All The Grocer articles in 01 April 2023 – Page 7
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‘Gut healthy’ new Superloaf seals exclusive M&S store deal
Packed with ‘bio-active plant-based compounds’ made using ‘targeted fermentation’, the loaves will be co-manufactured and co-packaged by Hovis
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Tesco buyers ‘backtracking’ on fulfilment fee request
The supermarket is holding face-to-face meetings with suppliers over its controversial plans for a new fulfilment fee
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Heineken grows Strongbow Ultra cider lineup with Apple variant
Ultra Apple (4% abv) provides 24.2kcals per 100ml – 36% fewer than Strongbow’s core apple cider
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City News: Shares recovery at Fever-Tree on investor optimism for 2023
Fever-Tree shares are 35% down year on year and more than 55% down since the start of 2022 Fever-Tree shares jumped this week, despite a heavy fall in annual profits. Investors breathed a collective sigh of relief on assurances its profits this year would be in line ...
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Unrooted secures £1.1m to help boost UK distribution
The baobab-infused drinks supplier has raised £1.1m through backing from a variety of family offices and individual investors.
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Media Bites 24 March: Inflation, Fortnum & Mason
It is a very quiet morning in the papers in terms of grocery news.
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Park Cakes looks at sale options as it seeks fresh funding
The group, which makes the Colin the Caterpillar cake for Marks & Spencer, is working with advisory firms Teneo and A&M to explore its options, The Grocer has learned.
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Former Tree of Life staff win backing for new healthy food wholesaler
An Irish investment group is backing a group of former Tree of Life employees to establish a new healthy food wholesaler in the UK
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Nestlé and Unilever risk causing confusion with health reporting. But it’s a positive first step
For now, it’s barely possible to understand the reporting without a degree in maths
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Harlech Foodservice introduces ‘bendy’ forklift trucks in plan to boost storage capacity
It comes as the wholesaler is set to post record turnover of £38m in 2022, beating its previous, pre-pandemic record of £32m
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Persil adds QR codes to packaging for visually impaired shoppers
The codes were created by AR specialist Zappar in partnership with Unilever and the Royal National Institute of Blind People
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Tesco smashes Whoosh rapid delivery rollout target
Tesco has beaten its rollout target of rapid delivery service Whoosh by 25%, announcing the option is now available from 1,000 Express stores
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City snapshot: C&C Group profits rise despite ‘challenging trading backdrop’
Drinks supplier C&C Group has announced its full year profits will be in line with revised expectations and it will recommence dividend payments despite a ‘challenging trading backdrop’
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Media Bites 23 March: John Lewis, Fever-Tree, inflation
John Lewis keeps making headlines amid reports of its plan to sell a minority stake.
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Why have Fever-Tree’s sales fallen? And how is it planning to get them back?
Fever-Tree is worth less in grocery than in 2019
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Vertical farming firm Harvest London secures first major retail listing
The deal makes Planet Organic the only UK supermarket to currently sell living herbs farmed and branded in this way
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Heinz teams up with Absolut to launch vodka pasta sauce
The innovation was inspired by Gigi Hadid’s spicy vodka pasta recipe, which went viral after the supermodel posted it to Instagram and TikTok in 2020
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Salad shortages fuels surprise jump in inflation as food prices soar 18%
Food price inflation has hit a 45-year high of 18% amid shortages of fruit and vegetables, according to the latest data out this morning
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Just Eat ditches employment model and lays off staff in gig economy move
Just Eat is laying off 1,700 couriers in the UK as it ditches its ‘worker model’
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Media Bites 22 March: Just Eat, Tesco/Clubcard, John Lewis
Just Eat Takeaway will stop employing its own workers in the UK, as it reverses a high-profile effort to reduce reliance on the gig economy