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Amazon launches checkout-less first UK physical store in Ealing

The Amazon Fresh store is a “new convenience grocery format” for the e-commerce giant

Amazon to debut standard and premium own-label food ranges

Both ranges will debut in Amazon’s new London store and soon be available online

Post Office partners with Amazon in click & collect trial

The new partnership will enable customers to pick up parcels ordered via Amazon from their nearest Post Office

Sainsbury's to cut costs with the loss of 1,000 jobs

The retailer is shrinking its support centre, commercial operations, human resources, supply chain and logistics, technology and general merchandise and clothing teams

Sainsbury’s asks suppliers for pricing talks after Aldi Price Match move

Sainsbury’s introduced its Aldi Price Match – a pledge to match the discounter on 250 lines – in mid-February

You can see why Sainsbury’s changed its slogan but it could have done better

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The Goodness Issue

How and why fmcg brands got political

2021-02-25T16:24:00+00:00By Megan Tatum

With social media affording more space than ever before for food and drink brands to have a ‘voice’, an increasing number are speaking out on political issues. So what are the benefits – and how can it backfire?

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How GroceryAid is helping workers get through the coronavirus crisis
Demand for support from GroceryAid has rocketed since the pandemic started – just as fundraising was hit. But it’s adapted, and risen to the challenge
How the food industry is fighting childhood hunger
It took a Manchester United footballer to force the government to extend free school meals during the pandemic. The food industry has been just as eager to help – but how much can it change by itself?

Coronavirus

WH Smith demands Covid clauses in lease renewals
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Spar delivers a million pieces of PPE to Marie Curie nurses
Asda hits 10,000 in-store Covid vaccinations
Wholesalers miss out on sector-specific funding in Budget
City snapshot: B&M hikes profits expectations after strong lockdown sales
Supermarkets turn down business rates holiday to avoid repeat of backlash

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Brexit

Trade deals risk ‘flood of cheap, unhealthy food’ into UK, claims LSE report
Dewlay ‘mopping up’ rivals’ cheese sales in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland border checks to be phased in from October as tensions with EU grow
Fish firms need extra post-Brexit bailout to remain afloat, seafood sector warns MPs
🔴 Budget 2021 Live: Chancellor outlines Covid recovery measures
Trade commission sets out ‘nuanced’ tariff proposal for post-Brexit trade deals
Whitby Seafoods unveils ‘category first’ battered scampi NPD
New Morocco-UK shipping route launched to bypass Brexit border woes

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Marco Bertacca big interview: the Quorn CEO with a global ambition
Chris Tyas big interview: the man heading up food’s ‘war room’
Nick Read Big Interview: making the Post Office pay

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