All The Grocer articles in 6 July 2019
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NewsVaping brand Juul to launch first UK marketing campaign
The campaign features testimonials from five ex-smokers aged 30 or over, each of whom have made the switch to Juul
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NewsB&M to favour ‘Express’ banner in Heron Foods expansion
B&M began adding ‘Express’ to its name to rebrand Heron Foods stores last year
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NewsBooker retail MD to take on Motor Fuel Group role
Fox will start his new role as MD of retail with the forecourt operator on 1 September
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NewsScottish dairy business McQueens to create 100 jobs in ‘ambitious’ expansion push
McQueens Dairies has revealed an “ambitious” multi-million expansion plan which will see the creation of up to 100 new jobs within two years.
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NewsExplainer: what is Sainsbury’s Taste of the Future initiative?
Taste of the Future is the latest phase of Sainsbury’s Future Brands programme, designed to identify ‘distinctive’ disruptor brands. So how does it work?
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NewsBespoke supplements brand The Nue nets $9m investment to accelerate growth
The Nue plans to use the capital raised to grow its direct-to-consumer offering and expand product range.
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NewsAldi to trial removing plastic packaging from toilet roll
The discounter will sell four-packs of Luxury Toilet Tissue packaged in paper in a trial across 174 stores
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NewsAs Nature Intended back in the black as it plots future expansion
Health and organic food retailer As Nature Intended swung to a pre-tax profit in 2018 despite having to shut down one of its main London shops in a refurbishing programme.
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NewsMedia Bites 2 July: Pret A Manger, Sainsbury’s, Thorntons
Pret A Manger chief executive Clive Schlee will step down in September to be replaced by Pano Christou, chief operating officer
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NewsCity snapshot: CapVest finally agrees deal to buy Young’s Seafood
Private equity investor CapVest has finally won the long running bidding process for seafood specialist Young’s and will place it in an enlarged Karro Food Group. Plus, Morrisons restates first-half and full-year restated 2018/19 results on a IFRS 16 basis and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsSpar offers retailers 15% off own-brand product range
The Love It and List It campaign is designed to incentivise and reward loyal retailers
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NewsSainsbury’s trials WH Smith drinks supply in wholesale move
About 50 products will be available for customers to purchase from WH Smith at Victoria railway station
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NewsBrewDog looks abroad despite first profit setback
The craft brewer is targeting further expansion despite posting its first annual loss in 2018
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NewsSupermarkets making slow progress on human rights, reports Oxfam
For the second year, the charity ranked Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons, Aldi and Lidl for human rights in the supply …
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NewsAmazon announces plan to add 2,000 jobs to UK workforce
New roles will be created across the UK for engineers, software developers, data scientists and cloud and machine learning…
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NewsYo Sushi acquires US rival Snowfox to ramp up retail efforts
The UK Sushi company merged with Snowfox to fuel its push into retail sales.
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NewsPepsiCo teams up with Lavazza for iced coffee RTD
Lavazza Iced Cappuccino arrives after last month’s launch of a trio of Costa Coffee RTDs from Coca-Cola
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NewsM&S launches ‘Fresh Market Specials’ offers on fresh produce
The ‘Fresh Market Specials’ arrived in stores this week, including a twin-pack of avocados, a five-pack of doughnut peache…
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NewsSainsbury’s Coupe warns of Christmas shortages in event of no-deal Brexit
Coupe said Christmas toys as well as food could be hit by shortages in the event of no-deal Brexit
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NewsOrkla buys UK toffee manufacturer Confection by Design to expand UK foothold
The Scandinavian-based food group acquired the fudge manufacturer for an undisclosed amount.