All The Grocer articles in 1 December 2018 – Page 3
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Tesco launches its in-store Christmas food collection scheme
From today, more than 2,600 stores will encourage shoppers to donate food to help people in food poverty
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Hawkes rolls first craft ciders into Sainsbury's
The brand’s Apple Cider and Dead & Berried flavours have rolled into 500 stores
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Chapel Down adds three wines from foreign producers to range
The trio are part of the winemaker’s ‘Great Minds Drink Alike’ scheme
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Iceland rolls out vegan-friendly No Turkey Christmas Dinner
The new meal centre combines Iceland’s No Turkey strips of mushroom & soya protein with vegetables
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Lidl to donate Christmas dinners to loneliness charities
The donations are to include 282 turkeys, 4,716 pigs in blankets and 65kg of brussels sprouts
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Christmas citrus supplies set to be hit by Spanish floods
Heavy rain has caused coastal deluges from Murcia in the south east to Barcelona in the north east of Spain
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Poundstretcher appoints Typhoo tea boss as commercial head
Somnath Saha took the new position earlier this month, in effect taking over from Chris Edwards
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Third of retailers 'underprepared' for no-deal Brexit
While the majority of retailers in a survey had done some preparation, just 15% indicated they felt ‘very prepared’
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Port of Leith distillery unveils first drinks and plans whisky range
The brand recently secured planning permission to build an £11m vertical distillery in Edinburgh
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Poundland adds age restrictions to 'naughty elf' content
The discounter was chastised by the ASA over last year’s campaign
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Starship asks customers 'where next?' for its delivery robots
Last week Starship launched a new feature on its app
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EU food into UK could go unchecked 'for months' admits Gove
Environment secretary said he did not know if the same would apply to UK exports to the EU
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Steve Parfett to retire from cash and carry business
The Parfetts chairman, who has overseen the transition from family to employee ownership, will step down on 31 December
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UK performing 'very poorly' on sustainable agriculture
The Food Sustainablity Index ranks the UK at 55 out of 67 countries on sustainable agriculture
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Booths to trial John Lewis click & collect in five stores
JLP said the trial was an opportunity to further extend its click & collect service
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Ubamarket adds 'plastic alerts' for recyclable products
A survey found 44% of people actively buy products that have less of an impact on the environment, even if more expensive
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JW Filshill updates reporting system to aid customer support
The wholesaler plans to introduce the system in the new year
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Comment & Opinion
Beard wearers be illuminated!
The era of the faintly amusing Christmas jumper is approaching its end
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Comment & Opinion
Cadbury's masked army tackle 'secret Santa'
Secret Santa – or ‘buy a gift for someone you don’t know/like’ – is one of the lamest Christmas rituals
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Living wage report notes 'pressing concern' of wage costs
Report recognises that 75% of convenience retailers are reducing the number of hours that they employ staff for