All The Grocer articles in 18 December 2021 – Page 4
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NewsCity snapshot: Agronomics sets sights on £25m funding round
The Isle of Man-headquartered company, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, plans to raise the money via a proposed placing of shares.
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NewsKellogg’s trials paper-based liners in packs of Corn Flakes
The cereal giant will roll out packs with a new paper liner into a “small number” of Tesco stores in January
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NewsIceland gives £300,000 to Action for Children Christmas campaign
The Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation’s donation to Action for Children will go towards its annual ‘Secret Santa’ campaign
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NewsGiles Brook joins board of Love Cocoa and Hip Chocolate
The addition of the former Vita Coco CEO and serial fmcg investor Brook would “drive the strategic development” of both Hip Chocolate and Love Cocoa
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NewsFDF elects Apetito’s Paul Freeston as president
Freeston is to succeed Jon Woods, who was elected in 2019
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NewsCompleat Food Group swoops for Wrights Food Group in first chilled acquisition
The Compleat Food Group has acquired pie maker Wrights Food Group in its first deal since PE house PAI Partners brought Addo Food Group and Winterbotham Darby together
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NewsMedia Bites 3 Dec: CD&R/Morrisons, Deliveroo, Selfridges
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has delayed plans to raise £6.6bn in debt to finance its buyout of supermarket chain Morrisons
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NewsWhen In Rome hits £400k fund target to boost eco-wine packaging
The When In Rome and Philip Schofield brands are currently stocked by Waitrose and Ocado Eco-friendly craft wine supplier When In Rome has hit a £400k crowdfunding target to expand its range of sustainable packaging into paper bottles. Rob Malin, Andrea Marchesi and Lorenzo Canali founded the ...
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NewsBread Holdings profits hit record levels despite Covid challenges
A boom in demand for premium bread throughout lockdown helped the business as it focused on selling the Gail’s and Bertinet brands in supermarkets.
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NewsCity snapshot: Black Friday fails to boost retail footfall
Total UK footfall fell by double-digits in November compared to pre-Covid levels, as the Black Friday event failed to boost in-store shopper numbers.
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NewsWalkers apologises to shoppers for shortages with ‘humble pie’ ad
The brand’s crisps have been hit by major supply disruption since October after an IT upgrade at the brand’s owner PepsiCo
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NewsLidl minimum store size now 18,000 sq ft to fit more SKUs
The discounter’s minimum desired unit size outside London has grown from 14,000 sq ft to 18,000 sq ft
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NewsRobinsons Squash struggles with pineapple juice shortage
Over recent weeks retailers have struggled to get hold of one of its core squash lines
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NewsL’Oréal to launch ‘The Marsh Mellow’ make-up in UK despite US trademark dispute
The cosmetics giant has applied to register the name as a trademark with the International Property Office under class 3, covering face make-up preparations
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NewsAsda trials GoodMaps wayfinding app at Stevenage store
The app can pinpoint a user’s location to within a metre and communicates directions to an object or area via audio, enlarged visual, and touch commands
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NewsCost price increases up by double digits Greencore warns
Greencore said packaging and labour costs had increased, leaving it no choice but to increase prices
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NewsMedia Bites 6 Dec: Walgreens/Boots, Tesco, Omicron
The parent company of Boots, Britain’s biggest high street chemist, is to explore a sale of the business next year that could value it at well over £5bn
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NewsCity Snapshot: Irn-Bru owner AG Barr acquires 60% stake in Moma to enter plant-based milk market
AG Barr has taken an initial 60% equity stake in Moma Foods, with a path to full ownership agreed over the next three years as part of the deal. Plus, Unite threatens strike action at Tesco warehouses ahead of Christmas and Just Eat Takeaway hit by broker downgrade.
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NewsCampaign group aims to ‘inundate’ supermarket bosses with demands for Boxing Day closures
Organise – a campaigning network of over a million people across the UK – is urging its members to directly email CEOs with a standard message
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NewsTesco facing Christmas shortages over strike action, warns union
Over 1,000 warehouse workers and HGV drivers have voted to strike over a 4% pay rise offer