Channels news – Page 191
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NewsUber Eats unveils new app features for grocery shopping
The “refreshed grocery delivery service” offers new app features for consumers and retailers
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NewsCo-op to cut 400 jobs amid rising cost pressures
It said there will be ‘no changes’ to customer-facing roles in its food stores and funeral homes
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NewsDefra kicks off pig supply chain review
The consultation follows a challenging 18 months for the sector, which has faced oversupply, a shortage of butchers and soaring feed costs
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NewsNisa consults on redundancies in a bid to lower business costs
The move follows a series of management changes at the Co-op-owned buying group
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NewsMarks & Spencer CFO Eoin Tonge to become ABF finance director
He will succeed John Bason, who will be retiring as ABF’s finance director after more than 20 years at the company
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NewsFilshill tells customers to expect delivery delays due to heatwave
Filshill said its teams were working hard to clear any backlog as soon as possible, despite suppliers also experiencing problems
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NewsMajor supermarkets back UK government’s cost of living campaign
Some deals are a continuation of existing campaigns by retailers, which the government wants to promote under the Help for Households campaign
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NewsM&S buys its logistics provider Gist to accelerate supply chain transformation
M&S had launched Project Vangarde, a supply chain optimisation programme, in 2020 in order to increase efficiency across its expanding Food business
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NewsOcado reveals location of first rapid delivery depot outside of London
Ocado said a new Zoom warehouse in Leeds will open by the end of the year
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NewsUnited Wholesale Scotland rolls out app to help retailers take on the rapid grocers
Yuu, a subsidiary of United Wholesale Scotland, is working with last-mile logistics firm Gophr to establish the service
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NewsBooths offering buy three get four promotion on fruit & veg
The offer, which lets customers mix and match different items, will run throughout summer until 30 August
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NewsCity snapshot: Ocado falls to £211m first half loss amid retail slowdown
Ocado has posted a £211m first half pre-tax lox amid a fall in retail sales as trading was hit by tough comparatives the rising cost of living crisis. Plus Britvic posts ‘robust’ first half growth, M&S CFO to depart and all the latest news from the City.
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NewsTwo pints of milk now at same price as four pints at start of 2022
Analysis of Assosia data shows that two pints of own label milk now costs £1.15 – the same price as a four-pinter in January
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NewsFood redistribution app sees demand soar as cost of living crisis bites
Since January, the anti-waste app has seen more than 100% growth each month in demand for bags of surplus groceries
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NewsGovernment to consider scrapping Groceries Code Adjudicator role in ‘efficiency’ drive
A consultation launched by small business minister Jane Hunt said ministers were looking at whether they could make efficiency savings by doing away with the role
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NewsGrowers warn of crop issues due to heatwave impact and lack of rain
Potential crops affected include oats, grains, brassicas and some top fruit such as apples and pears
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NewsBooker pauses frozen deliveries for Budgens and Londis retailers amid heatwave
The temporary suspension started on Monday this week and was put in place to protect frozen product integrity, quality and health & safety,
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NewsCheese alternative Sheese launches UK’s ‘first’ vegan arancini balls
‘We decided bring a unique, truly delicious and exciting new product to UK shoppers,’ said Sheese
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NewsBrakes and FareShare provide two million meals to vulnerable people in 2021
Brakes works closely with local charities to ensure any leftover food is redistributed through a network of over 3.000 organisations
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NewsSainsbury’s to launch £1m incubator programme for black entrepreneurs
Sainsbury’s will pick nine successful applicants to receive a welcome grant of £20,000 each