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NewsToo Good To Go looking to double number of wholesale partners
It currently works with 120 wholesale partners, compared with just eight before the coronavirus crisis
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NewsIceland trials plastic-free and ‘reduced plastic’ packaging for potatoes and fish
The frozen food specialist has begun using paper and cartonboard on a number of lines
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NewsAppleby Westward appoints Dean Mason as new company-owned stores director
Mason will lead the continuing development of the company-owned stores
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NewsSuperdrug and Savers accounts reveal impact of lockdowns
Superdrug saw high street footfall plummet 75% during the first national lockdown, while Savers saw a 60% decline
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NewsBlakemore Retail opens first store under Spar Market fascia
The Spar Market format is designed for larger convenience stores with a focus on fresh foods
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NewsCold Chain Federation urges scrapping of 10-day isolation for key workers
The trade body has warned the ongoing driver crisis will be compounded if there is a rise in the number of staff asked to isolate
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NewsMorrisons’ For Farmers produce range hits £20m mark
Morrisons first launched its For Farmers range in 2015
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NewsAldi funds Kenyan vegetable packhouse to help smallholder farmers
The packhouse, in Cherangany, Trans Nzoia County, has been built in partnership with international NGO Farm Africa
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NewsCity snapshot: Retail sales surge in June to create fastest quarterly growth on record
Retail sales strongly rebounded in June as shoppers returned to stores and grocery sales remained robust despite the reopening of pubs and restaurants
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NewsLidl sets 2022 carbon neutral target, including new climate expectations for suppliers
Lidl will ’oblige suppliers’ to develop and work to their own targets, it said
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NewsFormer Brakes boss Ton Christiaanse appointed Country Range Group chairman
Christiaanse will be the first external chairman the group has had since it was created in 1992
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NewsAmazon hires Tesco veteran Tony Hoggett to head up physical stores operation
Hoggett took on a new role as chief strategy & innovation officer at Tesco in April
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NewsM&S teams up with ITV for celebrity cooking show
Participants in ITV’s ‘Cooking with the Stars’ will use M&S ingredients
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NewsTesco Express and Co-op closing stores early on Sunday so staff can watch Euros final
Meanwhile Lidl has said stores will open an hour later on Monday morning if England wins
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NewsEthical Butcher surges past target to hit £1.1m in crowdfunding
The wholesaler launched a £400k crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube this week
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NewsSainsbury’s shrugs off inflationary pressures to hike profits expectations
Sainsbury’s has hiked its profit expectations for the full year despite pledging action on price and mounting inflationary pressures following better-than-expected sales in the first quarter
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NewsSnappy Shopper sees sales surge through voucher codes for Euros
New user numbers were up 46% in the week ending 28 June compared to the same week in May
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NewsPandemic delays new store fitouts for discounter Mere
Mere UK business development manager Aleksandr Chkalov this week told The Grocer he had initially envisaged it opening last year
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NewsSouthern Co-op to send staff home early on Sunday to watch Euro football final
The society’s stores will close at 7.45pm on Sunday
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NewsDrinkWell to launch wholesale business for ‘lifestyle’ and low-calorie booze brands
The business, formerly called SkinnyBooze, is expanding from B2C into B2B