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NewsWaitrose 2021/2022 Food & Drink report: top trends, facts and findings
This year’s Food & Drink report provides a glimpse into how consumer habits shifted as we emerged from the pandemic
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NewsTesco commits to closing living wage gaps in its UK banana supply chain
Though half of its banana suppliers already paid a living wage to workers, the remainder had gaps ranging between 2% and 18%, Tesco said
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NewsFormer Sainsbury’s boss David Tyler joins retail tech startup Imagr
Imagr, which was founded four years ago, is a privately funded autonomous checkout startup
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NewsSimplyFresh pauses search for partner to replace Sainsbury’s
COO Michael O’Loughlin is to step down from the role later this year
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NewsCo-op joins carbon reduction campaign in run-up to COP26
Co-op has already pledged to become a net zero business by 2040
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NewsTesco partners with Faerch to launch PET recycling initiative
PET shelf-ready packaging is typically used once and downcycled into other non-food applications.
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NewsMorrisons, NFU and McDonald’s partner with Harper Adams for new sustainable farming school
The partnership has been described as a UK first and is designed to equip the food sector workforce with new skills to produce food more sustainably
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NewsIceland 100 drivers short as it heads into Christmas
Iceland recently revealed it had ordered 20% more frozen turkeys than usual after a spike in online
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NewsTesco calls on suppliers to share GHG data and target net zero
In a letter from chief product officer Ashwin Prasad, Tesco detailed four key actions it wants suppliers to take
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NewsPret to challenge Costa with ‘Pret Express’ coffee-to-go station
Each station will create up to 21 drink recipes and will come with its own cashless payment terminal
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NewsCity snapshot: Sainsbury’s scraps £200m sales process for banking arm
Sainsbury’s has announced it has halted talks around a possible £200m sale of its financial services arm. Plus, UK retail sales fall in September and Rémy Cointreau sales bounce back.
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NewsIceland giving away free food on last day of shelf life
The products will be added to customers’ online shopping where a fresher item is not available, and they will not be charged for them
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NewsGoose Island debuts frozen bar snacks range with Co-op
The snacks – which are billed as ‘an ideal pairing’ to beer – feature Goose IPA and Midway Session IPA in their recipes
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NewsFood Foundation demands more transparency from supermarket over plant-based food sales
The Food Foundation is demanding supermarkets disclose plant-based and healthy food sales data and targets in the interest of meeting the UK’s net zero targets
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NewsAsda launches first customer loyalty rewards scheme
The move follows a pilot for 2,000 staff in 16 stores
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NewsWaitrose becomes largest retailer to sign up to the Organic Potato Pledge
The supermarket will stop the use of copper-based fungicides on its organic fresh potatoe
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NewsSpar to add five new frozen lines to own-label range
The new additions take the Spar frozen range to 39 products overall
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NewsCentral England Co-op sees sales dip against ‘dramatic spike’ of March 2020 lockdown
Sales remained 4.3% above pre-pandemic levels, totalling £458.1m during the first six months of 2019
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NewsStuart loses court appeal on worker rights
Leigh Day is now bringing legal claims on behalf of hundreds of Stuart riders
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NewsHundreds of HGV testing slots unused every week despite massive backlog
DVSA figures show 1,545 test slots were not taken up in the last four weeks