Archive of all supplier articles – Page 15
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Campaign launched to tackle food & drink recruitment crisis
The campaign stems from labour shortages and is backed by a who’s who of suppliers and retailers
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Morrisons fires ‘big bazooka’ at rivals as it ramps up More Card loyalty offensive
Morrisons also announced it was adding more than 70 products to its Aldi and Lidl Price Match, which launched in February this year
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Hilltop Honey agrees £10m banking package to back overseas expansion
The funding package from Santander UK will allow the British honey brand to hold more stock, drive recruitment and accelerate growth
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Comment & Opinion
What can we learn from Tesco’s continued market dominance?
Tesco delivers on the things that matter to a lot of people, rather than trying to be the best at one or two elements, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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First Brexit common user charge bills serve bitter shock to food industry
The costs of importing EU goods to the UK are quickly running into tens of thousands of pounds, businesses report
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Analysis & Features
Packaging tax: Defra’s eye-watering EPR recycling fees shock
‘Eye-watering’ fees aren’t set in stone, but companies are getting worried
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CapVest-backed Inspired Pet Nutrition to buy Butcher’s Pet Care
CapVest-owned Inspired Pet Nutrition has struck a deal to buy Butcher’s Pet Care to create a petfood group with sales of more than £350m
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Nestlé appoints new CEO in surprise departure for Mark Schneider
Schneider has stepped down as head of the world’s biggest food company in a surprise move, to be replaced by group veteran Laurent Freixe
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Allplants optimistic about path to profit as losses mount
The vegan ready meal maker has recorded heavy losses as the business wrestled to shift its capital-intensive model amid challenging macro-economic conditions and declining demand in the plant-based category
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Brazil looks to strengthen UK relationship with pork exports
Brazil is hoping to expand its trading partnership with the UK as part of ambitions to start exporting pork into the country as imports from the EU dwindle
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Some supermarkets could struggle to meet 2025 cage-free egg commitment
Aldi met its cage-free target this week and ahead of schedule, but many other retailers may not, industry sources have warned
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Scotch whisky gets special protection in Brazil in a bid to boost exports
Labour is focused on boosting UK food and drink exports in a bid to strengthen the wider economy
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Crediton sees profits jump on back of wider product range
The supplier saw profits after tax increase from £7.9m in 2022 to £9m in the year to 30 December 2023
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M&S in tricky talks with suppliers over UPF ingredients in Eat Well range
The challenge of removing ingredients is understood to be proving difficult in the context of wider ongoing debate over what UPF means and how important it is to public health outcomes
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Typhoo Tea turnaround disrupted as losses balloon to almost £40m
Losses have spiralled to almost £40m at Typhoo Tea as trespassers occupied and damaged its mothballed factory in Merseyside, dealing an unexpected setback to the embattled company’s turnaround attempt
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Tofoo Co private equity takeover readies plant-based brand for further growth
The Tofoo Co has been acquired by a new private equity owner to push the plant-based brand to the next stage of growth and continue its mission to take tofu to the masses
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SimplyV unveils plant-based parmesan alternative ParmVegan
It joins the brand’s gourmet slices (intense and mild), a mature block and grated plant-based cheese in the online retailer.
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EPR scheme base fees unveiled by Defra
Following months of calls from industry, Defra has finally unveiled its estimates of costs for producers under the EPR scheme
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Blockhead set for relaunch thanks to rescue deal by Peppersmith owner
Functional chewing gum brand Blockhead has been revived in a rescue deal by the owners of sugar-free gum maker Peppersmith, The Grocer can reveal
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Comment & Opinion
A producer-first approach is vital to building food system resilience
Food retailers and brands need to be courageous in empowering and supporting good livelihoods of their producers, says Jason Archie-Acheampong, member of Food Ethics Council