged snacks group this week for an undisclosed sum
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Pret a Manger launches evening dinner menu for delivery
‘Dinners by Pret’ will start deliveries of an evening menu on 7 July from seven shops in London, Nottingham, Cambridge and Bristol, as well as from a new hub kitchen in north west London
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M&S relaunches Sparks loyalty scheme with updated app
The retailer has spent the past nine months redesigning the flagging scheme
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John Lewis signs Wipro to manage tech infrastructure
The agreement with Wipro would ‘change the way JLP develops and runs its technology infrastructure’
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Face masks to be mandatory in shops in Scotland from next week
Retail staff will not be expected to enforce the rules
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Morrisons to reopen over 300 cafés from 4 July
The retailer closed all its 402 cafés in March when the UK went into lockdown, although they have since reopened for takeaways only
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Building better online grocery after Covid-19: The Grocer to host free webinar
The Grocer has pulled together experts from the worlds of grocery retail, e-commerce and technology
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Fruit & veg wholesaler Reynolds lays off 400 staff
The move follows the foodservice wholesaler’s decision in March to furlough 85% of its 1,300 staff
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Morrisons to install closed-lid flush toilets to reduce spread of coronavirus
The toilets are said to reduce aerosolised germs on flushing
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20 retailers including major supermarkets sign climate declaration
Signatories include Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons, M&S, the Co-op, Ocado, Amazon and Boots
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City snapshot: European Commission objections delay UK trade credit rescue package
The government’s multibillion-pound trade credit insurance rescue package is being delayed by EU state aid rules, causing a cash flow crisis for food and drink wholesalers. Plus, trading updates from ABF, DS Smith, Mitchells & Butlers and Total Produce, and the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Trade credit insurance rescue package delayed by EU state aid rules
Hospitality restart threatened by EU’s delay to government trade credit insurance scheme
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Feature Synopsis
Focus On Breakfast & Brunch: 8 August
Brits have hardly been on the move of late. So how have on-the-go breakfast options performed during lockdown?