All articles by Alice Leader – Page 29
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NewsBottled water shortage disrupting sales for convenience retailers
The Grocer understands it to be a category-wide issue, with the likes of Evian, Volvic, Highland Spring and Buxton affected
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NewsSnappy’s 1p packed lunch offer snapped up by 3,600 families
The initiative, which ran on 21 and 22 August with 150 Scottish convenience stores, saw shoppers redeem over 3,600 1p-priced bundles
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NewsACS calls for business energy price cap to help retailers fight cost of living crisis
Currently, there is no energy price cap for businesses, which would limit the rates a supplier can charge for their default tariffs
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Analysis & FeaturesFour apps battling to fight food waste and help hunger
From Olio to Kitche, food waste apps are reporting a spike in demand amid the cost of living crisis. So how do these apps work? And how are they adapting to their growing number of users?
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NewsNisa retailers save 100,000 meals through Too Good To Go
A total of 300 stores helped to reach the milestone, which are collectively stopping over 1,000 meals from going to waste each week
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Analysis & FeaturesHow waste apps are evolving to resolve the food poverty crisis
From Olio to Kitche, food waste apps are reporting a spike in demand amid the cost of living crisis. So how do these apps work? And how are they adapting to their growing number of users?
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NewsJames Hall invests £200,000 into new forklifts and picking trucks
Forklifts have the capability to lift loads of 2,500kg with a reach of up to 11m in height
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NewsSnappy Shopper to launch 1p promotion on packed-lunch supplies in Scotland
The two-day initiative will run on 21 and 22 August
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NewsAldi starts anti-waste trial with Too Good To Go
Seven stores across the north-east are taking part in the pilot, which started on 25 July
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NewsCJ Lang rolls out Too Good To Go across all company-owned stores
The partnership works by allowing customers to purchase bags of surplus stock from their nearest Spar store via the app
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NewsCostcutter picked as main supply partner for Eddy’s Food Station
CEO Stephen Thompson opened the third store today (18 August) in Larbert, out of a planned 30 over the next five years
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NewsWelsh government proposes ban on single-use plastics
Wales was the first UK nation to introduce a single-use plastic bag charge at 5p per bag
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NewsBooker plans to open 150 new Budgens stores by the end of this year
The symbol group has so far signed up 36 which are “up and running”, with another 84 stores in the pipeline
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Comment & OpinionScotland aside, supermarkets are ahead of the curve on period poverty
The likes of Morrisons, Waitrose and Co-op are outpacing policymakers on access to period products
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NewsSimplyFresh spoke with Waitrose as possible supply partner after Sainsbury’s pullout
The Grocer understands that SimplyFresh spoke to Waitrose shortly after the Sainsbury’s move but the parties did not come to an agreement
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NewsSnappy Shopper teams up with Gander
Retailers already partnered with the anti-food waste app will have reduced items integrated into their Snappy menus
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NewsNisa retailers to face disruption to frozen deliveries amid second heatwave
The symbol group said the lines that would be mainly affected were those that were “ordered less frequently”
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NewsWilliam Reed acquires The London Coffee Festival from Allegra Group
The festival will continue to be held April each year at the Truman Brewery in central London
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NewsSouthern Co-op removes ‘fire risk’ disposable barbecues from sale
The society said it was a permanent decision and was made to protect local wildlife and ecosystems
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NewsAscona Group adds two Welsh service stations to its portfolio
The two service stations are based in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire and Llwyncelyn, Ceredigion in Wales