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NewsMighty Pea secures £1m funding in UK government Future Fund scheme
The company was one of a handful of brands to receive cash under the Future Fund, with only about 10% of applications having been accepted so far
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NewsWarburtons partners with Mission Ventures to support next generation of baking businesses
Batch Ventures combines equity funding and hands-on support from entrepreneurs and industry professionals to help the selected cohort of businesses grow and succeed
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NewsWhitworths adds trio of new dried fruit and nut snacks
All three new product lines feature Whitworths’ new recyclable packaging
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NewsGrowers seek to reassure public after Herefordshire farm coronavirus outbreak
The NFU said the industry was taking the threat of coronavirus ‘incredibly seriously’
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NewsSegro makes two London warehouses available to food charity City Harvest
City Harvest is working with numerous projects supporting London’s NHS workers and children missing out on free school meals
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NewsDCS offers guidance on maximising cleaning product sales
DCS’s recommendations include stocking specialist cleaning products such as limescale remover, oven cleaner and drain unblocker
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NewsDiageo unveils "world's first" plastic-free paper bottle for spirits
It had been designed to meet food-safe standards and be fully recyclable in standard waste streams
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NewsGove plays down likelihood of mandatory face masks in shops
Prime minister Boris Johnson indicated last week he was weighing up making the wearing of face masks compulsory in England
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NewsRetail footfall slumps 57% in June despite reopening ‘spike’
Retail footfall remained at historic lows in June, but it experienced ‘signficant’ improvement after the ‘turning point’ of the reopening of non-essential retail stores in mid-June.
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NewsMedia Bites 13 July: Asda, Tesco, ABF
The UK’s highest court will today begin hearing one of the country’s biggest ever equal pay cases over a claim brought by more than 43,000 supermarket workers against US-owned Asda
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NewsC&C Group shares boosted by appointment of new CEO David Forde
Forde, currently Heineken’s UK MD, will join the FTSE 250 brewer and wholesaler “no later than early 2021”
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NewsEx-FSA chief confirmed as chair of new trade commission
Other members include former trade ministers, food industry representatives and NGOs
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NewsSupermarket price inflation falls back as deals return and price war looms
Offers and promotions have started to rematerialise, damping grocery price inflation
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NewsPoor potato harvest hits McCain profits
Profits more than halved at frozen foods specialist McCain last year as “one of the worst potato harvests in 40 years” hit its bottom line.
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NewsBrands team up for government hygiene campaign
The brands have begun working in partnership with the UK government to support its #EnjoySummerSafely campaign
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NewsMichael O’Loughlin made COO at SimplyFresh in ‘transformation’
The appointment means a change of role for co-founder Kash Khera, who will become business development director
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NewsBrakes records £25m loss and warns over coronavirus impact
The loss came in the wake of £39.3m pre-tax profit from the previous year
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NewsConsumer confidence rising as lockdown is eased, says IGD
IGD’s Shopper Confidence Index shows a combination of the easing, warm weather and low inflation has driven up confidence levels
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NewsConvenience stores selling hot food to benefit from VAT cut
Retailers will also be eligible to apply for a pavement licence
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NewsCosta Coffee begins eat-in trials at 44 stores across the UK
Costa said it aims to extend the eat-in option to a further 1,000 stores by the end of the month