All articles by Elena Cherubini – Page 3
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NewsWooHa Brewing Company embarks on £1.5m rebrand following crowdfunding campaign
The Scottish craft brewery will add five new beers to its core range and aims to expand production by 17 times over the next three years
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NewsUK retail footfall sees soft rebound in first week of reopening
New data from the BRC-Shoppertrack footfall monitor covering the week to June 21 showed footfall was down 57.2% year on year
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NewsSlim Wine turns to the crowd to fund growth push
The business launched a crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs earlier this month, looking to raise £200k in exchange of a 3.2% stake
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NewsMedia Bites 22 June: rent payments, retail sales, social distancing
Landlords are bracing to receive just 10% of quarterly rent payments due this Wednesday, retail sales recover in May but are still down on pre-Covide levels and Boris Johnson set to reduce two metre social distancing rule this week
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NewsCity snapshot: Tesco faces shareholder revolt over pay
Tesco is likely to face shareholder revolt at its AGM of Friday over CEO Dave Lewis’ £6.4m pay package
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NewsCity snapshot: Retail sales partly rebound in May
UK retail sales have partly rebounded in May, rising 12% compared to the record decline experienced the prior month
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NewsMedia Bites 19 Jun: Tesco, 2 Sisters, Hop industry
Tesco sells its Polish business for £181m, 2 Sisters Welsh factory shuts due to coronavirus outbreak among staff and the hop industry risks collapsing as brewers refuse to commit
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NewsCity snapshot: Tesco sells Polish business for £181m
Tesco has agreed to sell 301 Pilosh stores to Danish company Salling Group A/S for an enterprise value of £181m
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NewsHolland & Barrett slumps to multimillion loss ahead of coronavirus healthy eating boost
The business reported strong levels of trading during the coronavirus pandemic after slumping to a £25m loss the prior financial year
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NewsFine foods wholesaler Hider Foods secures £5m funding
The company will use the money to pursue its ambitious growth plans
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NewsSoft drinks brewery Fitch Brew Co secures £2.6m contract to export to the US
The healthy soft drinks startup’s annual turnover is expected to increase by 300% after securing the export deal
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Analysis and FeaturesBlack Lives Matter: black founders open up about race in the food & drink industry
Black food and drink founders talk to The Grocer about the struggles faced in their entrepreneurial journeys due to their skin colour
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NewsMedia Bites 17 Jun: Greggs, Poundstretcher, John Lewis
Greggs to reopen 800 stores tomorrow, Poundstrecher could axe half of its estate in a rescue plan and John Lewis came under fire for a lack of diversity
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NewsBabyfood startup Mia & Ben raises multimillion-pound investment
The London and Berlin-based business raised £2.5m from impact food investor Blue Horizon Ventures
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NewsSME owners relying on personal savings to keep businesses afloat
One in seven SME founders have had to use personal savings to provide “immediate financial support” to their business, depsite available government support
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NewsMedia Bites 16 Jun: Shops reopening, two metre rule, restaurants
Shoppers flocked back to the high street as shops reopened on Monday leading to fears the two metre rule will be impossible to enforce
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NewsCity snapshot: Greggs to reopen 800 shops for takeaway this week
After a successful trial, Greggs now plans a “larger scale opening of selected shops” with around 800 of them to be reopened to takeaway customers on Thursday
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NewsPerformance nutrition brand ProFoods turns to the crowd for US launch
Performance nutrition business ProFoods Group has launched a crowdfunding campaign to oversee its expansion in the US market.
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NewsCity snapshot: May Footfall slumps ahead of lockdown ease
UK retail footfall in May dropped over 80%, a shallower decline than April as more shops were allowed to reopen
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NewsMedia Bites 12 Jun: UK GDP, Brexit talks, Unilever
The UK economy shrunk faster than during the financial crisis in April, the government relaxes post-Brexit border checks and Unilver proposes to move its company into one entity based in London