All articles by George Nott
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NewsTikTok Shop allergen scandal proves ‘urgent need to future-proof’ food safety system
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health is calling on government to update the UK’s food safety and integrity framework
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Comment & OpinionWho Gives a Crap short film showcases inspiring charity work
The film tells the story of Antonate Akinyi Ondewe, whose childhood experience led her to become a sanitation worker with Fresh Life
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NewsCircular online grocer Weekly.Shop launches crowdfund campaign
The online subscription grocer – which delivers groceries in reusable containers, and collects, cleans, and refills the empties to be used again – said the funds would be ‘instrumental in accelerating our growth ambitions’
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NewsCo-op systems now ‘stable’ after punishing cyberattack
Co-op is making ‘significant progress towards a full and complete recovery’
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NewsFood being sold on TikTok Shop without allergen warnings
The social media and e-commerce platform has been dubbed ‘the wild west of food labelling’
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NewsMedia Bites 5 June: free school meals, mental health, AI
Free school meals are to be extended to 500,000 more children, the government has said
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NewsDeliveroo begins drone delivery trial in Dublin
Deliveroo’s trial is in collaboration with unmanned aerial vehicle operator Manna
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NewsPartnership to reveal sales impact of out-of-home sampling campaigns
The Sense and Crisp collaboration ‘directly links out-of-home sampling campaigns to verified sales performance across the UK’s five biggest grocery retailers’
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NewsDentsu adds eye-tracking insights to retail media planning tools
The move marks ‘a pivotal shift in how brands engage with consumers’ Dentsu said
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Comment & OpinionHealth kicks, advertising laws and the fresh food revolution
A year and two days into the job, Tesco’s group customer director Becky Brock revealed how on arrival she saw a huge opportunity for the UK’s biggest supermarket
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Analysis & FeaturesChatGPT: the next major shift in online grocery shopping
AI is now offering product recommendations – and links to buy
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NewsChAI creates simpler, cheaper hedging tool for fmcgs
ChAI Protect offers food manufacturers and grocery brands price risk protection ‘at a time of unprecedented commodity pricing volatility’
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NewsTesco’s self-checkout ‘VAR’ trial mocked by shoppers
Tesco’s tech uses cameras focused on the shopper and the self-checkout from above
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NewsOcado switches customers over to new app and website to ‘enhance the experience’
The online grocer is running two websites and apps concurrently, and is moving customers on to the new platform in stages
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NewsBig Brother Watch lodges complaint over Asda’s facial recognition trial
The complaint argues Asda is ‘infringing the data rights’ of shoppers
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NewsWhy Zoe should be happy to live and die by the UPF sword
Zoe has bristled at the ASA’s ruling over its ad – but it has also pushed the ‘UPFs = bad’ message to its customer base
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NewsNestlé, FareShare, Zest pilot AI solution to redistribute 700 tonnes of surplus food
The manufacturer is part of a pilot that applies Zest’s AI to its York confectionery manufacturing facility’s operations
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NewsAsda Rewards: shoppers bemoan ‘all but dead’ loyalty scheme
‘Unlike our competitors, Asda doesn’t believe in two-tier pricing,’ the supermarket said
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NewsWATCH: Ocado ditches ‘Just For You’ jingle in new advert
The online supermarket has launched a new brand platform called ‘Life Delivered’
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NewsDeliveroo COO French bids adieu after four years
The chief operating officer of Deliveroo is departing from the company after four years