All The Grocer articles in 6 January 2018 – Page 5
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M&S sells Hong Kong and Macau retail business to Al-Futtaim
The sale comes after M&S’s strategic review of its international business in November 2016
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Compass Group CEO Richard Cousins dies in plane crash
Dominic Blakemore takes over at Compass following Australia tragedy
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Analysis and Features
What will 2018 bring for the world of grocery?
We asked 18 industry movers and shakers to look back on an often turbulent 2017 – and to gaze into their crystal balls
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Finnebrogue launches nitrite-free range of bacon and ham
Naked Bacon, which cuts out the ingredient associated with cancer, will launch on 10 January
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Analysis and Features
Seismic deals, almighty spats and triumphant change: review of the year 2017
Whether it’s the ongoing fallout over Brexit, or shock brand culls in the mults – it’s been a year packed with events of epic proportions…
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News
Aldi worker stabbed to death in Skipton store
The 30-year-old was attacked on Thursday afternoon…
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Poundland attracts complaints over sexually suggestive posts
Twinings, whose tea featured in one image, said it was ‘not reflective of our brand values’…
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HelloFresh meal kits taken off shelves at Sainsbury's
Recipe box company says move is only temporary due to ‘Christmas focus’…
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Ocean fears prompt MPs to push for UK-wide deposit return scheme
The Environmental Audit Committee heard that plastic pollution in the sea would outweigh fish by 2050 without action
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Errington recalls Dunsyre Blue cheese over listeria fears
The Scottish-produced cheese was linked to an outbreak of e.coli last year
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Sainsbury's gears up for £160m 'frenzied Friday' boost
The supermarket estimates 5.2 million customers will visit a Sainsbury’s store today to stock up for Christmas
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Comment and Opinion
2017's mega-deals in review - Akeel Sachak
As 2017 draws to a close, we can wave goodbye to another buoyant year for M&A activity, says Akeel Sachak, the global head of consumer for Rothschild.
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News
City snapshot: Raisio sells Fox's Glacier Mints and confectionery business to Valeo Foods
Embattled Finnish group Raisio has sold its confectionery business, which includes the Fox’s Glacier Mints and Poppets brands, to Rowse Honey owner Valeo Foods in a deal worth €100m. However, Raisio will record a €38m loss on the sale
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Sales surge at London craft brewery Camden Town
Revenues for the brand, snapped up by brewing behemoth AB InBev in January 2016, grew £2.53m to £16.9m
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Media Bites 22 December: Tesco/2 Sisters, plastic recycling
There is little in the way of food and drink news in this morning papers, but the survival of Toys R Us generates plenty of headlines in wider retails. And an MP says Tesco chief must explain silence over second 2 Sisters factory.
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Comment and Opinion
Five key deals to sum up food and drink M&A in 2017
Catalyst Corporate Finance directors Simon Peacock and Charles Lanceley identify five of the year’s most significant deals, each illustrating trends underpinning M&A activity in food and drink during 2017.
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Seabrook refinances with £23m growth package
Seabrook Crisps has agreed a £23m refinancing package to support its growth strategy.
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Fruitapeel acquired by Belgian ingredients business Puratos
The acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, comes less than seven months after Terry and Deborah Haigh bought the Fruitapeel business from existing fellow shareholders in an MBO.
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Feature Synopsis
Focus on household and paper products: 27 January
Will Britain become the dirty man of Europe once more? Volume sales of household items have taken a tumble post-Brexit
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PM insists EU free-trade deal before Brexit is possible
General election delay to negotiations will not affect ability to secure deal before 29 March 2019 insists May