All The Grocer articles in 8 April 2017 – Page 3
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NewsClearly Drinks acquired by PE firm NorthEdge Capital
Soft drinks manufacturer Clearly Drinks Group has secured the backing of private equity firm NorthEdge Capital as consumer demand for flavoured water grows.
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NewsTayto buys vending machine firm Freedom Refreshments
Northern Irish crisp manufacturer Tayto Group has acquired Leeds-based vending machine company Freedom Refreshments in a “multi-million pound” deal.
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NewsYvette Sowerby leaves Sainsbury's for Bakkavor technical role
Sowerby will join Bakkavor’s UK operational team and also provide support to its US and Asia operations
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NewsCity snapshot: Food prices soar at fastest rate for two years
Prices in supermarkets rose at the fastest pace for two years last month, with food inflation accelerating to 1% in March. Plus, wholesaler Palmer and Harvey signs lending deal with two tobacco giants
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NewsMedia Bites 5 April: Palmer & Harvey, Nisa, Kantar/Nielsen, sugar tax
Wholesaler Palmer and Harvey is set to announce that weeks of uncertainty about the future of the business are now over after it secured a deal with two of the world’s biggest tobacco companies, according to reports. Plus, Nisa boss warns of “enormous pain” after Tesco/Booker merger; and the papers’ takes on Kantar and Nielsen market share data.
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Comment & OpinionCoffee: a new age of quality across retail and hospitality
In the recent McDonald’s ad campaign, customers who want a simple coffee are flummoxed by ridiculous offerings
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NewsJack Daniel’s debuts in cider with Tennessee Cider
Set to appear in Morrisons and Asda next month, the sparkling NPD is a crisp apple cider blended with JD whiskey
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NewsArgos plans 80 days of date-stamped ads for spring/summer
The 10-second ads will also focus heavily on its same-day delivery proposition
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NewsPalmer & Harvey seals refinancing with Imperial and JTI
P&H has agreed a three-year extension on its key tobacco contract with Tesco
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NewsPalmer & Harvey and Costcutter to close The BuyCo
Palmer & Harvey will now take the buying function back in house
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NewsReal Good Food buys majority stake in Brighter Foods
Real Good Food has acquired a majority stake in Welsh snack food manufacturer Brighter Foods for up to £9m.
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NewsUnilever kicks off £8m drive for new Baby Dove range
A TV ad features a voiceover reciting a pastiche of the Rudyard Kipling poem If
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News'Post-millennials' to become most confident grocery spenders
IGD report found one in five post-millennials mainly shop in convenience stores
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NewsFree school milk should be extended, urges Tetra Pak
Just 55% of primary-aged children in the UK drank milk at school on average, says report by packaging company
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NewsTesco to cut more night shifts and 24-hour opening at stores
Tesco is ploughing ahead with more changes to its service model at a further 69 stores, with 3,000 staff facing redundancy as a result
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NewsPeperami and Doritos get smaller as shrinkflation hits snacks
The meaty snack has been trimmed from 25g to 22.5g while sharing bags of Doritos are now 180g, down from 200g
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NewsCoco Pops packs shrink as Kellogg's takes out sugar
A big box of Coco Pops has been reduced from 800g to 720g, while the 550g box now weighs 510g
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NewsWalgreens Boots revenues slump despite 'solid' Christmas for UK stores
A Christmas sales boost at Boots in the UK was not enough to stop a decline in group revenues at parent Walgreens Boots Alliance during the second quarter.
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Comment & OpinionJack Daniel’s entry to cider is a landmark move. As a long as it hasn’t done a Magners
Jack is back. And this time he’s dressed up as a cider.
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NewsPG Tips' green, fruit & herbal tea delisted by Tesco and Asda
Tesco removed the range from shelves earlier this year, while Asda delisted it last month