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City snapshot: Premier Foods first quarter sales rise on branded volume growth
Premier Foods has posted a 5.3% rise in first quarter sales, boosted by volume growth and market share gains across its branded portfolio
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Media Bites 18 July: Amazon, Pernod Ricard, Meatly
A bid to force Amazon to recognise a union for the first time in the UK has failed
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Big meat and dairy firms accused of ‘derailing’ climate action
Some of the world’s largest food businesses have been accused of adopting the same tactics as big oil and tobacco companies on climate action
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Major IT outage renders shops across UK cash only
Morrisons, Gail’s and Jempson’s are among stores affected by an IT outage that has downed card readers and other business operations
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McVitie’s adds ‘indulgent’ Signature biscuits to tap evening snacking
A trio of ‘luxurious, multi-textural’ variants will hit Waitrose shelves on 22 July
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Farming sector welcomes recommendations on Seasonal Worker scheme
The review found there was a clear need for a Seasonal Worker scheme in the short to medium term
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VFC launches campaign highlighting ‘hypocrisy’ of KFC adverts
VFC has imitated KFC’s billboard creative, swapping imagery of KFC coated fried chicken for the ‘dismal reality’ of how chickens are treated
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Itsu adds ‘convenient’ ramen broths, cooking sauces and noodles
All seven new lines have launched into Tesco
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CapVest closing in on Butcher’s Pet Care buyout
The Grocer has learned that CapVest is the last remaining party in the long-running auction being conducted for the petfood maker by investment bank Houlihan Lokey
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Pets Choice expands premium range with acquisition of plant-based petcare brand Hownd
Hownd offers a range of plant-based wet and dry dogfood, wellness treats and cruelty-free certified petcare products, such as shampoo and ear cleaner
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AF Blakemore to give indies access to new learning platform to train up staff
The Spar wholesaler launched the service across its company-owned estate earlier this year, and will be enabling access for its network of 800-plus independent retailers from September
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Casillero del Diablo to launch 8.5% abv lower-calorie BeLight in the UK
The duo contain just 65 calories per 125ml serve
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Simmer rapped by ASA for Dragons’ Den April Fool’s ‘spoof’
The watchdog considered whether two social media posts, which saw Simmer’s founders edited into a TV episode, were misleading
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Food to go driving growth for convenience, new data shows
The channel saw wholesalers and symbol groups ramp up their food-to-go offer to cater for demand over the past year
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Müller ditches Barista Milk variant following sluggish sales
The milk was launched a year ago in response to calls to ’make it easier to make delicious frothy coffees at home’
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Ocado Retail poaches Nicola Waller from JLP for trading director role
Waller was JLP’s head of customer proposition for home furnishings from 2020 until her appointment at Ocado Retail this month
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Co-op plays up ownership model in new multimillion-pound ad campaign
The aim of the campaign is to educate consumers on what it means for a business to be a co-operative
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Iceland Foods appoints Gordons LLP as sole property advisor ahead of store rollout
The appointment of Gordons comes as Iceland looks to kick on with the next stage of its ongoing store rollout
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Meatly in major milestone as lab-grown chicken gains approval for use in petfood
The UK brand will now aim to launch the first samples of its commercially available petfood later this year
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BrewDog turns back the clock with retro Punk IPA cans
The liquid inside, however, remains unchanged from the beer’s current recipe