Channels news – Page 158
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NewsHome Bargains’ Joe Morris launches automated warehouse tech business
Joe Morris has stepped down from Home Bargains’ top team to focus on Arms Innovations, borne out of a warehouse solution developed internally for the retailer
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NewsCity snapshot: Andy Bond rejoins Pepco board as chairman
Former CEO Andy Bond will rejoin the board of Poundland owner Pepco as chairman after stepping down from his former role earlier this year
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NewsHancocks Cash & Carry owner eyes private equity sale
The owner of speciality wholesaler Hancocks Cash & Carry is gearing up for a potential sale as investment banking partners prepare to send out documents to prospective investors
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NewsWaitrose hires marketer Nathan Ansell as new customer director
The former M&S marketing director is set to replace Martin George, who is leaving the company after five years, in January 2023
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NewsSpar to drive own label focus on to frozen, ambient and non-food items next year
MD Louise Hoste told The Grocer it was in response to shoppers actively seeking own-label lines in categories that were traditionally brand-led
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NewsTurkey production ‘may need rethink’ in light of bird flu crisis
Poultry supplier Copas Turkeys will meet its Christmas obligatgions this year, but at a cost
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NewsEgg prices rise by up to 20% in two weeks as supply crisis worsens
Across the big four, Waitrose, Lidl and Aldi, there have been 37 price rises in the past two weeks
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NewsPop Tarts launches first UK campaign for 20 years, in the metaverse
Pop Tarts’ involvement in the game represents the first metaverse campaign by a Kellogg’s brand in Europe
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NewsFree-from snacking brand Crave plans NPD pipeline following Aldi listing
Crave founder Rob Brice won the ‘Store Cupboard’ episode of Channel 4 TV show ‘Aldi’s Next Big Thing’
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NewsModern Milkman to crowdfund after £22m raise
Customers subscribe on the brand’s app to regular doorstep deliveries and collections up to three times a week
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NewsMass arrests of human trafficking suspects on Portuguese farms
Employees of local farms have been found to be working under ‘exploitative conditions’
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NewsBestway extends Costcutter fuel levy refund scheme into new year
The reimbursement, which is a benefit of Costcutter’s Platinum Club membership, was originally set out to cover June, July, and August
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NewsHeineken-owned Beerwulf launches marketplace model
Beerwulf – an online shop since 2017 in 10 European countries including the UK – launched its new marketplace model in the Netherlands this week
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NewsNational Lottery sales fall 4.7% to £2.2bn across UK retailers
Camelot put the fall in sales down to ‘ongoing difficult conditions in retail’
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NewsUK food companies set out actions to deliver on UK Soy Manifesto
The group has agreed to produce a quarterly soy deforestation risk register for UK soy imports, tracking the UK’s progress in the importation of deforestation and conversion-free soy
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NewsHolland & Barrett apologises over late payments as owner concludes £700m debt deal
Holland & Barrett has vowed to improve supplier relations amid growing protests from small suppliers over late payments extending past 120 days, with new government data showing the business paid almost 60% of invoices outside its agreed terms
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NewsTesco selects winner of checkout voice TikTok competition
The voice of 27-year-old veterinary surgeon Izzy – who goes by @DogtorIzzy and @Dogtor_Who – is now live on self-checkouts across nearly all Tesco stores
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NewsEgg producers ‘trapped’ in system call for supply chain overhaul
Producers have told The Grocer conditions are ‘the worst it has been in 20 years’ and have called for ‘price restructuring’ across the supply chain
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NewsFestive bakery treats rise in price by up to a third in 2022
A raft of branded and own-label mince pies, Christmas cake, stollen, yule logs and panettone are more expensive in the supermarkets than they were in 2021
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NewsOcado launches ‘world first’ digital DRS tech trial
For the first time, on-pack technology will be introduced to product packaging for one of the UK’s leading online grocery retailers