All The Grocer articles in 17 December 2022 – Page 15
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Cooking sauce sales plummet as Brits avoid scratch cooking
Sales of ambient cooking sauces fell by 4.3% to £724.2m, while volumes plunged 10.1% in the 52 weeks ending 5 September 2022
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Pukka unveils raft of NPD including ‘first to market’ pizza-pie hybrid
The innovation push formed ‘part of our ambitious plans to ramp up visibility of savoury pastry products across stores’, said Pukka
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Seaweed snacking brand Shore adds duo of ramen broths
The NPD follows a six-figure cash injection, which will be used used to drive ‘ambitious sustainable production’ plans for Scottish seaweed and expand distribution
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Milk & More boosts range and customers per round with new fleet tech
The project so far has seen the distances the fleet can travel per charge increase by 19%
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Harry Kane invests in healthier doughnuts brand Urban Legend
Kane said he ‘very much admired’ the startup’s approach to making healthier versions of ‘the treats we all love’
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Paper-based pods for ‘next-gen’ Nestlé coffee machine
Billed as a ‘coffee shop at home’, the new Neo system tailors its brewing method to different recipes and preferences
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Branston marks 100th anniversary with launch of Branstonnaise pickle and mayonnaise spreads
The ‘supermarket-first’ innovation has been launched to coincide with the brand’s 100th anniversary
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ABF to push through further grocery price increases
Associated British Foods is planning further price hikes for its range of grocery brands to manage soaring inflation.
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Hilton Food Group warns of lower profits amid slow progress passing on inflation
Shares in Hilton Food Group have slumped following another profits warning
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C&C Group to distribute Trip CBD drinks in the UK
The partnership ‘signalled both businesses’ investment into leading growth in the low & no category’, said C&C Group
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ByRuby launches 30-strong frozen ready meal range into Waitrose
The launch will be supported with the rollout of branded freezers in key stores
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City snapshot: Record high grocery inflation sends shoppers flocking to Aldi and Lidl
Grocery price inflation has hit a new record high resulting in cash-strapped households turning to the discounters and own-label ranges to manage stretched budgets, according to the latest Kantar figures. Plus, annual results from Associated British Foods, a trading update from Hilton Food Group, a Q3 update at Coca-Cola HBC, the latest monthly data on retail sales from BRC-KPMG and consumer spending from Barclaycard, and Britvic is searching for a new CFO.
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Media Bites 8 November: food poverty, Christmas, DS Smith
The big supermarkets need to step up support for low-income customers marooned in England’s “food deserts” to enable them to readily access healthy groceries during the cost of living crisis, according to the consumer group Which?.
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Supermarket supply chain emissions rise despite pledge to halve environmental impact
A report by WWF, billed as the most comprehensive study to date of the food sector’s contribution to climate change, found Scope 3 supply chain emissions had risen by 5%
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Comment & Opinion
Will COP27 help food brands grasp the consumption nettle? Probably not
Tackling overconsumption is key to addressing the climate crisis. That’s a harsh truth for the industry to swallow
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Jus-Rol takeover by Cérélia in doubt as CMA warns of higher prices
An in-depth investigation into the takeover of Jus-Rol by bakery giant Cérélia has concluded the deal could push up prices and lower quality in the home baking category.
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Instant noodles brand Kabuto adds duo of mac and cheese pasta pots
The innovation marked a ‘new direction’ for the brand, said Kabuto
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City snapshot: Shoppers to spend less this Christmas amid cost-of-living crisis
Consumers in the UK are planning to cut back this Christmas as a result of a double whammy of soaring prices and having less money to spend, with the discounters set to benefit from cash-strapped households, according to new research.
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Media Bites 7 November: Waitrose, food prices, Iceland, avian flu
Waitrose has insisted its supermarkets are better-stocked than some of its rivals despite claims that a bungled IT project has left many of its stores with empty shelves.
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Wrap defends industry’s use of ‘confusing’ compostable plastic
Abel & Cole last week said it was scrapping compostable plastic