Channels news – Page 146
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NewsSustainable packaging innovator Xampla expands senior team
Hannah Pearse has joined as nutrition business development manager, and Agnieszka Mizgier has been brought on as quality and food safety manager
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NewsForest Feast adds vegan chocolate-coated nuts and raisins
The HFSS-compliant treats are coated in Forest Feast’s own in-house almond milk chocolate
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NewsCJ Lang & Son to implement new technology to drive business efficiency
The company has partnered with software company Relex Solutions to automate and optimise its business processes
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NewsBusiness rates cuts ‘likely to spur on store openings’
The boost to store openings already appears evident, according to John Webber, Colliers head of business rates
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NewsCity snapshot: UK retail sales fall in December as consumers cut back
UK retail sales volumes fell back in December, according to the Office of National Statistics, as consumers cut back on spending because of inflation
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NewsGuild of Fine Food launches Great Taste Bursary for startups
The bursary is aimed at ‘micro producers’ with a turnover of less than £100k
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NewsDerek Sarno leaves Tesco as retailer embarks on new plant-based strategy
Sarno led the plant-based strategy at Tesco for six years and developed two plant-based brands, Wicked Kitchen and Plant Chef
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NewsDry January: alcohol-free beer brand Freestar sales soar 400%
Demand for the brand’s lager and IPA has rocketed this year as millions participate in Dry January
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NewsCo-op to give community groups £500 to help provide warm spaces this winter
The group is extending the support provided under its ’warm spaces’ fund
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NewsSuperdrug Christmas sales up 16% as footfall recovers
Own brand lines were up 20%, while more shoppers took advantage of discounts for loyalty scheme members
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NewsTesco launches Spotify-style Unpacked tool for Clubcard holders
Clubcard Unpacked 2022 comes with Tesco recording a massive 20% increase in loyalty members in the past year
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NewsGroceryAid Awards hail food and drink sector for its support
The charity has seen a spike in the need for its services since 2020
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NewsSpar retailers accused of profiteering on Prime energy drink
A Prime Tracker UK poll found 44.1% of Spar shoppers had seen or paid over the £2.99 rsp per bottle
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NewsBulldog launches AI tool to guide men on skincare products
Customers receive an in-depth skincare analysis, product recommendations and care tips
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NewsVapes sold to children are ‘biggest high street concern’, says Trading Standards
61% of the officers said out of all their high street enforcement work, they were most worried about shops selling illicit vapes, or selling vaping products to children
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NewsPrime drink stock updates app fed by store and DC ‘insiders’
The Prime Tracker UK app also sources stock information through phoning stores and photo submissions from users
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NewsAldi raising minimum pay for warehouse workers again from next month
It follows two raises for Aldi warehouse workers in 2022 and means they will earn 20% more than in January last year
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NewsWaitrose rolls out sushi delivery via Deliveroo
The stores included on the trial are branches in Brighton, Barnet, Canary Wharf, Clerkenwell, Mill Hill and Stratford City
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NewsCMA kicks off competition inquiry into Asda’s Co-op forecourt deal
The CMA did not disclose any further details of the parameters of its inquiry or whether it would factor in EG Group forecourts
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NewsParfetts to open nine new The Local stores by the end of March
The opening of the new stores will take the overall total in the estate to 29, just 18 months after it launched