All The Grocer articles in 7 September 2019
Previous issues.
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NewsPremier Foods names new CEO and chairman
Premier Foods has named UK MD Alex Whitehouse as its new CEO and former Reckitt Benckiser finance chief Colin Day as chairman
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NewsMorrisons to offer its cafés as free spaces for community groups
The supermarket is offering the facilities to groups such as new parents, charities, book clubs and craft groups
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NewsQuestions about deposit return schemes? Take part in The Grocer’s webinar
Experts from some of the UK’s biggest retailers, suppliers and environmental organisations will come together for the event on 1 October
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NewsJW Filshill posts 7% sales boost despite Brexit concerns
In June, Filshill announced plans to move to a new larger headquarters near Glasgow Airport
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NewsFDF adds weight to criticism of Gove with warning of ‘major’ fresh food shortages
Yesterday, former Defra boss turned Brexit tsar Gove told the Andrew Marr Show there would be no shortages
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NewsIceland unveils 550 new or improved frozen lines in ‘ambitious’ shake-up
The new or improved lines, rolling out from today, account for 53% of Iceland’s frozen range
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NewsSainsbury’s shoppers ‘not ready’ for till-free store as trial ends
The supermarket went live with the refurbished checkout-free Sainsbury’s Local in London’s Holborn on 29 April
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NewsAsda staff take part in litter pick along Leeds & Liverpool Canal
Volunteers will aim to cover a 10-mile stretch of the canal in the next five days
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NewsScottish Food & Drink Fortnight to celebrate 10th anniversary
The fortnight will include events the length and breadth of Scotland such as the Stranraer Oyster Festival
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NewsAmazon to roll out PayPoint in-store delivery partnership
The move sees Amazon Hub Counter extended initially to around 500 new stores
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NewsAsda legal chief Alex Simpson to leave
Simpson is reported to have taken on a similar role with Amazon as it continues to make inroads into UK grocery
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NewsAldi launches prize draw for schools to win £20k for sports equipment
To be entered in the draw, schools must collect 300 Aldi Team GB stickers to complete a sticker chart
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NewsTesco to launch Google Assistant-integrated voice shopping
The service will be the first from Tesco capable of automatically integrating customers’ online accounts with Google Assistant
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NewsHome Bargains to be policed by Groceries Code Adjudicator
The CMA found the retailer received around half its total turnover from grocery sales
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NewsValeo Foods confirms £66m Kettle acquisition
Valeo Foods Group has confirmed the acquisition of Kettle from US owner Campbell Soup Co, in a deal valuing the struggling premium crisps brand at £66m
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NewsThree-quarters of shoppers want to use refill stations, says survey
The main reason people would not use a refill facility was an unwillingness to take containers to a store
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NewsPoundstretcher commercial director Somnath Saha leaves
Saha joined Poundstretcher in September last year having previously served as Typhoo CEO for nearly four years
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NewsAsda trials pop-up charity clothes shop to push sustainable fashion
The retailer has opened the pop-up charity outlet at its Milton Keynes store
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NewsAsda faces pay deal protests at stores in London and East Anglia
GMB London Region said it would be holding a number of demonstrations this month across London and the east of England
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NewsTobacco Track and Trace ‘to be scrapped in no-deal Brexit’
The regulations have been called ‘the biggest regulatory cost to be imposed on the wholesale sector since the introduction of the national living wage’