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Chocomel launches £5m marketing campaign

The milk drink brand has created a TV advert to raise brand awareness and increase penetration under the tagline ‘When Life Gives you Chocomel’

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Promise Gluten Free set for auction as owner explores options

The Grocer has learned an information memorandum is set to be sent to possible buyers in the coming weeks by Lincoln International, which is running the auction process

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Bold Bean Co hires Andrew McIntosh as head of grocery

McIntosh’s past roles include sales manager for posh popcorn brand Joe & Seph’s and most recently as head of international, UK grocery and wholesale sales at vegan confectionery brand LoveRaw

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Gymkhana Fine Foods appoints former Oatly UK boss Ishen Paran as MD

Michelin-starred sauces brand Gymkhana Fine Foods has appointed former Oatly UK boss Ishen Paran as its first managing director for the UK and international markets

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British Apples & Pears launches manifesto ahead of election

The manifesto is designed to provide all political parties with clear guidance on how best to secure the future of the British apple and pear industry

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The Collective launches limited edition strawberry matcha yoghurt

The triple layer yoghurt sandwiches strawberry compote, gourmet yoghurt and matcha sauce

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Meat businesses agree to do more on gender equality

Action to be taken following research by Meat Business Women, which revealed gender equality had fallen last year

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Thanet Earth acquires new business to produce lettuce all year round

The new venture will trade as Thanet Earth Lettuce and will produce lettuce under glass for 12 months of the year in a deep flow, hydroponic system

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Plant-based players plan to ‘refocus and collaborate’ in bid to revive sales

More than 40 plant-based protein businesses, retailers, and NGOs came together for an ‘unprecedented’ summit in London last week

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Clarence Court launches limited-edition traditional breed egg box

The box of eight includes two eggs each from the Burford Brown, Seabright Sage, Old Cotswold Legbar and Leghorn White breeds

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Growers hunt for buyers following UK Salads collapse

The Grocer understands the vast majority of the crop from UK Salads was intended for Aldi which will now be facing a significant shortfall

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Kerrygold explores power of connections in new advertising campaign

The multichannel campaign, ’May your table always be full’, is designed to explore the power of reconnecting with friends and family at mealtimes

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Alantra teams up with Brand Growth Heroes for challenger ‘Mini MBA’

Mid-market financial services firm Alantra has teamed up with the Brand Growth Heroes accelerator led by Fiona Fitzpatrick to launch a ‘Mini MBA’ for challenger brand founders

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Welsh farmers kick off wellies in protest over sustainability plans

Farmers displayed 5,500 pairs of wellies at the Senedd on Wednesday to represent the potential job losses created by its new sustainable farm subsidy scheme 

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Samworth Brothers leads £3m investment round for non-HFSS doughnut brand Urban Legend

Samworth Brothers has taken a minority stake in Urban Legend as part of a multimillion-pound investment round to back national expansion at the ‘healthier’ doughnut brand

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Little Moons seeks new CEO as Mike Hedges departs

Little Moons has parted company with CEO Mike Hedges after only two years, with co-founder Vivien Wong taking charge while a replacement is found

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Pukka Pies kicks off £100m potential sale process

Pukka Pies has kicked off an M&A process that could value the brand at upwards of £100m as supermarket sales of its savoury pastries continue to boom

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UK food manufacturers’ profits struggle amid declining sector investment

British food and drink manufacturers are faced with high costs and low sector investment

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Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses snaps up Tunworth owner Hampshire Cheese Co

The deal made Butlers the UK’s largest independent soft cheesemaker, Butlers said

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Meat snacking brand Ember adds three fmcg big hitters to its board

Tim Rees, Mark Palmer and John McKinley will advise brother founders Jack and Harry Mayhew on the next stage of the brand’s rapid growth

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Grwth Club launches venture fund for fmcg startups

Grwth Ventures is founded by Joe Benn and Jake Higgins with a £5m cornerstone investment from media agency MNC

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Sniffers Pet Care scores follow-on funding from PE backer Traditum

Pet treat supplier Sniffers Pet Care has secured an £850k investment to ramp up production at its Yorkshire factory

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Kettle Produce continues operating at a loss despite turnover increase

The producer, which saw turnover rise by 10% to £161.7m, from £147m, said loss had continued due to a “range of challenging circumstances”

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Nomad Foods predicts 2024 volume growth as frozen trend rebounds

The Birds Eye owner has surpassed expectations with a record financial performance last year, with the frozen foods giant forecasting a return to volume growth in 2024

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NFU calls for an overhaul of horticultural supply chain relationships

The code of practice would complement and expand on the rules already laid out in GSCOP

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Heura turnover boosted by Waitrose listing in 2023

Plant-based brand Heura has boosted turnover by more than 20% to €38.3m (£32.8m) in 2023, helped by growth of 81% in the UK as its listing in Waitrose bolstered the Spanish-headquartered business

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Avara posts second year of big losses amid ‘challenging’ environment for poultry

The poultry giant said price hikes did not fully offset its overall increase in production costs

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Birds Eye launches Mini Fish Fingers

The fish fingers will be available from March and are designed to tap into new meal occasions

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The Co-op completes switch to higher welfare fresh chicken

The retailer’s chicken will now carry the ’Space to to Thrive’ message, to signify its switch to lower stocking densities 

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Vegan Food Group acquires Germany’s TofuTown

TofuTown generates annual revenues of €60m (£51m) and makes all-natural, organic tofu, plant-based spreads and meat alternatives in one of Europe’s largest vegan factories

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Driscoll’s strikes deal to acquire Australia’s Costa Group

US berry giant Driscoll’s has expanded its presence in Australia with the acquisition of Costa Group, a leading grower, packer and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables in the country

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Charlie Bigham’s growth slows as straitened shoppers buy less

Volumes were flat in the year ended 31 August 2023, compared with double-digit gains in the prior 12 months

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Whitby Seafoods leads scampi industry sustainability agreement

Scampi fishermen in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland have agreed to adopt the Marine Stewardship Council’s new ‘In Transition to MSC’ programme

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Chicken ‘artificially cheap’ in supermarkets despite price hikes

Average prices rose by almost 15% last year but needed to increase further to safeguard the sector, producers have warned

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Potato prices soar as poor weather affects supply

Core lines of maris piper potatoes across the major multiples saw rises of up to 22% in a month

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New dairy regulations and farmer protection could be adopted by other categories: NFU

The new regulations, laid before parliament on Wednesday, include the creation of a new adjudicator-type body

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City snapshot: Tate & Lyle hit by soft consumer demand in Q3

Tate & Lyle has reported a 4% drop in third-quarter revenues as softer consumer demand and customer de-stocking hit the ingredients supplier. Plus, C&C Group launches €15m share buyback programme

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Sunak promises annual food security review at NFU Conference

Rishi Sunak, as the first prime minister to speak at the conference since 2008, unveiled new plans to boost food security in the UK

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Golden Acre Foods to complete £1m donation to environmental charity by 2024

Golden Acre started supporting the ocean preservation charity in 2021, with “a view to making a real difference” in its sustainability plans

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Faace secures Dragons’ Den deal from trio of dragons

Founder Jasmine Wicks-Stephens walked away from the den with a combined £60k investment from Steven Bartlett, Peter Jones and Touker Suleyman

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How British are the supermarkets and what’s behind their marketing claims?

Much has been made of online ‘buy British’ sections, but farmers aren’t impressed. A consultation is looking to make claims clearer

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What will change under regulated dairy contracts?

New rules and the creation of an Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator are set to shake up producer-processor relationships

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Little Moons has shown it isn’t immune from growing pains

The mochi ball ice cream maker is having a wobble, its first since a viral TikTok post sent sales stratospheric in 2021

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Suppliers: survive the recession by mastering three trends

Retail media, artificial intelligence and sustainability: all demand a coherent strategy now, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants

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UK farmers should follow their European peers and protest

Thousands of miles apart, angry farmers feel trapped in a system that crushes them, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This

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