All news articles – Page 244
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NewsNew year health kick sees fruit & veg sales rocket
Half of all UK households now say they cook from scratch most days
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NewsMedia Bites 5 February: more Trump tariff fallout, Diageo results, Kantar figures
Trump’s tariffs continue to dominate business headlines for a third day running
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NewsLidl taking on rival discounter Home Bargains in price comparisons
Lidl has also been pitting its non-food middle aisle prices against Asda, John Lewis, Homebase, Currys, Robert Dyas, Ikea and online retailer Wayfair
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NewsTony’s Chocolonely sales hit €200m but losses mount due to record cocoa prices
The strong growth came amid a tumultuous year for chocolate makers as cocoa prices hit record highs
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NewsSteven Bartlett steps down as Huel director
Filings at Companies House confirmed Bartlett and fellow non-executive Emma Woods were no longer directors at the business
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NewsEllen MacArthur Foundation project unveils 141 food products in nature-friendly revamp
Products supplied by the likes of Nestlé, Waitrose, Wildfarmed and First Milk have been devised or revamped using nature-friendly circular economy principles
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NewsPepsiCo misses sales forecasts due to weak US demand
Shares in the company fell 2% in pre-market trading
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NewsBanned German meat imports ’entered the UK for a week’ despite foot and mouth outbreak
A glitch in the government’s post-Brexit imports platform allowed high-risk goods to enter the country a week after a foot and mouth outbreak alert was raised
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NewsSainsbury’s strips out Just Walk Out tech from checkout-free store
The supermarket was Amazon’s first international customer of its cashierless Just Walk Out technology
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NewsTesco slow cooker donations help kids in fruit & veg scheme
The donations are the latest phase of the £4m Tesco Fruit & Veg for Schools programme
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NewsIceland promotes Kristian Barrett to COO in executive shake-up
Barrett will take responsibility for Iceland and Food Warehouse stores, distribution, digital and retail ops, and supply chain
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NewsYuka health app launches petition for aspartame ban amid cancer links
Yuka said it planned to use consumer power to force the hand of governments across Europe and the UK
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NewsPlatinum Retail enjoys 40% surge in turnover to £163.8m
The forecourt operator reported the strong growth following investment in site expansion, food to go and technology
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NewsDiageo ‘working round the clock’ to replenish Guinness stocks
Guinness has bucked wider declines in beer, leading to shortage fears
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NewsAldi planning to create more than 1,600 store jobs in 2025
The discounter – which now has more than 1,050 stores, up by about 10 since December – said the jobs would result from a previously announced plan to invest £650m in further expansion in 2025
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NewsVertical farmer to launch Canada Water site this spring
Harvest London’s new site will be London’s largest integrated indoor vertical farm, it says
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NewsPromotions boost supermarket sales in January
Supermarkets kept shoppers spending after Christmas by offering a raft of promotions as take-home sales rose by 4.3% in January
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NewsHorlicks expands into breakfast cereals with Malted Porridge
‘Consumer research has told us Horlicks fans would love to wake up to their favourite malty goodness,’ said the brand
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NewsMedia Bites 4 February: tariffs, self-checkouts, Asda, Diageo, Unilever, WH Smith
The news this morning continues to be dominated by the two Ts – Trump and tariffs
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NewsCity snapshot: Diageo’s shares slip after scrapping sales forecast
Diageo shares have slipped in early trading after the drinks giant issued a crucial set of half-year results. Also, supermarket sales keep rising in January