All Technology articles – Page 18
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M&S digital chief Jeremy Pee to leave after five years
M&S said his departure was the result of a planned return to Canada with his family
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Deliveroo adds grocery top-up feature to takeaway orders
The rollout of the new feature came in response to customer demand, Deliveroo said, with many “placing a second order within minutes of their first”
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Enough secures €40m to produce cheaper meat-free products
The sustainable meat-free ingredients group has raised the funding to boost capacity at its factory
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Analysis and Features
Eight ways retail sector will change, according to the RSC
From discounter proliferation to online failures and less tax for the Treasury, how the Retail Sector Council sees the industry’s near future
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Profiles and QandAs
My Alternative CV: iSqueeze’s Elias Ebert on oranges, cheetahs and Andy Murray
’We have lots of exciting things in the pipeline and it has been very rewarding to see the company grow’
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Colgate Palmolive trials generative AI chatbot
Ask Profitero AI assistant serves up data from more than 1,000 retailers in 50 countries, including price, availability, search rank, customer reviews, video and imagery
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Oatly strikes pan-European partnership with Amazon
Oatly plans to produce a “fully enclosed bespoke packaging solution” for Amazon customers
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UK firm developing space farm to grow produce for astronauts
Vertical Future is being backed by the UK Space Agency on the project – likened to “the plotline of The Martian”
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Comment and Opinion
Cell meat is a hard sell. I hope Brits reject it
While Brits might initially embrace fleeting food fashions, at the end of the day our food instincts are sound, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Katherine Bermingham, senior NPD technologist, Florette
”I often hear people say ‘isn’t it just leaves in a bag?’ but there’s a whole lot more to a bag of Florette salad than that”
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Scotmid marks record Snappy Shopper year with over 200,000 orders
The past year’s number of orders reflects a 21% increase on those made during 2021 and 2022, the equivalent of 42,000 more
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City snapshot: Clean Food Group completes £2.3m fundraise
UK biotech company Clean Food Group has announced it has raised £2.3m to fund the commercialisation of its oils and fats alternatives technology
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Analysis and Features
Danfoss’s Smart Store: inside the world’s greenest grocer
A new ‘smart’ supermarket in Denmark is taking sustainability to the next level by reimagining what energy efficiency in retail could look like in the near future
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Jisp launches new app features allowing wholesalers to offer loyalty scheme
The aim is to help wholesalers drive footfall, sales and repeat visits to their cash & carry depots
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Comment and Opinion
Deadly supermarket AI recipe suggestion serves up cautionary tale
Flawed and exploitable, New Zealand’s Savey Meal-Bot recommended a deadly drink
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Profiles and QandAs
My Alternative CV: The Oxford Artisan Distillery’s Charlie Echlin on whisky, hangovers and Tupac Shakur
‘The least rewarding part of my job? The occasional hangover – I have once or twice overdone it in the name of work’
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John Lewis signs AI partnership with Google Cloud
The £100m deal will give the retailer access to Google’s AI and machine learning technology
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Online booze seller rolls back prices to protest alcohol duty hikes
All trade customers will automatically be refunded the duty at the checkout, and shown how much has been taken off
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Comment and Opinion
First-party data is the new fmcg retail battleground
Ramped-up loyalty schemes are becoming more valuable to retailers as price dictates consumers’ shopping decisions
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Palm oil alternative maker Clean Food Group secures major backer
Clean Food Group will use the cash to “scale up its technology platform whilst advancing critical regulatory and commercial pathways” it said