All articles by George Nott – Page 34
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NewsRefillable online grocer ends DTC operations, partners with Abel & Cole
The final orders for the Dizzie online store are being taken this week
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Comment & OpinionTalking Food: Bidfood’s podcast is spilling over with useful tips
Launched in 2020, Bidfood’s podcast is packed with pragmatic and practical advice
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NewsDunnhumby launches tool to predict impact of price and promos on sales
The data behind the tool is updated weekly and takes account of seasonal and holiday-related sales variances
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Category ReportWill vaping’s youth appeal force a crackdown? Vaping & e-cigarettes category report 2023
Illegal nicotine volume, youth-targeted marketing and counterfeit devices are threatening the fast-growing disposable vape market
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NewsPlant-based meal kit brand Grubby partners with vegan cooking duo Bosh
The Bosh brand is made up of vegan cooks Henry Firth and Ian Theasby, who rose to fame on the back of their hugely popular YouTube channel
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NewsTap wall tech self-serves Guinness in seconds at Twickenham
Diageo has partnered with self-serve tech company Drink Command
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NewsCoca-Cola to tap ChatGPT and DALL-E for AI-powered marketing
The drinks giant’s work with OpenAI’s tools will be done as a client of Bain & Company, which announced a global services alliance with OpenAI this week
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NewsElfBar insists withdrawal of disposable vapes ‘not on safety grounds’
In a rare communication with media, the Chinese-owned brand emphasised to The Grocer that the withdrawal was not the same as a recall
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NewsAveeno rolls out ‘lift and learn’ skincare displays at Tesco
The unit debuted at Tesco Extra Watford earlier this month, and will appear at Extra stores in Sandhurst, Wembley and Slough until early March
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Comment & OpinionNext Level Chef: Gordon Ramsay cooking competition is more gimmick than grub
There can’t be many people who saw 2019 sci-fi horror movie The Platform and thought – “wow, what a fun idea for a cooking competition”
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NewsTikTok smash cereal brand Crispy Fantasy to launch DTC operation
Crispy Fantasy ran a campaign with Zapp last year during which 2,000 free samples were added to the quick commerce player’s orders
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NewsAsda taps Publicis Sapient for post-Walmart e-commerce platform
The platform will be delivered by April 2024, as part of a “hugely ambitious” programme, Publicis Sapient said
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NewsNutritional drinks brand Exalt partners with Tottenham Hotspur
Exalt makes around half of its sales through its own website, with 30% of that revenue coming via customer subscriptions
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NewsRapid grocer Zapp strategy chief launches comms business for scale-ups
Ex-TechCrunch journalist and Zapp’s SVP of strategy, Steve O’Hear, has co-founded O’Hear & Co (OHC) with Rachael Brown
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NewsElfBar tells retailers to keep selling over-filled vapes amid withdrawal
The Chinese-owned brand said it would be working with a Trading Standards Primary Authority to “ensure the withdrawal is carried out effectively”
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NewsMeal kit brand HelloFresh trials direct delivery with own fleet
A six-month trial is underway, operated out of the company’s ‘Beehive’ distribution centre in Nuneaton
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Analysis & FeaturesAndy Jassy on the strategy of Amazon Fresh
Jassy made a surprise appearance on Amazon’s fourth-quarter results call last week, underlining its commitment to grocery
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NewsDeliveroo to cut 9% of workforce ‘at all levels’ of business
Deliveroo CEO Will Shu said the company must demonstrate its route to profit
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Comment & OpinionWhy ElfBar may never return to the shelf
The supermarkets were already taking a risk selling disposable vapes
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NewsBestselling ElfBar vapes stripped from all major supermarket shelves
Several supermarkets had previously pulled specific flavour variants of the device, but have since enforced a temporary blanket ban on the bestselling brand