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NewsCity snapshot: Chaucer Food Group bought in $120m Japanese deal
Chaucer is the latest UK-headquartered food group to be snapped up by a foreign buyer in a deal worth more than $120m (£95.4m), The Grocer can reveal. Plus, FTSE 100 fmcg stocks hit by the pound’s recovery and all the rest of today’s news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 2 Dec: Pack sizes, Christmas spending, Currencies, M&S
Food groups are increasingly turning to ‘shrinkflation’ to cope with rising costs, according to The Financial Times as suppliers change package sizes to maintain margins.
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NewsChaucer acquired by Japanese instant food maker Nagatanien
The deal will see Chaucer, which produces freeze-dried fruit & veg for global blue-chip clients such as Kellogg’s, Unilever, Nestlé and Starbucks, continue its push into the US, as well as opening up the Japanese market.
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NewsSoft drinks sugar levy 'divides industry', survey shows
Split feelings are proof FDF was wrong to challenge the tax, claim health campaigners
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NewsDanone accused of joining Brexit 'shrinkflation' trend
The brand has reduced the size of its Activia big pots from 500g to 450g
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NewsHangry launches snack bars aimed at maintaining glucose levels
The Hangry bar takes its name from a word that entered the OED last year referring to irritability caused by low blood sugar
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NewsLondon Underground chocolate bars approaching
Central Line, District Green, Northern Black, Piccadilly Line and Victoria Line will be available from January
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NewsTesco's new Finest ready meals inspired by street food
The new range enters a buoyant chilled ready meals category up £72.5m in value
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News£3 meal deals under threat as sandwiches face cost hikes
The end could be nigh for the £3 meal deal, as UK sandwich makers face a perfect storm
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NewsCheers! Price of Champagne is down 7% since Brexit
The price drop comes as the mults prepare for a festive push on bubbly
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NewsMenabrea Bionda beer makes off-trade debut at Tesco
The 4.8% abv pale lager is being rolled out into Tesco in a larger 660ml bottle format
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NewsAsda and Morrisons quartet team up to provide GSCOP advice
Four former Asda and Morrisons executives have joined forces to launch a new GSCOP training company
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NewsFood redistribution could save £200m a year says FareShare
The food and drink industry could be the second-biggest contributor to charity after the National Lottery
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NewsGo Compare launches Deal Finder desktop supermarket app
App designed to help customers manage threat of rising post-Brexit food costs
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NewsMorrisons' #GivingTuesday raises over £10,000 for Sue Ryder
The supermarket is hoping to generate at least £100,000 for its partner charity this Christmas
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NewsCoke launches Honest organic bottled tea in the UK
The challenger to Britvic’s Lipton Ice Tea is being offered by selected cafés and specialist stores in a soft launch
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NewsNestlé claims a way to reduce sugar in its confectionery by 40%
Scientists used new technology to hollow out sugar crystals so less needs to be used while products taste “just as good”
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NewsWaitrose, John Lewis and Argos use new renewable fuel in lorries
The fuel is claimed to be the most cost-effective, low-carbon alternative to diesel for HGVs
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NewsJustin King blasts 'car crash' Brexit negotiation strategy
Justin King has slammed the government’s Brexit negotiations – a week after claiming it would force supermarket prices up by 5%
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NewsMSC hits back at 'conflict of interest' accusation
The charity was accused of a conflict of interest over the revenue it collected from awarding its coveted ‘eco-labels’