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NewsButter price hikes pile pressure on biscuit and fudge makers
Wholesale butter prices were up 73% year on year last month
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NewsRefresco enters talks with PAI over £1.4bn takeover bid
Soft drinks bottler Refresco has entered negotiations with PAI Partners after weighing up a renewed €1.6bn (£1.4bn) takeover bid from the French private equity giant earlier this month.
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NewsMedia Bites 19 October: Reckitt Benckiser, BrewDog, Danone
Reckitt Benckiser caused a stir as it announced dramatic plans to restructure the business in its third quarter trading update.
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NewsCity snapshot: Unilever growth boosted by emerging markets in Q3
Unilever has grown underlying sales by 2.6% in the third quarter as it performed strongly in emerging markets. Plus, Nestlé increases organic growth in the first nine months of 2017; and Pernod Ricard has “a very good start” to the year.
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NewsReckitt Benckiser restructures as sales decline again
Reckitt Benckiser revealed today it was restructuring the group into two distinct divisions as consumer healthcare and hygiene giant trimmed its full-year forecasts again as trading continued to be challenging.
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NewsMotor Fuel Group rolls out disabled driver refuelling app
Sainsbury’s became the first supermarket to adopt the technology at its 300 filling stations last week…
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NewsFWD hits bursary target to fund more women in wholesale
The Fellowship Fund provides part-funding for external career development, training and studying
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NewsOcado launches Amazon-style product subscription service
Using the Ocado Regulars feature, customers can choose a product they would like to be added to their basket regularly
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NewsPret to donate unsold food from new London university stores
The Pret Foundation Trust has re-distributed more than three million items of food to UK hostels and shelters
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NewsHippeas bags $10m backing from US investor scale expansion
Chickpea snack maker Hippeas has secured $10m (£7.6m) from specialist US food and drink investment firm CAVU Venture Partners to accelerate its global expansion and turn the brand into a household name.
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NewsShell installs first electric vehicle fast-charging stations
The points will be available at forecourts in Holloway, Whyteleafe, and Derby…
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NewsCampylobacter levels fall as supermarkets make progress
Some 54% of 3,980 chicken samples taken from August 2016 to July 2017 tested positive for campylobacter, down from 73.2% in 2014/15
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NewsBirds Eye to back Inspirations revamp with major ad push
The multichannel push will be its longest continuous ad campaign to date
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NewsGrayling call for UK to grow more is 'tripe'
Growers have warned suggestion UK could increase food production in event of a hard Brexit would face several challenges
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NewsSainsbury's to cut 2,000 jobs across stores and head office
Sainsbury’s has launched a 45-day consultation on what it branded a “difficult decision”
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NewsBrewDog targets £10m in new 'Equity for Punks' funding drive
A successful bid would make BrewDog “the biggest crowdfunded business of all time”, it claimed…
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NewsMedia Bites 18 October: Sainsbury's, Kantar/Nielsen, Danone, P&G, inflation
News that Sainsbury’s is to cut 2,000 jobs across the UK makes all the papers this morning.
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NewsMary Berry’s brand unveils its first condiments
Redcurrant & Mint, Horseradish and Hollandaise are set to make their debut this week in Tesco
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NewsCIty snapshot: Hilton Food Group nets fish supplier Seachill for £81m
Red meat packer Hilton Food Group has completed an £81m deal for Seachill to expand its presence to the supply of fish. Plus, Reckitt reduces full-year outlook as sales fall in Q3, with plans to split the business into two new divisions; and Conviviality appoints new CFO.
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NewsP&H would need to "restructure" if it lost Tesco contract
The delivered wholesaler made the admission during a hearing with the Competition & Markets Authority