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NewsCity News: AB InBev’s new top team will benefit from post-lockdown resurgences
AB InBev confirmed on Thursday that CEO Carlos Brito would step down after 15 years in charge, to be replaced by North America chief Michel Doukeris, amid a strong rebound of first quarter sales as coronavirus restrictions eased across key markets.
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NewsStraight & Narrow seeks £100k from crowd ahead of ‘disruptive’ low & no launch
The brand is pushing for funding to launch a 13-strong range of non-alcoholic spirits
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NewsBeer shortages in c-stores as hospitality demand soars
The Grocer has spoken to numerous industry sources who are facing supply issues on core beer lines
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NewsLinda McCartney’s launches first plant-based milk alternative lines
The organic quartet would deliver on the taste credentials that were “synonymous” with Linda McCartney’s, it said
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NewsBRC calls for end to social distancing as retail footfall struggles
BRC CEO Helen Dickinson said businesses were hoping for social distancing to come to an end
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News10p plastic bag charge to come into force on 21 May
The fee for single-use carrier bags in England will double to 10p and be extended to all shops
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NewsLidl quits digital DRS group, amid confusion fear
The retailer, alongside Aldi, Co-op, Ocado, suppliers Diageo and Danone and the BRC, had been part of the Digital DRS Industry Working Group
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NewsSoreen launches Fruit & Veg-Mmms cake bars for kids
The cake bars contain ’40% fruit & veg’ and are claimed to 50% less sugar than competitors
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NewsOrganics fear exclusion from EU due to trade deal ‘omission’
Exporters say the consequences could be ‘unfair and arbitrary’
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NewsCity Snapshot: Kitwave unveils £105m IPO on London’s junior market
Wholesaler Kitwave has announced it will join the London Stock Exchange in a move valuing the company at £105m. Plus, shoppers return to the high street as Covid restrictions eased and non-essential stores reopened, according to latest footfall data.
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NewsWaitrose defends rates relief as it posts record profits
Waitrose posted record levels of profits last year as sales boomed during a period in which it benefited from business rates relief.
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NewsMedia Bites 7 May: Sainsbury’s, AB InBev, Beyond Meat
Sainsbury’s has hired the former boss of John Lewis Paula Nickolds to take charge of its £7.8bn clothing and general merchandise arm.
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NewsAsda confirms sustainability ambitions in first ESG report
Affordable greener choices, reducing single-use plastic and cutting food waste came top of the list of demands from customers, Asda said
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NewsPhilip Morris International names new CEO after shock departure of chairman
Louis Camilleri left for unspecified personal reasons late last year
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NewsAsda trialling secure boxes for unattended online deliveries
Asda is launching the trial with a small number of customers to take deliveries when they are not at home
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NewsCo-op and Unilever partner on Europe’s first smart ice cream vending machine
A combination of cameras and sensors within the Wall’s branded freezer identify which products have been removed by the customer
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NewsFinal SAWS operator for 2021 UK fruit & veg harvest announced
It follows warnings that leaving the announcement until after the end of April would lead to labour shortages at the start of the season
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NewsVegetarian dogfood brand Noochy Poochy launches with ‘highest protein’ claim
The brand’s name comes from its use of nutritional yeast, also known as nooch
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NewsWholesaler requests to extend driver hours refused as c-store shelves left empty
The calls for maximum driver hours to be extended, in a move lasting until June 2021, were made after retailers complained that shelves were left empty
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NewsNew ‘competitive’ online drinks retailer to cut out wholesalers
Launched by three ex-industry professionals, the online drinks marketplace promises producers and consumers a ‘fair deal’