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NewsMedia Bites 11 Oct: Obesity, Recession Fears, Pound
The levels of severe obesity among children have risen to an all-time high, official figures have shown, with 4.4% of year six pupils in England needing medical help for their weight. The news comes just as the outgoing Chief Medical Officer, called for severe action to tackle ...
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NewsCoffee startup Minor Figures lands £7.5m to push into US market
London-based coffee products supplier Minor Figures has secured a £7.5m investment to underpin a push into the US market and widen UK retail distribution.
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NewsCarlsberg unveils duo of prototype paper beer bottles
The Danish brewing giant has created the bottles using sustainably sourced wood fibre
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NewsThornton’s Budgens launches 250 packaging-free lines
The new range will be unveiled at the Belsize Park Budgens store in North London on 23 October
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NewsPiccolo rolls out UK’s first bio-based babyfood pouches
Each pouch contains up to 80% of bio-sourced raw materials from renewable sources such as sugar beet and cane
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NewsSavile Row teams up with model David Gandy for gin launch
It is billed as a celebration of “Britain’s proud tailoring heritage”
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NewsWalkers Shortbread boss warns of challenges from US tariffs and Brexit
Brexit and the potential imposition of US tariffs on British goods were making business ‘very challenging’, said Jim Walker
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NewsJohn West sales down but profit hike reflects margin improvements
The decline was partly driven by a drop in the total canned fish market
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NewsBacardi adds Gran Reserva Diez golden rum to premium sipping lineup
It is the latest in a series of barrel-aged rums from the brand
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NewsSupermarkets sourcing tea from ‘inhumane’ Assam plantations, finds Oxfam
Interviews with workers on 50 tea plantations in Assam, India, found most had no access to clean drinking water
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NewsValeo Foods buys 2 Sisters’ Matthew Walker Christmas pudding business
Valeo Foods has continued its string of acquisitions by agreeing to buy 2 Sisters’ Matthew Walker Christmas puddings business in a deal valued £67m
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NewsSupermarkets should facilitate children’s vaccination services, says health expert
Helen Bedford suggested the system be NHS-led and said it could work in the same way as mobile breast screening units
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NewsBestway marketing head departs following closure of three depots
Salih Shiehk is leaving to become chief marketing officer at a food start-up
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NewsFareShare opens new warehouse after Asda investment
The site will help FraeShare and the Trussell Trust reach 5,200 people at risk of hunger
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NewsI Heart Wines moves into spirits market with launch of gin duo
The Freixenet Copestick brand will launch a dry gin (40% abv) and a pink gin (37.5% abv) over coming months
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NewsCity snapshot: Flora owner Upfield in €500m talks to buy Violife Foods
The owner of Unilever’s former spreads business Upfield is reportedly in talks to purchase vegan cheesemaker Violife Foods.
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NewsMedia Bites 10 Oct: Supply chains, Upfield/Violife, Greene King
Poor pay and punitive working conditions are common on farms and plantations that supply fresh fruit or tea to major UK supermarkets, according to Oxfam.
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NewsPepco annual sales jump on Poundland acquisition and store estate growth
Pepco’s sales were boosted by the addition of Poundland’s 775 stores to its estate
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NewsGovernment report recommends plain packaging for unhealthy foods
CMO Sally Davies said the voluntary reformulation programme has failed to tackle the obesity crisis
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NewsLindt UK sales continue to rise on Lindor craze
Soaring sales of Lindor chocolates have boosted Lindt UK’s performance in 2018