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NewsWhitworths snapped up by Turkish wholesaler Anatolia
The merger between Anatolia and Whitworths, which creates one of Europe’s largest dried fruit, nut and seeds businesses, is the final step in a trading relationship dating back 38 years.
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NewsCity snapshot: Premier Foods lowers growth target and ups cost savings drive
Premier Foods (PFD) is shifting its strategy away from focussing on revenue growth to a more ’balanced approach’ after full year underlying sales slipped 1.4%
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NewsMedia Bites 16 May: FeverTree, Booths, Food waste
Posh tonic maker Fever-Tree hits £2bn after meteoric three year rise – but are shares about to peak, asks The Daily Mail?
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NewsBooths CEO Chris Dee steps down
Executive chairman Edwin Booth is set to become chairman and CEO
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Comment & OpinionWhy the Tories’ workers’ rights charter might put the wind up big business
Food and drink organisations have been calling for the government to invest in the workforce, so why the jitters over a new Conservative election pledge?
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NewsAllplants secures £800k investment as meat-free trend booms
Investors in the vegan ready meal startup include a venture capital firm and one of the founders of Propercorn, along with other food entrepreneurs
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NewsCamden Town Brewery to open £30m brewery in North London
The 50,000+ sq ft site is poised to begin operating in July, and will produce 400,000hl of beer every year
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News2 Sisters completes £10m Rogerstone Park site upgrade
The supplier has added a dedicated Far East ‘pod’ to its ready meals facility
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NewsMedia Bites 15 May: Asda, Tesco, Booker, Premier Foods, M&S
Asda is ”shunning” the City this week as it prepares to admit being the worst supermarket performer for the second year in a row. Plus, Tesco hits the headlines again; and Booker and Premier Foods prepare to publish full–year results.
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NewsCity snapshot: Late Easter fuels fastest quarter of footfall growth for five years
A late Easter and the weakened pound help boost footfall growth at the fastest pace for five years. Plus, a short trading update from Fever-Tree
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NewsMeat-free sales soar £17m on rise of flexitarianism
Concerns about health and the environment are the main drivers of the trend
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NewsTesco's Dave Lewis takes 10% pay cut
£600k fall in bonus comes despite leading supermarket’s first sales growth in seven years
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NewsEagle Eye secures three-year John Lewis contract
Shares in the grocery tech firm jumped almost 10% this morning on back on the John Lewis contact win.
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NewsSuppliers 'shrugging off Brexit challenges'
Food and drink manufacturers are entering the second half of the year in bullish mood, according to a new report by BDO
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NewsCoca-Cola Hellenic boosted by growth in emerging markets
Coca-Cola is flatlining, but European bottler Coca-Cola Hellenic continued its run of effervescent results. Plus, the share price movements of Refresco and Premier Foods.
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NewsPremier Foods renews £60m-sales Cadbury licence with Mondelez
Premier Foods has avoided the “unmitigated disaster” of losing its lucrative Cadbury licence
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NewsTayto paid £35k for Portlebay popcorn, administrator reveals
Northern Irish crisps maker Tayto picked up premium popcorn brand Portlebay for just £35,000 in a pre-pack deal
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NewsMorrisons boss receives 24% pay boost and increased share incentives
Morrisons CEO David Potts saw his pay package jump by 24% last year and could be in line for a further pay boost in future years under newly proposed share reward plans
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NewsMedia Bites 12 May: Aldi, Morrisons, Deliveroo, EU fishing policy
The Guardian has published a story based on The Grocer’s exclusive interview with Aldi CEO Matthew Barnes. Plus, a bumper pay rise for Morrisons CEO David Potts; and Deliveroo bows to pressure to change contracts for UK couriers.
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NewsCity snapshot: Inflation eases back as supermarkets continue price battle
Inflation eased in April as the big four supermarkets continued to battle the discounters and keep prices low, the lastest Grocer Price Index data suggests. Plus, an exclusive interview with Aldi CEO Matthew Barnes; the latest annual BDO food and drink report; and Eagle Eye wins a three-year contract with John Lewis.