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NewsJohn Lewis and Waitrose to donate four million healthy snacks to families across the UK
Source: Waitrose JLP will be working with charity network FareShare and Waitrose farmers and suppliers The John Lewis Partnership is donating four million healthy meals to children and families in need over the summer. The group will be working with charity network FareShare and two key fruit ...
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NewsSupermarkets delay complying with CMA call on restrictive land agreements
The Competition & Markets Authority wrote to Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Co-op, Waitrose and M&S asking them to demonstrate their compliance
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NewsBestway Wholesale gives symbols access to cash & carry depots
Move includes Costcutter and Best-one retailers and the wholesaler is also promising to honour rebate rewards
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NewsFife Creamery to expand into frozen after £1.6m funding boost
Funding will enable the construction of a new cold store in Kirkcaldy
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NewsM&S relocating Leeds store to former Debenhams site
Property developer Landsec said the new store would feature a 15,000 sq ft M&S Foodhall
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NewsPilgrims Choice owner Ornua Foods UK posts ‘strong’ pandemic results
The UK arm of Irish dairy co-op Ornua saw sales grow by £57m, with pre-tax profits growing by £1.1m
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NewsLidl trialling ‘scan as you shop’ with new app
The pilot will allow customers to scan products themselves using their smartphones as they shop
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NewsWilko to keep in-store face mask recycling points until the end of September
The retailer claimed a high street first with the launch of the initiative on 1 April, but it was initially intended to run for just three months
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NewsMidcounties Co-op launches soft plastic recycling points in more than 200 stores
The society said the initiative would help customers dispose of these materials more easily
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NewsSouthern Co-op expands Snappy Shopper delivery service in Isle of Wight
It initially launched to residents in the Freshwater area six weeks ago
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NewsM&S logistics partner Gist offers HGV drivers £2,000 sign-on bonus to tackle shortage
Gist is also offering to cover the costs of training for new drivers
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NewsActiph launches vitamin sparkling water drinks brand Acti-Vit
It comes after Actiph saw its revenues double and exports soar by 300% during the pandemic
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NewsMorrisons faces break-up risk in private equity takeover, analysts warn
Bernstein said it “struggled to see the returns [for a buyout group] of the current offer without significant asset sales”
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NewsWaitrose sees rise in Japanese food sales as Olympics take front stage
Source: Waitrose Online views of the category ‘Easy Japanese Recipes’ on Waitrose.com were up 72% Waitrose said it registered a spike in popularity of Japanese-inspired cuisine as interest in the Olympic Games had customers turning to popular ingredients such as soy sauce and Roku gin. Just days ...
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NewsRetail has some of the lowest gender pay gap numbers so far this year, report shows
Both Sainsbury’s and John Lewis published their annual gender pay gap reports earlier this year.
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NewsSaputo launches grated variant of Cathedral City Extra Mature cheddar
The new product has been launched in a bid to capitalise on growth in the grated cheese market
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NewsBooker faces strike action from HGV drivers over pay dispute
Unite claims Booker has refused to offer drivers at Thamesmead the same £5 an hour increase it gave to drivers in Hemel Hempstead
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NewsNisa caps frozen food delivery volumes due to driver shortage
Nisa has also brought forward the deadlines for retailers to order frozen products for next-day de-livery from noon to 11am
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NewsIceland adding recycling bins for soft plastic to Food Warehouse stores
The business plans to roll them out across The Food Warehouse’s estate of about 140 stores in the year ahead
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NewsWholesalers call for progress on access to £1.5bn business rates relief fund
Key legislation is awaiting its third reading in the House of Commons