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NewsCapVest adds Irish pork producer M&M Walshe to Karro and Young’s
Private equity investor CapVest has acquired Irish pork producer M&M Walshe for its Eight Fifty Food Group vehicle, which already houses Karro and Young’s Seafood.
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NewsCoronavirus: SMEs fear end to furlough scheme will lead to redundancies
Emma Loisel, co-founder and chair at Volcano Coffee Works, wrote an open letter to Chancellor Rishi Sunak this week urging a change in the rules of the furlough scheme
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NewsFood redistribution charities to get £16m share of government coronavirus funding
The money will be used to buy food direct from supermarkets and other food suppliers to provide millions of meals over the next 12 weeks
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NewsThird of Brits order groceries online as availability grows
In the final two weeks of April, 33% of consumers ordered groceries for home delivery, according to a survey of 1,069 UK adults by Harris Interactive
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NewsBlakemore Retail launches new online shopping service
The new website offers a range of more than 1,100 products
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NewsRetailers and landlords warn of business collapse without rent support
The British Retail Consortium and British Property Federation have renewed their appeal for the government to pay some of the rent due in lockdown
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NewsMorrisons: Amazon Prime Now service capacity has doubled during lockdown
By the end of May, it will have been extended nationwide to over 40 stores, covering the UK’s largest cities
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NewsAvara targets millennials with new brand The Turkey Kitchen
The poultry giant has launched three products under the brand into Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons
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NewsFormer Savsé boss Paul Gurnell joins Purearth as general manager
The brand was “fantastically well placed to unlock the huge potential that the functional drinks market holds”, said Gurnell
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NewsMSC sustainable fish certification a ‘sham’, claims NGO report
The MSC has described the analysis by NGO Bloom as ‘over-simplistic’ and ‘wholly untrue’
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NewsPret enters retail with trio of organic coffees
The move marks the beginning of a wider retail play from the coffee shop giant
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NewsAvrox claims oxygen delivery benefits with new Ei8ht Energy drink
It is sold in a sachet format to be mixed with water and shaken
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NewsCity snapshot: Retail footfall suffers sharpest drop ever as shops shut
Last months figures showed the number of visits to shops plunged 80%, almost double the 41.3% reduction experienced in March
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NewsMedia Bites 11 May: Morrisons, Supermarket shares, Retail footfall
Morrisons is expanding the same-day grocery delivery service it runs with Amazon to dozens of new stores by the end of this month.
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NewsTayto Group posts sales and profits rise
Snacks producer Tayto Group saw a double-digit jump in sales last year and is continuing to see “high demand” during the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsFullgreen raises £175k to bolster balance sheet for ‘difficult months ahead’
Fast-growing alternative rice producer Fullgreen has tapped investors for a further £175k to help it ride out the “difficult months ahead”.
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NewsStores should re-open based on risk, not size, says BRC
In an open letter in The Times, the consortium criticised reported plans for small shops to be the first to reopen
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NewsEased lockdown likely to hike food delivery, takeaway and recipe box sales
Him and MCA Insight forecast demand would surge next week by 25% as more foodservice operators re-opened for takeaway
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NewsCompetition sees Farmfoods operating profits fall 13%
The frozen food specialist’s sales rose marginally, by 0.7% to £711.2m
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NewsNisa retailer raises £2.4k for the NHS with customer support
Miv Chahal, owner of Nisa Prudhoe in Northumberland, ran around the precinct where the store is based 100 times