Archive of all B Corps articles – Page 8
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NewsMedia Bites 16 July: Premier Foods, Walmart, Unilever
Former Rank Hovis McDougall executive chairman Paul Wilkinson added to ranks criticising Premier Foods CEO Darby ahead of a showdown shareholders this week.
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NewsMedia Bites 26 June: Grocery Code Adjudicator, Tesco, Morrisons
Britain’s supermarkets are treating their suppliers better, according to the UK’s Grocery Code Adjudicator
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NewsPukka Herbs' losses mount despite 28% jump in annual sales
Revenues continued to soar at organic herbal tea brand Pukka Herbs, but losses mounted in the year leading up to its acquisition by Unilever.
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NewsMedia Bites 10 May: Walmart/Flipkart, Greggs, Retail sales
Walmart has confirmed its agreement to by 77% of India’s largest online retailer, Flipkart, in a $16bn (£12bn) deal that puts the US giant head-to-head with Amazon.
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NewsCity snapshot: Danone delivers strong start to year with 4.9% growth
Danone has reported a strong start to the year with a 4.9% increase in like-for-like sales growth in the first quarter. Plus, Rémy Cointreau reveals full-year organic sales growth of 7.2%, Heineken beer volumes up 4.3% in the first quarter and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Analysis & FeaturesSustainability: the world's ticking time bomb
The UK might see itself as a world leader in driving environmental goals but its performance in the 2017 Sustainability Index shows it is lagging behind as catastrophe looms on global scale. What needs to be done, and when, to stop the bomb going off?
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Analysis & FeaturesHow many fmcg giants will join the B Corp bandwagon?
New research shows companies receive multiple benefits from signing up to B Corp. So why aren’t more businesses doing so?
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NewsB Corps businesses 'grow 28 times faster than UK GDP'
Average year-on-year growth across the 150 UK businesses signed up to B Corps was 14% in the past year
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NewsDanone the first UK dairy company to gain B Corp certification
B Corp certification ’is to business what Fairtrade is for coffee’, the NGO says
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NewsMedia Bites 22 December: Tesco/2 Sisters, plastic recycling
There is little in the way of food and drink news in this morning papers, but the survival of Toys R Us generates plenty of headlines in wider retails. And an MP says Tesco chief must explain silence over second 2 Sisters factory.
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NewsMedia Bites 9 October: Fox's Biscuits/Burton's, 2 Sisters, Bread Holdings, P&G
The poultry tycoon whose business has been hit by allegations of food safety breaches is in talks about a merger of Fox’s Biscuits and the owner of rival brand Jammie Dodgers, according to Sky News.
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NewsUnilever snaps up fast-growing tea brand Pukka Herbs
The deal for an undisclosed sum ’came down to scale and sustainability’ said Pukka
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Analysis & FeaturesOC&C Global 50: M&A lever yet to be pulled
Forecasts of 3G Capital’s rivals reacting to its deal-making with large-scale consolidations of their own have come to very little as Global 50 M&A slumped last year
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Analysis & FeaturesOC&C Global 50 2017: Can zero equal hero?
Is zero-based budgeting (ruthless cost cutting) the required method for boosting margin now?
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Analysis & FeaturesPower List 2017: 100 leaders, thinkers and agitators shaping the grocery industry
Why Tesco boss is top for first time since 2011. Read on
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Analysis & FeaturesSteve Pappas, senior VP of Costco Europe (42)
Pappas remains hungry to spread Costco’s huge range of food, drink, household goods and electricals across the UK
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NewsSteve Pappas takes on expanded European role at Costco UK
US warehouse club giant Costco has promoted UK managing director Steve Pappas to an expanded role
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Analysis & FeaturesAre sweeteners the best alternative as pressure mounts on sugar?
Under sustained attack, sugar is starting to crumble. But artificial sweeteners are just as controversial
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NewsMedia Bites 6 February: Tesco, Andy Clarke, Rexam
Reaction to GCA’s probe of Tesco features heavily as Asda’s Andy Clarke questions Tesco turnaround strategy.