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NewsCentral England Co-op to add bodycare and home cleaning products to refill trial
The new offering will be found at its flagship Boley Park store in Lichfield, Staffordshire
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NewsFreshways and Medina Dairy complete long-awaited merger
The combined business will be called Medina Freshways, with the deal expected to be completed by the end of the year
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NewsCity Snapshot: Vimto maker Nichols returns to sales and profits growth as Covid restrictions end
Revenues and profits have returned to strong growth at soft drinks supplier Nichols thanks to the easing of lockdown restrictions and continued demand for the Vimto brand. Plus, Bakkavor reports ready meals and other prepared foods back at pre-pandemic levels.
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NewsParsley Box boss Kevin Dorren confident in long-term growth of DTC model
Parsley Box CEO Kevin Dorren told The Grocer he is confident about the long-term viability of the DTC model in the face of investor scepticism.
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NewsJTF Mega Discount Warehouse collapses with 500 job losses
The variety discounter had 12 stores in the midlands and north of England
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NewsOne Stop to open over 100 franchise stores this financial year
The Tesco-owned retailer has plans for 37 openings over the next four months
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NewsPoundland rolling out frozen & chilled to 40 more stores by September
Some larger stores are also getting new trolleys and conveyor belt checkouts in an effort to encourage bigger basket spend, a key aim of Poundland’s transformation strategy
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NewsMornflake moves into home-baking category with organic oat-based trio
The SKUs would meet the ‘surge in consumer demand for home baking ingredients’, said Mornflake
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News‘Pingdemic’ leaves some stores 30% down on staff as supermarket absence crisis looms
Some stores have begun moving staff between locations to tackle particular hotspots
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NewsEducation reform needed to solve labour crisis, meat firms say
The government’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee policy and T Levels need more food-focused courses, the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers argues
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NewsSainsbury’s axes wholesale operations to focus on core business
News of the supermarket’s decision emerged today in a statement from SimplyFresh, with whom it kicked off a wholesale partnership in January 2020
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NewsCheeky Panda unveils IPO ambitions as £2.5m crowdfunding campaign closes
The company, which is this week bringing a £2.5m crowdfunding campaign on the Seedrs platform to a close, said it planned to float on the London market in the next 24 months.
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NewsWilliam Grant & Sons shifts into DTC with online spirits platform
Consumers will be able to buy from its spirits range including Glenfiddich, The Balvenie, Grant’s and Hendrick’s Gin
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NewsKraft Heinz launches ‘innovation challenge’ to boost beans & pulses NPD
The fmcg giant is asking emerging fmcg talent to come up with “a delicious application or ingredient that brings beans or pulses to the menu”
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NewsHousehold cost of food to soar by £160 a year due to new regulations, claim food bosses
The FDF estimates increased costs in 2022-23 alone to exceed £4.4bn
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NewsCity snapshot: Apollo in talks to join Fortress’ Morrisons bid
Apollo Global Management is in talks to join the Fortress Investments-led consortium bidding to buy Morrisons and will not make its own approach for the supermarket.
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NewsMedia Bites 20 July: Freedom Day, Ocado, Johnson & Johnson
The papers focus on yesterday’s ‘Freedom Day’ this morning, including the global stock market sell-off and the ongoing ‘pingdemic’.
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NewsWrap announces ‘make or break’ greenhouse gas targets in Courtauld overhaul
Wrap said the previous 20% per capita target on emissions was “no longer seen as an ambitious vision”.
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NewsPureOaty has ‘lowest emissions’ in oat drink market, Glebe Farm Foods claims
The plant-based drink has been found to have a lower emissions footprint per litre than major rival Oatly
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NewsEagle Eye boosted by retail reopenings
Grocery tech firm Eagle Eye has enjoyed a strong end to the year as the lifting of Covid restrictions helped customers such as Pret a Manger increase transactions. Group revenues rose 12% to £22.8m in the year ended 30 June, with adjusted EBITDA up 28% to £4.2m, ...