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NewsShoppers face wait to taste world beating Cornish cheese
Existing stocks of the 16-month matured cheese have sold out, meaning none will be available until the next batch matures
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NewsCity snapshot: Booths hires Rothschild to find a buyer
Upmarket northern supermarket chain Booths has reportedly hired Rothschild to lead a sales process that could be worth up to £150m. Plus a look ahead to events in the City this week, including results from Greencore, Britvic and Cranswick, and all the rest of the latest finance news.
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NewsMedia Bites 27 Nov: Just Eat, Booths, Black Friday
Online takeaway firm Just Eat is set to join the ranks of Britain’s biggest businesses this week as it is faces promotion to the FTSE 100.
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NewsKraft Heinz names former Tim Hortons CEO as UK & Ireland chief
Kraft Heinz has bought in the former global CEO of coffee and donut chain Tim Hortons to head up its UK & Ireland business
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NewsEx-Sipsmith duo aims to revive ‘small beer’ trend with new brand
‘Small beer’ was historically brewed under 2.8% abv and typically consumed in the absence of clean drinking water
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NewsWaitrose warns of higher levels of campylobacter in chicken
M&S was the worst performer, with 10% of the retailer’s chicken samples testing positive above 1,000cfu/g in Q3 2017
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NewsCheese sales recover after two years of decline
Total value sales of cheese grew to just under £2.8bn with volume sales rising by 1.2%
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NewsCoke's Gogglebox ad named most engaging Christmas campaign
M&S came fourth in the facial tracking study for its Paddington Bear execution…
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NewsCharles Wilson criticises anti-merger 'little island' wholesalers
Rivals would have to up their game to succeed, Wilson told The Grocer in an exclusive interview
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NewsUnilever begins search for successor to CEO Paul Polman
Likely candidates include Unilever finance director Graeme Pitkethly, say analysts
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NewsMorrisons launches leftover grape redistribution drive
FareShare CEO Lindsay Boswell said the idea came on a factory walkthrough at a Morrisons fruit packing facility
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NewsSainsbury's short selling at highest for over a year
Short selling of Sainsbury’s shares has jumped to its highest level for over a year
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NewsMajestic Wine eyes move away from discounts towards own-label, exclusives and craft beer
The retailer is launching a new own-label gin and plans to work with breweries on exclusive beers
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NewsForecast and promo failures driving waste warns Tacon
Millions of tonnes of food is being ploughed back into the ground because of “systemic” failures in retailers’ forecasting
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NewsSSP sales hike sends shares soaring
Despite struggles in grocery and restaurants, food to go continues to go from strength to strength
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NewsNestlé target Hain out of running for Meridian stake
Hain Celestial is understood to be out of the running for nut butter brand Meridian as the wider group becomes a multi-billion dollar target for Nestlé.
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NewsCity snapshot: Raisio removes Big Bear boss Ciaran Sullivan
The Grocer can reveal that Finnish food giant Raisio Group has parachuted in its vice president of production and procurement Jukka Heinänen to replace Ciaran Sullivan as head of its UK confectionery business. Meanwhile in early trading reports of a search for Unilever boss Paul Polman’s sucessor fail to dent its share price
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NewsRaisio removes Big Bear boss Ciaran Sullivan
Raisio blamed a negative financial performance for the senior management change
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NewsSuper-strength cider tax hike is punitive, claim cidermakers
Philip Hammond said the tax crackdown would target “excessive alcohol consumption by the most vulnerable people”
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NewsWyke Farms and Omsco reveal organic dairy joint venture
First products are expected to be introduced in early 2018