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NewsMedia Bites 7 May: Ocado, Business rates, Beyond Meat
Shareholders gave Ocado a “bloody nose” in a revolt against boardroom excess after chief executive Tim Steiner landed a £59m payday.
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NewsCity snapshot: Coca Cola HBC reports “difficult” March and April trading
Coca-Cola HBC has had “difficult” March and April, as sales in the out-of-home channel were slashed by a nationwide lockdown imposed on most of its territories
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NewsWaitrose report uncovers changes to shopping habits during lockdown
Its findings are based on new OnePoll research of 2,000 adults in the UK, combined with sales data and online searches
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NewsTrustpilot warns Ocado after influx of five-star reviews
The website has been bombarded with positive feedback for the online supermarket, with 3,569 five-star reviews and 464 four-star reviews flooding in during the first six days of May alone
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NewsFultons Foods accounts reveal breach of banking covenants
The Yorkshire-based frozen food retailer, which has about 100 stores and supplies Poundland, saw sales drop 5.7% to £53.4m…
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NewsCharlie Bigham’s boosts line-up with four new dishes
It has added two pre-prepared meals and two Pan Fry meal kits to its range
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NewsDairy industry and government team up for £1m ad push
Defra has also announced England’s dairy farmers will be able to access a £10,000 fund to help overcome the coronavirus outbreak
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NewsPasta brand Le Stagioni d’Italia makes early debut in UK mults
Listings in Sainsbury’s and Asda were brought forward as demand for dried pasta soared amid the Covid-19 outbreak…
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NewsUnilever to donate 500,000 personal care packages to frontline staff
Packages will feature products from brands including Vaseline, Dove, Radox and Simple
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NewsLidl selling Dutch eggs to cope with soaring demand
A shortage of supply due to an avian flu outbreak, coupled with the recent spike in demand, led Lidl to source from the Netherlands
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NewsAgriculture Bill should reflect coronavirus challenges: NFU
NFU President Minette Batters said the Bill should include greater scope to look at the issue of food security more frequently
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NewsBudweiser Brewing Group overhauls supply chain to fight coronavirus chaos
The brewing giant has begun sending stock straight from its breweries to stores instead of depots, delivering up to 90hl of beer at a time
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NewsKingsmill still struggling despite coronavirus demand
It lost £9.6m as the Covid-19 pandemic took hold – 18.5% of its value
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NewsFormer Premier Foods boss Gavin Darby made chairman of The Felix Project
Darby will work alongside deputy chairman of The Felix Project, Justin Byam Shaw, who founded it in 2016
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NewsConfex reopens central distribution centre after lockdown closure
The buying group will now be making central distribution available to all UK wholesalers
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NewsClean Trolley disinfecting machine ‘caught in UK retailer red tape’
The machine allows 30 trolleys to be pushed through and cleaned in under 30 seconds
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NewsOcado on supplying the shielding: ‘We’ve done more than our share’
Duncan Tatton-Brown said Ocado was serving more people on the government’s shield list ‘than our proportionate share’ of the grocery market
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NewsBrewDog launches hard seltzer brand Clean & Press
It has created a quadruplet of seltzers in Kiwi & Passionfruit, Cactus & Lime, Crushed Black Cherry and White Peach & Mango flavours
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NewsPoS business SDi switches focus to supply retailers with hygiene equipment
The business is producing hygiene products such as face guards and hand sanitiser stations
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NewsMedia Bites 6 May: Ocado, Boots, Thai Union
Ocado shareholders urged to vote against executives pay, WBA in talks with Amerisource Bergen to sell wholesale division, tuna sales spike boosts John West maker Thai Union