All The Grocer articles in 21 December 2019 – Page 20
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Just Eat rejects new £4.9bn rival takeover bid
Just Eat has announced it has rejected a £4.9bn offer from South African investment firm Prosus, pledging instead to continue with its all-share merger with Dutch contemporary Takeaway.com.
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Lidl guns for Seedlip with cut-price alcohol-free spirit CeroCero
The 0% drink is billed as having a taste profile smilar to gin
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UK beef industry unites to voice no-deal Brexit concerns
Key industry players have said the government’s proposed tariff regime would expose the entire industry to cheaper imports
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Comment & Opinion
What can we learn from the Chinese giants leading the way on data-driven digital strategy?
All companies will need to become tech-driven, says Tim Mason, CEO of Eagle Eye
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How the dad in Tesco’s ‘I don’t want to eat meat any more’ ad should respond
It’s a parent’s job to safeguard their children’s long-term welfare, not cave in to propaganda, says Joanna Blythman
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CCEP targets fitness market with functional energy drink Reign
The brand – a spin-off of Monster Energy - has debuted with a four-strong range of drinks
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City snapshot: Reckitt cuts full year forecast after ‘disappointing’ third quarter
Reckitt Benckiser has cut its full year growth expectations after issues in China and the US led to a “disappointing” third quarter. Plus, Devro shuts Scottish factory, new CFO for Ahold Delhaize, trading update from McBride and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Media Bites 22 Oct: Just Eat, Asda, Coty
Slowing order growth in Just Eat’s core business spooked investors yesterday
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Government suspends wine import paperwork in event of no-deal Brexit
Wine suppliers will temporarily not have to complete VI-1 forms for wines coming into the UK from the EU
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Comment & Opinion
#GettingBrexitDone won’t put an end to upheaval for food & drink
Johnson’s Brexit deal, if it passes, would lead to regulatory divergence from the EU – and no easy answers for the food & drink sector
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Alpro makes move into high-protein drinks with UHT soya duo
Alpro Protein launched into Tesco on 21 October and Sainsbury’s on 17 November
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Amazon makes own-label spirits debut with Tovess Gin
Amazon plans to add further drinks to the brand over time
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Saputo Dairy UK unveils new ad push and lactose free NPD
The dairy giant has released a family-focused marketing campaign for Clover, and a new lactose-free Cathedral City variant
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Medina Dairy plunges into the red amid dairy market turbulence
New accounts by the processor come in the same week as fellow Sainsbury’s milk supplier Tomlinsons collapsed into administration
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Holland’s Pies and Wyke Farms team up for cheese & onion pie
Holland’s Pies wants to lure more vegetarians to the brand
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City snapshot: Consumer confidence dented by Brexit uncertainty
Brexit uncertainty and a slowdown in the jobs market hit consumer and business confidence in the third quarter, with a further drop in confidence and slowdown in consumer spending tipped for next year.
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Media Bites 21 October: Gail’s Bakery, Iceland, Brexit
Entrepreneur Luke Johnson is reviving plans for a sale of his Gail’s Bakery after sounding out bankers about an auction of part or all of Bread Holdings.
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Unilever unveils raft of plastic reduction measures for Dove
Dove expects to save enough virgin plastic per year to circle the Earth almost three times
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Eaten Alive fermented sauces land in Sainsbury’s Taste of the Future bays
Eaten Alive claims it is one of the few sauce brands to use a lacto-fermentation process in manufacturing
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Irn-Bru Energy to get nationwide rollout following strong Scottish performance
Owner AG Barr said the brand had “outperformed its closest competitors since launching in Scotland”