All articles by George Nott – Page 20
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News‘Nano influencer’ food distribution company adds frozen ops, eyes international expansion
Gifta operates from two specialist warehouses across the UK, with its fulfilment teams managing ambient, chilled, and now frozen products
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NewsUnilever to extend use of on-pack accessible QR codes for partially sighted shoppers
The fmcg giant began deploying AQRs on pack with its Persil and Colman’s brands in the UK in late 2023
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NewsTesco boosts retail media offering with video ads and more store wraps
Through its Tesco Media & Insight Platform, the supermarket also unveiled new capacity to run ‘store wrap’ advertising
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NewsTesco brings forward access to Christmas delivery slots
Tesco has also increased the capacity of its rapid delivery service Whoosh, with thousands of extra delivery slots available on Christmas Eve
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NewsOcado launches dedicated female-founded brand aisle
The ‘Buy Women Built’ aisle features more than 1,000 products from 130 female-founded brands including Bold Bean Co, Pip & Nut, Little Moons and Biotiful
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Comment & OpinionFuture Me: smokers relent in glossy Nicorette-sponsored affair
As anyone who’s tried it will tell you, quitting cigarettes ain’t easy
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Comment & Opinion‘If you don’t smoke, don’t vape’ message is getting lost. Does it matter?
Medical experts and health authorities heralded vaping as something of a miracle, in their effort to stop the UK population from smoking tobacco
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Analysis & FeaturesThe troubling foodie challenges fuelled by social media
Going viral on social media is often a boon for brands – but what if the product is being used in a dangerous ‘challenge’? How can brands combat fmcg fallacies online and keep consumers safe?
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NewsAmazon facing legal action for freezing seller funds
Legal firm Rosenblatt said the amounts still “wrongly and unlawfully frozen” ran into “potentially tens of millions”
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NewsNatural vitamin startup secures funding to ‘shake up the fortified foods industry’
Biovit will use part of the cash injection to carry out a trial of individuals’ micronutrient absorption levels and utilisation rates
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NewsNumber of vapers in England who didn’t previously smoke rockets to one million
Around one million adults in England who had never regularly smoked before now vape, most of them on a daily basis, finds UCL study
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NewsOne in four cigarettes smoked in UK now illicit
Findings are according to new data from Marlboro maker Philip Morris International (PMI)
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NewsRecycling firm launches to diffuse ‘global recycling timebomb’ of vapes
The company’s first machine can handle 10 tonnes of vapes per week (around 400,000 vapes), but it plans to expand and “scale at pace” across Europe
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NewsGousto wins bid for new chief customer officer from eBay
As CCO, Lambell will oversee the company’s insights, brand, sustainability, acquisition & retention, food, buying and customer care teams
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NewsAsda extends Too Good To Go partnership to nearly 1,000 stores
Asda’s rollout covers its supermarkets and Asda Express stores, as well as the foodservice sites located in Asda stores such as Leon, Greggs, Sbarro and Subway
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NewsStudents in talks with BioPak after Deliveroo packaging competition win
Their design could now be made available for restaurant partners to buy on Deliveroo’s packaging webstore
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NewsAsda’s Cashpot for Schools hits £2.5m in first three weeks
The campaign kicked off with a TV advertising campaign fronted by fitness coach Joe Wicks
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NewsMorrisons brings forward access to Christmas delivery slots
Customers with Morrisons’ Delivery Pass subscription will be able to book coveted Christmas slots from 2 October before the slots go on general release on 9 October
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NewsDeliveroo-backed chocolate brand secures Hop listing
The brand will now be available across 11 UK Hop sites in London, Manchester and Bristol, available for delivery in as little as 25 minutes
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NewsRapid grocer Gopuff launches branded shops and sampling insights
Branded shops have already been used by Gopuff’s partner suppliers in the US, by brands including Black Forest, Chips Ahoy!, Gatorade and Hot Pockets