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NewsCity snapshot: Norwegian grocery delivery business Oda raises €223m to drive European expansion
Norwegian e-grocery business Oda has raised €223M to fund territorial expansion in a funding round led by SoftBank and tech investor Prosus.
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NewsEast of England Co-op beefs up value of Healthy Start vouchers to £5
Government increased base level for vouchers from £3.10 to £4.25 on 1 April
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NewsOver 130 Nisa supplied holiday park stores to reopen after six-months
Most of the on-site shops, including at Haven Holidays and Center Parcs, closed in October last year
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NewsUnitas MD Darren Goldney to join Pricecheck as commercial director
The new position will also see Goldney join the board of directors
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NewsLWC Drinks relocates HQ to £12.5m Oldham depot
The Oldham site will offer a dedicated area for Click N Drink, its DTC division launched in 2020
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NewsLocal shops need urgent clarity on upcoming plastic bag charge rules, says ACS
The new rules were initially proposed to come into force on 30 April
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NewsMPs renew calls for creation of minister for food security role
Efra committee also urged government to extend financial aid to hospitality suppliers including foodservice wholesalers
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NewsCity snapshot: Retailers celebrate sweet Easter as shoppers stock up on chocolate
Shoppers treated themselves as lockdown restriction began to ease in the run up to Easter, spending £439m on chocolate and sweets over the last month, according to the latest data from NielsenIQ. Plus, the increase in home cooking boosts Hilton Food Group in 2020.
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NewsFood-to-go market drops almost 50% in value in 2020
Lumina Intelligence report found food to go sales fell to £11.6bn in 2020
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NewsPoundland to reopen ‘hibernated’ stores and extend grocery range
The stores were temporarily closed in January as high street footfall plummeted under restrictions
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NewsCo-op bans sales of peat-based compost in stores
The ban forms part of the retailer’s environmental commitments to combat the climate crisis
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NewsOxo taps home cooking boom with move into rubs and marinades
The range would offer ‘a point of differentiation to the specialist products currently available in the sector that offer more niche flavours’, said Oxo
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NewsSemichem to close up to 22 stores putting 140 jobs at risk
The move comes in response to a 75% drop in footfall in some locations due to lockdowns
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NewsAsda opens first London in-store vaccination centre
Asda become the first supermarket to provide in-store vaccination in January
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NewsAldi to donate over 250,000 meals during Easter school holidays
The discounter will be donating surplus food from stores to local causes through the community giving platform Neighbourly
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NewsCity Snapshot: UK retail sector loses almost 190,000 jobs during coronavirus outbreak
News of almost 190,000 UK retail job losses since first lockdown comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed yesterday that non-essential shops will re-open on 12 April
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NewsMedia Bites 6 April: Iceland, pork, Easter eggs, Deliveroo
The boss of Iceland has called for a digital sales tax to help to support the recovery of the high street and has stepped up the retailer’s defence of its decision to keep hold of business rates relief.
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NewsTesco links with SimplyCook for ‘Let’s Cook’ in-store meal kits
The ‘Let’s Cook’ one-stop chiller bay will invite shoppers to create a meal for two for £6
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NewsCity News: Deliveroo IPO falls flat as share price plunges
Deliveroo may have been London’s largest IPO in almost a decade, but the float also proved to be one of the market’s least well received.
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NewsWholesale sector welcomes extended producer responsibility exemption
Previous government proposals in 2019 suggested introducing a wholesaler obligation