All The Grocer articles in 26 September 2020 – Page 11
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Bulldog sales growth bucks coronavirus-driven personal care weakness
Strong growth has continued at Bulldog Skincare despite the coronavirus outbreak creating uncertainty for the personal care category.
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City Snapshot: Empty offices leave retail locations deserted
UK footfall remained 34.8% down year-on-year in August despite the reopening of shops and the ending of lockdown as empty offices mean footfall is not returning to towns and city centres.
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Media Bites 4 Sep: Costa Coffee, Pret a Manger, Ocado
Costa Coffee has announced up to 1,650 redundancies after becoming the latest high street business to be hit by the dearth of city centre shoppers
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Why sponsoring Great British Bake Off 2020 is a hole in one for Aldi
The deal will feed three key metrics Aldi wants to drive: its Britishness, quality and range
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Square Root links with ‘sober influencer’ to crowdsource next alcohol-free drink
The brand already offers non-alcholic gin & tonic and negroni cocktails
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Masses of upmarket loose leaf tea at risk of going off or being binned
“It is a real issue especially for the more delicate and rare teas which deteriorate quickly,” said Chash Tea founder Dan Rook
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Lidl rolls out app-based loyalty scheme offering discounts and more
The app-based rewards scheme give users discounts on shopping as well as partner services including Sky TV
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City snapshot: Branded sales growth helps Arla shrug off coronavirus challenges
Danish dairy giant Arla grew its first half revenues by 2.8% driven by branded sales and retail growth, The Hut Group confirm £4.5bn September float plan, B&M promoted to the FTSE 100 and all the latest news from the City.
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Media Bites 3 September: Organic sales, Eat Out to Help Out, Domino’s
Sales of organic food and drink rose sharply in the UK during lockdown
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Does Unilever’s ‘Clean Future’ pledge change the game on supplier sustainability?
The Anglo-Dutch supplier is spending €1bn on removing fossil fuel-based ingredients from its household portfolio worldwide
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Aldi takes over as sponsor for new series of The Great British Bake Off
The discounter hopes to underpin its quality credentials as sponsor of the 11th series of the show
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Bulldog Skincare unveils razor made with recycled glass
Available in Original and Sensitive variants, the razor’s handle is crafted using at least 70% recycled glass
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Unilever pledges to eliminate fossil fuels from household products
Unilever will invest €1bn in a drive to remove ingredients derived from fossil fuels from its cleaning and laundry products.
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Media Bites 2 September: Ocado/M&S, Walmart, B&M
The inaugural day for the Ocado and M&S partnership turned sour as the business was forced to apologise to grumbling customers for cancelling orders
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Naked swaps pots for packs with range of on-the-hob ‘five-minute’ noodles
The Symington’s-owned brand, which is stocked in Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Ocado, has created four flavours
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Planty secures seed investment from Veg Capital
Vegan meal delivery start-up Planty has secured seed investment from investment firm Veg Capital.
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Premium dog food brand Forthglade sold to IK Investment Partners
Nordic investment firm IK Investment Partners has bought a majority stake in premium pet food supplier Forthglade in a deal that will see existing PE investor Piper exit the business
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SodaStream machines and cylinders to launch into Sainsbury’s
Its cylinders will be available to buy and exchange in 580 locations, while the machines themselves will be on sale in 170 stores
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Clearly Drinks invests in new canning line at Sunderland HQ
The move comes as drinks suppliers have been hit hard by a shortage of cans over recent weeks
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Oto launches trio of botanical CBD soft drinks
The drinks are billed as helping to relieve stress and anxiety