All The Grocer articles in 6 January 2018 – Page 2
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NewsBurts Chips eyes £100m in sales as it swoops for Savoury & Sweet
Savoury & Sweet makes products for UK household-name brands and private label ranges for major retailers
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NewsNatural Drinks wins private investment after crowdfund fails
The money, from an unnamed private fund, will help it accelerate the launch of a raft of NPD…
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NewsPoppets owner Raisio sells sweets business to Valeo
The confectionery business includes six production plants in the UK and Czech Republic, as well as the Poppets, Fox’s, XXX, Just and Pedro brands
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Analysis and FeaturesPipeline cracks push up oil & gas prices
Electricity and gas prices continued to rise in the UK
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NewsOcado shares surge amid international licensing deal rumours
Hopes online grocer Ocado is soon to announce further progress on international expansion drove its shares to their highest
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NewsGrace Foods wins £1m contract to supply aloe vera drink to Aldi in Spain
Caribbean food and drink manufacturer Grace Foods is increasing its international footprint in Europe after agreeing a new contract with Aldi in Spain, supported by a £6m bank funding package.
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NewsBrits splash out £36.4m on gin in a week this Christmas
Supermarket sales of the spirit surged 45% as it went ahead of vodka as a festive tipple for the first time
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NewsAsda takes win as price gap to Lidl is slashed to 6%
Asda’s £51.67 total was £3.46 cheaper than second-placed Morrisons
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NewsHurricane Irma to blame for orange juice price hikes
Hurricane Irma hit Florida – a major orange producer – at the end of last year
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Grocer 33Tesco Driffield takes Grocer 33 victory in a busy period
The “very pleasant” member of staff on checkout “immediately opened the till” upon seeing our shopper approach
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NewsStark warning on productivity issued by AHDB
A “yawning productivity gap” that opened up between 2000 and 2013, worth over £4.3bn in lost GDP, needs to be addressed
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NewsWilliam Reed acquires Pro-Retail trademark
The publisher of The Grocer bought the trademark from P&H administrators PwC for an undisclosed sum
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Comment and OpinionBrexit phase 1: encouraging, slightly
The agreement reached on 8 December on phase 1 of the Brexit negotiations has been met with a huge sigh of relief in many …
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NewsMPs call for 25p 'latte levy' on disposable coffee cups
The Environmental Audit Committee said the tax is needed to halt the ‘avoidable waste problem’ of 2.5bn coffee cups
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NewsColman’s historic Norwich plant set to close in 2019
The proposal follows a review by Unilever after Britvic announced last year it would cease operations at the shared site
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NewsNisa reports Christmas sales increase of 17.7%
Nisa is set to be taken over by the Co-op after three quarters of its members voted in favour of a takeover…
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NewsJude's moves into milk drinks with Little range for kids
Little Jude’s banana and chocolate-flavoured UHT milks will go on sale in selected Sainsbury’s stores on 14 January
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My Alternative CVLouise Coulbeck, JCS Fish, on Brownies, Britannia & Churchill
‘My only interview was for the Saturday job on the market. My boss, the owner, was incredibly shy’…
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NewsCook Trading pre-tax profits down by 10%
According to accounts filed at Companies House this week, pre-tax profit fell 10.3% to £2.45m