All The Grocer articles in 8 April 2017 – Page 4
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'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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Unilever 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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Real 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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Palmer & Harvey and Costcutter to close The BuyCo
Palmer & Harvey will now take the buying function back in house
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Palmer & 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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Argos 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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Jack 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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Comment and Opinion
Coffee: 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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Media 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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City 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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Yvette 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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Tayto 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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Clearly 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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Arla Protein adds pouches and kale-flavoured yoghurt to lineup
High protein brand, which was launched in 2015, is now worth almost £10m, Arla says
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Comment and Opinion
Worried about chocolate, prime minister? Then hunt for a plausible Brexit trade strategy
The great and the good maybe hopping mad over Cadbury dropping the word ’Easter’ from its National Trust egg hunt promotion, but what about a Brexit sweetner for food and drink trade deals?
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350 jobs at risk as M&S, Magnum and Ginsters packaging maker collapses
Consumer goods packaging manufacturer Pulse Flexible Packaging, which works with the likes of M&S, Samworth Brothers, Unilever and Walkers Shortbread, has collapsed, putting 350 jobs at risk.
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Westons targets new-look Wyld Wood cider at younger drinkers
The Herefordshire brewer will roll out ‘brighter and simpler’ labels in May
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Coeliac UK sets four gluten-free item target for c-stores
Campaign originally launched for supermarkets and convinced them to stock at least eight staple gluten-free products…
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Gousto to offer seven-day-a-week delivery service
Move will enable Gousto to offer more delivery windows than its closest competitor Hello Fresh
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Morrisons More points for fuel at forecourts halved
From 1 May, customers will receive five Morrisons More points for every litre of fuel they buy