All The Grocer articles in 29 July 2017
Previous issues.
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NewsHarris+Hoole unveils Caffè Nero-style loyalty and payment app
The app takes payment from customers and adds a stamp to their digital loyalty card in one swipe
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NewsCMA vows to investigate Tesco-Booker impact on P&H
The CMA has received complaints from a number of third parties about the potentially crushing impact…
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NewsMedia Bites 24 July: Asda/B&M, Quorn, Graze
Asda is exploring a £4.4bn takeover of B&M, the fast-growing discount retailer run by billionaire brothers Simon and Bobby Arora, according to The Sunday Times.
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NewsCity snapshot: Reckitt’s first half sales slip amid portfolio transformation
First half like for like sales fell 1% at FTSE 100 consumer goods firm Reckitt Benckiser despite its “significant progress on portfolio transformation”. Plus, Co-op stores deal boosts sales at McColls, Quorn sales rise amid investment, Cranswick like-for-like sales jump and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsQuorn to invest £150m in factory as exports boom
The meat substitute brand also revealed soaring global growth as its focus on exports following the takeover by Philippines-headquartered Monde Nissin in 2015 began to pay off.
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NewsAB InBev to source all barley for Budweiser from UK
The brewer has scaled up the amount of barley grown in the UK from zero to 50% over the past three years
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NewsBuckfast Tonic Wine fans launch app to locate nearest stockist
The app, Find Me Bucky, can be purchased from the iPhone App Store and Google Play for Android…
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Hot Beverages: 2 September
British shoppers have bought less tea, coffee and other hot beverages to be consumed at home in the past year, meanwhile the number of coffee shops operating in the UK has grown…
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Sauces & Condiments: 9 September
The sauces & condiments sector is in fine fettle, with value sales up 1.9% on volumes up 1%. But delve a little deeper and it’s a mixed picture…
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NewsTesco rolls out nationwide same-day delivery
Customers who order their shopping before 1pm can opt for evening delivery for a price of between £3 and £8
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NewsUgly Drinks’ fruit-flavoured sparkling water gets shakeup
The overhaul aims to bring Ugly “to life in a way that really communicates to and resonates with millennial consumers”
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NewsWholesaler Connect Group reports 1.3% drop in revenue
The group’s income for the 45 weeks to 15 July was £1.49bn compared with £1.51bn in 2016
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Comment & OpinionPublic Health England urges action on sugar in dairy and juice
Simply informing people of the health risks associated with sugar is not effective enough on its own…
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NewsOver 2,500 products subject to shrinkflation over past five years
The phenomenon has pushed up inflation in the sugar, jam, syrups, chocolate and confectionery category by 1.12 points
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NewsGovernment plays down fears over chlorine-washed chicken imports
National press reports cabinet split over agricultural standards in any US free trade deal
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NewsCranswick sales soar on UK volume growth in Q1
The group reported that like-for-like sales, excluding contributions from the acquired Dunbia Balleymena and Crown Chicken businesses, in the three months to 30 June grew 21% compared with a year ago.
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NewsMcColl's sales jump as Co-op stores start trading
McColl’s Retail Group ’gained momentum’ in the first half as it integrated the acquired 298 Co-op convenience stores and recorded strong sales growth.
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NewsCampari sells Carolans and Irish Mist for £126m
Italian spirits group Gruppo Campari has off-loaded its Carolans and Irish Mist brands to US firm Heaven Hill Brands for $165m (£126.7m).
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NewsPromise Gluten Free bought by Mayfair Equity Partners
Free-from Irish bakery supplier Promise Gluten Free has sold a majority stake to private equity player Mayfair Equity Partners.
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Comment & OpinionBake Off ad deal doesn’t bode well for new show’s impact
Is this proof the show’s star appeal has fallen at the first hurdle?