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News261 jobs at risk at Asda over closure of home shopping centre
Asda said the move was down to limitations for modernisation at the Enfield site
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NewsCity snapshot: Premier Foods' growth slows ahead of crunch AGM
Premier Foods has announced first quarter sales growth of 1.7% ahead of a crucial shareholder vote on the future of CEO Gavin Darby later this morning. Plus, Hotel Chocolat Group grows revenues by 12% in the year to 1 July 2018, M&S signs energy supply deal with Octopus, Real Good Foods to raise £1m from investors and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 18 July: Asda, Poundworld, Premier Foods, Greene King
Supermarket giant Asda has put 261 jobs in the firing line over plans to axe a home delivery packing centre in North London.
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NewsNestlé and JAB looking to buy Italian coffee maker Illy
Illy has rebuffed interest following approaches from JAB holding and Nestle, who have both made acquisitions in the category recently, according to Bloomberg
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NewsCompetition authorities in France to probe Tesco-Carrefour
The move comes as the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority gear up to investigate a proposed merger between Asda and Sainsbury’s
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NewsSoft drinks sugar tax has affected 326 suppliers
Tax bosses declined to confirm how much had been collected so far by the so-called sugar tax
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NewsRaft of leadership changes at Pernod Ricard UK as CEO announces departure
Pillet will remain in his post until 1 January 2019
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NewsClearly Drinks acquires supplier Powerful Water Company
The acquisition is the first major move by the Perfectly Clear water manufacturer after it was bought by private equity last year
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NewsCity snapshot: Air travel underpins 7.3% third quarter sales rise for SSP Group
Travel retailer SSP Group has grown sales by 7.3% in the third quarter, with like for like growth of 2.7% in the period. Plus, key brands grow 6% at Dairy Crest in the first quarter and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 17 July: Tesco/Carrefour, Premier Foods, M&S
Tesco’s cross-Channel food purchasing alliance with Carrefour could be called into question after the French antitrust authority opened an investigation into the impact of such tie-ups
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NewsBrexit import costs could lead to higher prices and less choice: Arla
Many dairy products could become a luxury after Brexit, according to a new study by the dairy co-op and the LSE
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NewsWH Smith Travel stores to trial Sainsbury’s food to go lines
The nine-store trial is set to kick-off next week
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NewsPoundworld stores to close on 6 August if no buyer is found
So far 25 stores have aleady closed with 80 set to shutdown on 22 July…
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NewsAnnual sales dip 3.4% at Finsbury Food Group
Full year sales at baked goods manufacturer Finsbury Food Group (FIF) dropped 3.4% as it was impacted by bakery closures and declining overseas sales.
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NewsMedia Bites 16 July: Premier Foods, Walmart, Unilever
Former Rank Hovis McDougall executive chairman Paul Wilkinson added to ranks criticising Premier Foods CEO Darby ahead of a showdown shareholders this week.
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RankingsBritain's Biggest Alcohol Brands 2018: a new dawn?
The age of piling Britain’s booze aisles high and selling them cheap is well and truly over
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Gavin Darby stand the pressure at Premier Foods?
Oasis Management intends to vote against the re-election of Premier Foods CEO Gavin Darby at the group’s AGM
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NewsAdelie Foods sinks to £28.8m loss after losing contracts
The food-to-go supplier fell dramatically in the year-and-a-half after recording a £5.5m profit in the previous 12-month period
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Analysis & FeaturesAs May's cabinet collapses, is the Brexit dream dead?
Two years on from the referendum, Theresa May appeared to have finally made progress towards Brexit last week
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NewsCity snapshot: Weetabix profits slide amid sales process 'management distraction'
Profits slid at Weetabix in the run-up to its sale to US food group Post Holdings newly filed Companies House accounts have revealed. Plus, C&C Group has completed the refinancing of its bank facilities after its Bibendum and Matthew Clark acquisition and all the rest of the latest news from the City.