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NewsCity snapshot: Coca-Cola European Partners sweetens offer for Coke bottler Amatil
Coca-Cola European Partners has sweetened its offer for Asia-Pacific Coke bottle Coca-Cola Amatil to reflect an improvement in global trading conditions. Plus, Kerry Group reveals plans to buy Spanish biotech firm, Jim McCarthy steps down as Wynnstay chairman and Ultimate Products acquires German kitchen electrical brand Petra.
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NewsMedia Bites 15 Feb: Deliveroo, Brexit exports, Patisserie Valerie
Deliveroo is continuing its march into groceries with a major expansion of services across the UK
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NewsStartup incubator scheme for black-owned food & drink brands Add Psalt launches
It is the brainchild of former Mars grocery sales director Sam Akinluyi and Lucy Smith, former Nescafé UK & Ireland head of innovation
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NewsShop planning applications plummet as developers ‘cut retail pipelines’
The worst hit areas are in the south west, with planning applications for shops falling 94% in Totnes, Dartmouth and South Hams
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NewsOcado’s booming retail sales received short shrift from the City
Where are the customers?” asked one broker as Ocado’s booming retail sales failed to impress investors
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NewsAF Blakemore sales hike balances Covid impact
The business remained in a strong position, said chairman Peter Blakemore
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NewsBooths beefs up value of Healthy Start vouchers by £1.15
The retailer is topping up the value of the vouchers from £3.10 to £4.25
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NewsLotus plots global growth drive for UK brands with new international division
Nakd and Bear owner Lotus Bakeries is to set up a dedicated international hub for its UK brands make a concerted push to grow their global distribution.
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NewsWaitrose and Tesco donate van to community store delivering food to vulnerable people
The supermarkets have made the donation as part of their ongoing efforts to help combat food poverty
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NewsKopparberg adds Passionfruit & Orange flavour to cider lineup
It follows the launch of Kopparberg Passionfruit & Orange Gin last year
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NewsTesco to close Booker Chef Central store in Cambridge
The store is being repurposed to ramp up Tesco’s online delivery capacity
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NewsSquare Root wins Sainsbury’s listings for core soda trio
It was “exciting to be recognised” by Sainsbury’s as “a bold and authentic brand ready to make its supermarket debut”, said Square Root
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NewsFruittella gets new look and slashes amount of plastic in packs
Changes include swapping the fruit cube images to natural fruit images
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NewsSainsbury’s makes contingency plans to avoid stock shortages caused by strike action
More than 350 DHL staff at Sainsbury’s Kent distribution centre have voted for walkouts throughout March, April and May
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NewsFinnebrogue dodges GB-NI trade issues and posts strong growth in accounts
Parent Lynn’s Country Foods reported a 21% increase in sales in its latest accounts
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NewsTesco plans to roll out mass Covid testing for in-store workers
The UK’s biggest supermarket said it was considering “all options” for testing staff
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NewsGlastonbury Festival and Wyke Farms team up for new Worthy Farm cheddar
The cheese will go on sale exclusively in Co-op stores from next week
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NewsSoaring vegetable oil prices set to drive food inflation
Sunflower oil has almost doubled in price in the past year, while Italian extra virgin olive oil is up almost 70%
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NewsSainsbury’s Aldi Price Match is ‘really taking on Tesco’
The campaign has been widely interpreted as a defensive strategy
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NewsPorts warn deadline for full EU import checks is too soon
The 11th hour EU deal, combined with delays to government funding, has left ports racing to build