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NewsHarvey Nichols recovery hampered by cost increases and discounts
Latest accounts add further detail to what was a difficult period for the retailer
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NewsLidl announces £500m investment in British pork supply chain
The discounter has moved to a new producer pricing model that will pay the cost of production and guarantee minimum volumes
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NewsDCS Group aims for sales of £500m within three years
DCS, which was founded 30 years ago by entrepreneur Denys Shortt, moved its distributing operations to a 300,000 sq ft facility in Banbury in 2017
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NewsAsda trials Diageo digital spirits screens at Express stores
Currently Asda Express stores stock a spirits range of 13 or 26 products depending on size. The new system takes the range up to 50 products
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NewsCo-op has weeks to engage in settlement talks over £450m legal claim to avoid trial
The claim centres around the £500m sale of nearly 500 former Somerfield stores in 2015
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NewsMost companies prioritising animal welfare policy but falling short in practice
The report found that 95% of global food giants had policy commitments prioritising animal welfare, an increase from 79% in 2012
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NewsSainsbury’s ‘winning the weekly shop’ as Simon Roberts hails ‘strongest year’ for grocery
More customers were now choosing to do their ‘main weekly shop’ with Sainsbury’s and more often, Simon Roberts claimed
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NewsNisa retailers save 175,000 meals through Too Good To Go
The 300-plus stores that had signed up to the surplus food app since 2019 had prevented 477,187 kilograms of CO2 being emitted, Nisa said
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NewsThe Tofoo Co launches two seitan SKUs with Temple of Seitan
Original Seitan, a chicken-flavoured seitan block, and Pepperoni Seitan, a smoky and spicy pepperoni alternative, will be available in retail in May
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NewsCo-op hires Rachel Hargreaves from Lidl to bolster property team
At the Co-op she will take up the newly created role of director of property, development and estates
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NewsDRS delays: government set for legal battle to block Welsh plans to include glass
Environment minister Robbie Moore set a new target date for the launch for an “interoperable” DRS of October 2027
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NewsMost UK supermarkets buying more British apples and pears
Aldi has bought 21,527 tonnes of British apples since the start of the British season in October 2023, with Tesco just behind it, selling 21,194 tonnes
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NewsCity snapshot: Sainsbury’s forecasts profits of £1bn in 2024 on strong grocery growth
Sainsbury’s has posted an uplift in underlying annual profits and forecast another rise in profits in the current financial year. Plus updates from Unilever, Nestlé, CCEP, WH Smith and more
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NewsKavanagh’s slashes food waste with flashing shelf light system at Belsize Park store
The retailer said it had “drastically reduced” staff time that was being spent “trawling the aisles to manually monitor expiry dates” by 78%
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NewsChristmas côtes du rhône promotion prompts Aldi to extend ‘wine of the week’ offer
Aldi’s Specially Selected Cairanne sold out in just four days at Christmas
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NewsPoundland closes nine former Wilko stores
A Poundland spokesman said affected staff had been offered roles at nearby stores in all cases
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NewsBerry volumes higher this early in the season then previous years, growers say
Volumes of early glasshouse crops compared with previous years are higher thanks to more steady pricing of energy and other inputs
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NewsA fifth of UK businesses still not ready for EU’s strict anti-deforestation laws
The EU’s new deforestation regulation is coming into force at the end of the year
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NewsEnfield chosen for first urban trial of digital deposit return scheme
The DDRS Alliance will run a pilot of between six to eight weeks in Enfield, which has a population of over 150,000