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NewsBRC and Company Shop launch new Covid food waste initiative
Company Shop has become the BRC’s Sustainability Partner for 2021
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NewsScottish seafood sector reeling amid Brexit border chaos
Fishing vessels that would normally land their catch in Scotland have turned to EU ports instead
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NewsAsda to open in-store Covid vaccination centres
Qualified Asda pharmacy staff will administer jabs, starting with priority groups
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NewsNisa store trials inflatable social distancing barrier technology
Another trial was conducted over Christmas at a garden centre in Derby
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NewsBooths reports strong Christmas with like-for-like sales up 12%
There were strong sales of smaller turkey lines, up 23%, while turkey crown sales rose 38%
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NewsRecord year for food and drink on Seedrs
During the year, 58 food and drink campaigns hit their Seedrs funding targets, a 29% increase on 2019, raising £45m, which represented a 121% rise on the prior period.
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NewsSupermarket bosses demand ‘urgent intervention’ over NI food shortages
In a letter to Michael Gove, CEOs warned shortages could worsen after the grace period ended in April
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NewsLogistics companies halt EU exports due to post-Brexit red tape
Groupage loads to the EU have been paused to avoid the worst of the disruption
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NewsMedia Bites 13 Jan: Northern Ireland food supplies, The Hut Group, Carrefour
The UK’s major supermarkets have warned the government that an ‘urgent intervention’ is needed to prevent further disruption to NI food supplies
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NewsCity snapshot: Pink fizz and festive jumpers drive record Christmas at Lidl
Lidl increased overall sales 17.9% in the four weeks to 27 December compared to Christmas 2019 to outperform its big four rivals and Aldi. Plus, Just Eat sees orders surge again in fourth quarter as new lockdowns benefit the takeaway delivery app.
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NewsIceland launches new recruitment push for 1,000 drivers and 2,500 store staff
It’s on top of the 3,000 additional drivers and store assistants Iceland has already taken on in the pandemic
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NewsMorrisons first supermarket to guarantee £10 an hour pay
The increase, which is due in April, works out at around 9% for the vast majority of Morrisons workers
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NewsAldi pledges to donate 10 million meals to families in need
The discounter has also commissioned an animated film narrated by Marcus Rashford to raise awareness of food poverty
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NewsIceland rejects making staff enforce mask wearing by shoppers
Iceland has said that in light of abuse of shopworkers, it does not expect staff to ’confront the small minority of customers who aggressively refuse to comply with the law’
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NewsWaitrose to make masks mandatory in-store and limit shoppers to one per household
Staff will also now be required to wear face coverings behind Perspex screens and in back-of-house areas
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NewsJames Hall launches new vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free sandwich range
The vegan selection consists of an onion bhaji and bombay potato wrap, as well as a vegan cheese salad wrap
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NewsMillions of pounds ‘unaccounted’ for from sugar tax, claims report
The report says £165m of SDIL revenues are unaccounted for in the current financial year alone
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NewsTesco and Asda to enforce ban on shoppers without masks, as Covid clampdown continues
All of the big four supermarkets have now adopted stronger positions on the need for face coverings
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NewsMSC sales hit £1.3bn in 2020 as retailers expand certified seafood ranges
Lidl had the highest proportion (82%) of MSC-certified products in its wild-caught seafood range in 2020
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NewsIceland contacts 150,000 vulnerable customers offering priority delivery
The vulnerable shoppers were contacted within an hour of Boris Johnson’s lockdown announcement on Monday last week, according to Iceland MD Richard Walker