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NewsShelf-life extending tech company secures funding boost
OSY Group has secured a £750,000 funding boost from investors
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NewsHFSS reporting proposals watered down as supermarkets call for takeaways focus
A series of other plans, drawn up by the Food Data Transparency Partnership (FDTP), have also been sidelined, The Grocer has learned
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NewsMorrisons buys 38 stores in Channel Islands as it expands its convenience arm
The stores being bought by Morrisons produced a turnover of £124.5m, including fuel, in the past 12 months
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NewsBrewDog’s James Watt steps down as CEO
Watt said he had decided to step down to ‘concentrate on his other projects and interests’
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NewsLipton Teas & Infusions to offload troubled Kenyan tea plants
Lipton pledged to reinvest the funds into further transforming the region
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NewsPepsi goes blue with limited edition cola launch
Pepsi Electric joins Pepsi Max Cherry, Lime and Mango in the brand’s flavoured portfolio
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NewsJohn West promotes Kate Willoughby to commercial director
The position had previously been held by Mark Doherty, who was promoted to managing director of the tinned seafood brand in March
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NewsMeatly announces cultivated meat breakthrough to improve costs
The development marks a crucial step towards cultivated meat being commercially viable for supermarket shelves
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NewsIT systems failure causes border delays amid Brexit import checks
Officials had to enact manual border clearances after the systems crashed, causing further disruption to the rollout of the government’s Brexit import controls
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NewsWaitrose to step up NPD efforts with pizza range
It’s the latest in a swathe of NPD launched by Waitrose in recent months, as the once again profitable supermarket continues to modernise its customer offer
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NewsCity snapshot: Pricing drives growth at AB InBev despite US struggles
The world’s largest brewer AB InBev grew first quarter revenues despite a dip in volumes and ongoing struggles in the US. Plus updates from Henkel, Ahold Delhaize and all the rest of the latest news from the City
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NewsMedia Bites 8 May: Morrisons, pubs, tea
Sandpiper CI has sold most of its supermarket franchises to the company that owns and runs Morrisons in the UK and Gibraltar
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Range PreviewTesco goes fruity with new summer ice cream range
Tesco is proving happiness is found in the freezer aisle with a cool new twist on frozen treats
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Comment and Opinion‘Food futurologists’ are way off base with vegan trend predictions
Just a year from now, Sainsbury’s futurologists envision a typical family sitting down to a bank holiday vegan meal, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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NewsDale Farm invests record £70m in cheddar production
The expansion marks one of the largest-ever single investments by a Northern Ireland agri-food company and is expected to boost production by 20,000 tonnes per year
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NewsDoughlicious receives £3.5m backing from Triple B to help fund US push
UK-based cookie dough brand Doughlicious has raised £3.5m of new funding to underpin ambitions to push into the US market
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NewsFacewatch credited with reduction in theft at Morrisons Daily store
Prior to Facewatch’s installation, the Northampton-based store was losing £100 a day from shoplifting
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Comment and OpinionHeineken’s pub investment isn’t a counter-cultural move
The cash injection will boost the brewer’s brands and could help it win favour with the next generation of drinkers
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NewsDeforestation-free certified coffee heads to Europe ahead of critical legislation
The Rainforest Alliance is helping coffee farmers met their EU Deforestation Regulation requirements
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Comment and OpinionChallenger brands are raising the bar in recruitment
The waves of senior appointments in challenger brands shows the industry is maturing, says Thea Alexander, CEO of YF