All The Grocer articles in 30 October 2021 – Page 5
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Media Bites 26 October: Just Eat Takeaway, HGV crisis, living wage, Tesco
A top investor of Just Eat Takeaway has launched another attack, urging the food delivery company to sell its recently acquired Grubhub to improve the group’s share price.
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco cyberattack is a reminder for all food and drink businesses to be vigilant
This latest attempt to hack the supermarket suggests the criminals will simply keep coming
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Rustlers boosts plant-based range with ‘Meatless Maverick’ burger
The NPD is billed as mimicking the brand’s biggest-selling Quarter Pounder SKU
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Comment & Opinion
Why Morocco is setting its sights on the UK grocery market
The opening of a new shipping route and and renewed trade agreements have made it easier to do business, says El Mehdi El Alami, director of Promotion and Development of Morocco Foodex
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Allplants to use ‘record-breaking’ funding to scale up
Frozen vegan meals brand Allplants has announced plans to scale up further after securing a third record-breaking funding round
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Comment & Opinion
CVAs are getting more popular. Are they changing the landlord-retailer power balance?
Retailers may find it harder to force through rent reductions, says barrister Matthew Weaver
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Tetley to splash £2.5m on new marketing campaign
The campaign ‘celebrates the love we have for tea, and all the different ways that we enjoy it’, said Tetley
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Tesco commits to closing living wage gaps in its UK banana supply chain
Though half of its banana suppliers already paid a living wage to workers, the remainder had gaps ranging between 2% and 18%, Tesco said
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Healthier doughnut brand Urban Legend closes first multimillion-pound fundraising
Urban Legend is the first brand to be launched by former Graze CEO Anthony Fletcher’s Believe in Science
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Former Sainsbury’s boss David Tyler joins retail tech startup Imagr
Imagr, which was founded four years ago, is a privately funded autonomous checkout startup
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Yeo Valley looks to tap desserts nostalgia with new ‘no fuss’ custard
The product goes on sale in Tesco this week and is made using just seven ingredients
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Analysis & Features
Christmas supply issues: how worried are independent retailers?
Supply chain issues and labour shortages have prompted warnings from major retailers and suppliers across the food and drink industry in the run-up to Christmas
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Report criticises ‘health halo effect’ used to market HFSS products to teens
Campaign group Bite Back 2030 slammed ‘marketing tactics being employed by the food and drink industry to encourage teens to eat unhealthy products’
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Media Bites 25 October: Tesco, Beyond Meat, Sainsbury’s
Tesco has been hit by hackers, leaving thousands of frustrated shoppers unable to buy groceries online at Britain’s biggest supermarket
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City Snapshot: Tesco website back online after weekend cyber attack
Tesco has fixed the issues plaguing its website and app over the weekend, with the online service back up and running again today.
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Nestlé leads the pack of consumer giants growing despite inflation
Global fmcg players proved this week mounting inflation is not necessarily a barrier to growth, but warned that consumers will have to get used to higher prices
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Kanes Foods reports £12m pandemic hit but says sales have bounced back
Salad bowl and prepared veg supplier Kanes Foods suffered a £12m drop as the pandemic ravaged the food-to-go sector, but is now trading above pre-Covid levels
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Comment & Opinion
Why a soy roadmap could disconnect European meat consumption from South American deforestation
The Retail Soy Group roadmap must have buy-in from companies to effect real change, says Robin Willoughby, UK director, Mighty Earth
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Morrisons, NFU and McDonald’s partner with Harper Adams for new sustainable farming school
The partnership has been described as a UK first and is designed to equip the food sector workforce with new skills to produce food more sustainably
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Analysis & Features
Sourced Market, Leeds: bringing the farmers’ market to motorway services
A retail and dining site at the M1’s Leeds Skelton Lakes Services champions quality local produce