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NewsCrawshaws upbeat despite 4.5% like-for-like sales drop in first 20 weeks
Listed butchery chain Crawshaw Group insists it is making “good progress” despite a 4.5% drop in like-for-like sales in the first 20 weeks of its financial year.
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NewsMedia Bites 28 June: Supermarket sales, Nestlé, Co-op Bank, BHS
The mix of warm weather and mounting food price inflation has driven supermarket sales growth to its highest point for five years.
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NewsGroceries Code quiz looks to address supplier knowledge gap
One in four UK suppliers were either unaware of GSCOP or had a poor understanding of the code…
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NewsKettle unveils ‘unique’ Discoveries crisps range
Rolling out from this week, the NPD replaces Kettle’s Signature lineup
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NewsNestlé launches £16.3bn share buyback as investor pressure mounts
Nestlé has announced a CHF20bn (£16.3bn) share buyback scheme as part of a new strategy after pressure
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NewsMcBride refinances debt to cut costs by £2m a year
Private label consumer goods manufacturer McBride (MCB) has refinanced its existing banking facilities to buy back previously issued bonds and support its “Repair, Prepare, Grow” strategy.
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NewsVolvic targets millennials with £3m push for flavoured waters
The Let It Out campaign will run from 17 July until the end of August
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NewsEnergy suppliers blocked from 'locking in' micro businesses
The Association of Convenience Stores has welcomed the move from the Competition & Markets Authority
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NewsTesco extends one-hour deliveries through Tesco Now app
Delivery is supplied by independent courier service Quiqup
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NewsDanone launches sustainable 'One Planet. One Health' push
The new branding hopes to highlight Danone’s ambition to ‘reconnect people with the food they eat’ says the dairy giant
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NewsTrevor Bellis joins Grassroots as sales & marketing manager
Bellis joins Grassroots from his previous role as commercial manager at Janan Meat
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NewsWarburtons reveals £430k saving through demand forecasting
Baker has been able to increase the accuracy of its forecasts from 79% to 86%
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NewsSainsbury's launches edible flowers into fresh herbs fixture
The edible floral assortment is grown by local producers in the Vale of Evesham and includes varieties such as tagete marigold and viola
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NewsSub-postmasters take on Post Office over theft allegations
The case comes after many were sacked, lost their homes, and even jailed when cash shortfalls were found at some Post Offi…
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NewsElection result triggers collapse in consumer confidence
Consumer confidence is at the second-lowest level since the summer of 2013
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NewsBatchelors puts Pasta ‘n’ Sauce range into a snack pot
The new product is the latest shot in the instant hot snack war between Batchelors and Pot Noodle
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NewsJason Wouhra of East End Foods awarded OBE
Wouhra has been at the helm of the £200m-turnover Birmingham-based family business since 1998…
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NewsSainsbury's reveals plan to switch all sites to LED lighting
Under the supermarket’s Sustainability Plan, greenhouse gas emissions will be cut by more than 3.4% annually
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NewsRichard Pike and Martyn Fletcher join Boparan board
Ex-British Sugar MD Pike also replaces Stephen Leadbeater as group CFO of 2 Sisters
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NewsWarm June weather boosts supermarket sales growth to multi-year high
Warm weather in June helped the UK grocers to their largest monthly year-on-year rise in sales since July 2013, according to market share data from Nielsen, while Kantar Worldpanel finds the best supermarket growth since March 2012.