All The Grocer articles in 9 June 2018
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Own Label Awards 2018
Celebrating the very best supermarket own label food and drink has to offer The Grocer’s annual Own Label Food & Drink Awards took place at London’s Hilton Park Lane.
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NewsPoundland targets Boots in price-based poster campaign
All 800 of the variety discounter’s stores are from this week to feature window posters showing the “massive price differentials”
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NewsWaitrose launches Emma Bridgewater designed reusable bags
The range of reusable jute bags has been made from recycled plastic
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NewsGressingham Foods buys Yorkshire Game in administration rescue deal
Wild meat producer Yorkshire Game has been bought by Gressingham Game after entering administration, saving 23 jobs
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NewsThe Uncommon canned English sparkling wine seeks £25k from crowd
Canned English sparkling wine start-up The Uncommon has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £25k to create an urban winery
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Analysis & FeaturesPret a Manger takeover: what the £1.5bn JAB deal means
MCA executive director and ex-Pret senior operations manager Simon Stenning explains how JAB’s acquisition will affect the UK food-to-go chain
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NewsSoulmate Food bought out of administration by Kettlebell Kitchen
Online healthy food delivery company Soulmate Food has been bought out of administration by health food supplier Kettlebell Kitchen, saving around 20 jobs
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NewsMedia Bites 4 June: Poundworld, Discounters, Addo Food Group
Alteri Investors, a turnaround firm backed by US hedge fund giant Apollo is closing in on a deal to buy Poundworld, the struggling discount retailer.
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NewsCity snapshot: Hotel Chocolat buys back £6.4m of customer ‘chocolate bonds’
Hotel Chocolat repays £6.4m of ‘chocolate bonds’ to fund growth. Plus, annual sales up 56% at UK wine supplier Gusbourne and Bayer sets date for $63bn Monsanto deal completion.
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NewsNestlé acquires Welsh bottled water company Princes Gate
Nestlé Waters, which is known for its Buxton and Pure Life brands, has acquired a majority stake in Princes Gate Spring Water Ltd
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NewsCosta Coffee defends OOH sector sugar reduction progress
Health campaigners have attacked the OOH sector over high levels of sugar
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NewsIceland's Richard Walker backs 'One Plastic Free Day' plan
The initiative has been organised by campaign group A Plastic Planet
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NewsTulip to cut 150 jobs in Bodmin as production levels fall
It comes as Young’s Seafood also confirms plans to close its Annan factory
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NewsIceland offers more early morning/late evening online deliveries
The retailer said it was adding 4,000 new slots across the country
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NewsTesco ditches Kerrygold Spreadable as part of wider BSM revamp
It comes as Tesco undertakes a major range rationalisation of brands across its business as part of the next phase of Project Reset
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NewsKopparberg adds Sweet Apple cider to party Kopparkeg lineup
Five-litre Sweet Apple kegs rolled out in Asda today (rsp: £18)
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NewsTesco links with mental health charity for F&F t-shirts
F&F will donate £1 from the sale of each Calm t-shirt sold between 14 May and 1 August 2018 to the charity
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NewsToilet and kitchen paper manufacturer WEPA buys private label supplier
Toilet paper and kitchen roll manufacturer WEPA has bought out its Northwood & WEPA joint venture
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NewsTulip buys Netherlands-based bacon producer
Danish meat giant Tulip Food Company has agreed to acquire Dutch bacon producer Baconspecialist Zandbergen.
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NewsFSA teams up with 2 Sisters for information sharing trial
The regulator has partnered with 2 Sisters for a pilot information sharing scheme that could provide the ‘template’ for the sector