All The Grocer articles in 19 December 2020 – Page 12
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City News: Ocado shares drop despite profits upgrade
It’s not often a profits upgrade is accompanied by a share price plunge
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Plant-based demand balances Covid losses for Authentic Food Co
Growing demand for plant-based foods in supermarkets has helped Beyond Meat’s UK distribuer The Authentic Food Company steer through Covid-related declines
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Supermarket prices move into deflation ahead of possible Brexit cost shocks
Supermarket prices have fallen back into deflation for the first time in over a year, just as the industry prepares for a potential price shock from the UK’s exit from the EU
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Asda paid Walmart £1.15bn dividend despite profits drop
Asda paid a £1.15bn dividend to US owner Walmart last year, even as its profits slumped by more than a quarter
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Wing Yip adds bubble tea room to depot
Taiwanese bubble tea shop chain Cuppacha has opened a concession offering specialist milky and fruit teas to take away
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Supermarket prices fall into deflation for first time fourteen months
Supermarket prices have fallen back into deflation for the first time in over a year ahead of EU exit
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Media Bites 11 Dec: Brexit/Food industry, Ocado, Scotch eggs
Supermarkets and their shoppers could be hit with a £3.1bn annual bill on food and drink if there is no post-Brexit trade deal
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Watch: how lockdown is shaping the beer & cider category
To find out how the new normal has impacted shopper behaviour when it comes to the beer & cider category we spoke to Heineken UK category and shopper marketing director, Toby Lancaster
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Lidl claims UK food retailer first with publication of human rights impact assessment
The discounter committed to carrying out the impact assessment in 2019 after coming bottom in Oxfam’s annual ranking of supermarkets on published human rights safeguards
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City snapshot: Ocado hikes profits forecast on retail sales surge
Ocado has hiked its full year profits forecast as its UK retail sales continue to boom as grocery shoppers stay at home. Founders and Blackstone bid for Applegreen. Plus, trading updates from McColl’s, Marston’s and DS Smith and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Media Bites 10 December:Tesco/Brexit, Asda, Just Eat
Shoppers face temporary shortages of some fresh foods and higher prices if the UK fails to strike a Brexit deal with the EU, the chairman of Tesco has warned.
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Lidl offers £10 off £40 of shopping in Christmas voucher promotion
The vouchers are due to appear in national newspapers this week and will be valid until 18 December
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Business eviction and debt enforcement protections extended for final three months
Protections currently in place, against eviction, rent arrears recovery and statutory demands or winding-up petitions, are now set to continue until 31 March 2021
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Aldi ditches plastic from multipacks of baked beans
The supermarket is taking the step by in effect ditching the multipack, and instead simply applying a multibuy discount
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McVitie’s adds British Icons biscuits to Digestives and Hobnobs lineup
The brand is hoping they will lure shoppers aged between 25 and 40 to the biscuit aisle
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Media Bites: Asda, Grocery sales, Retail evictions
The competition watchdog is investigating the £6.8bn takeover of Asda
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City snapshot: Tesco investors set for £5bn payout as Asia sale readies for completion
Tesco, which last week announced it was returning £585m of business rates relief, has this morning confirmed the $10.6bn sale of its businesses in Asia and a special dividend payment of £5bn. Plus, a pre-close trading update from British American Tobacco, and Nestlé Purina PetCare is set to invest $550m to expand its petfood manufacturing facility in Georgia, creating up to 130 jobs.
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Nomad Foods upgrades 2020 expectations as sales soar in second lockdown
Sales at Birds Eye owner Nomad Foods have rocketed once again as locked down shoppers continued to stock up freezers as they ate all their meals at home in November.
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Wibble debuts with plant-based jelly range for adults
Each pot contains at least 45% pressed fruit juice
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City snapshot: Second lockdown boosts pre-Christmas grocery sales
Grocery sales spiked in November by 13.9% as eating and drinking out of home was restricted by the English national lockdown to boost the industry in the run-up to Christmas.