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NewsTesco decides against appeal over £7.5m use-by date fine
Last month the supermarket giant pleaded guilty to selling food past its use-by date at three of its Birmingham stores
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NewsBanquist secures £1.6m to grow its Michelin star recipe kit service
Launched in May 2020 during the height of the UK’s first coronavirus lockdown, Banquist generated £1m turnover in its first six months as consumer demand for recipe kits soared.
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NewsDeliveroo to trial facial recognition technology on riders
Riders have interpreted the move as the platform clamping down on the selling and renting of accounts
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NewsC-stores almost double meals saved with Too Good To Go in just two months
Too Good To Go has a target of saving over 1.5 million meals from the convenience sector by the end of the year
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NewsMorrisons widens meat-free offer with Vegetarian Butcher and This listings
Both brands have added NPD, including a vegan burger and meat-free bacon
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NewsIssa brothers to sell 27 forecourts and clinch Asda takeover deal
The CMA had raised concerns over possible fuel price hikes in areas where both Asda and EG operate
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NewsPlanet Organic CEO Peter Marsh to retire
Marsh has led the organic grocer for 13 years, in which time it has grown from five to 11 stores
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NewsSupermarkets threaten Brazilian boycott over Amazon destruction
Nearly 40 food companies have signed an open letter calling on Brazil’s legislature to reject a bill that may pave the way for further destruction
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NewsCo-op own-label food and drink to be carbon neutral by 2025
The move is part of a new 10-point climate plan to hit net zero carbon emissions by 2040
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NewsCampaigners abandon AGM revolt after Tesco makes new obesity pledges
ShareAction was planning to stage a revolt at next month’s Tesco annual meeting
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NewsWoods Foodservice expands into fresh with new depot
The unit is on same Uxbridge industrial estate as its existing warehouse
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NewsMorrisons brings back refill container scheme as Covid cases fall
The initiative is available in all Morrisons stores and with the containers being given a sticky label that is then scanned at the tills
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NewsCity snapshot: HelloFresh sales more than double amid increased capacity
European delivery kit giant HelloFresh has posted another quarter of bumper growth as it increased capacity to meet surging demand during the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsLidl app now tells shoppers quietest times to visit stores
Upon opening the Lidl Plus app, users are now shown a banner saying ‘Best time to shop’
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NewsM&S sponsors new ITV celebrity contest ‘Cooking with the Stars’
The retailer jointly developed the show to boost its scratch cooking credentials
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NewsSainsbury’s reusing ‘rescued’ plastic in strawberry and fish packaging
Its fresh fish range will contain 34% of the recycled plastic in its packaging
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NewsSainsbury’s shares fall on well-flagged Covid costs
Sainsbury’s was the latest grocer to see its share price fall after one-off costs drove it to an annual loss
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NewsBooker capping website access as a result of technical problems
Retailers have been kept in a virtual queue rather than having immediate access to the platform
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NewsCo-op bans plastic bags for life from all stores
Co-op will extend the rollout of its certified compostable carrier bags across all stores