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NewsAsda to scrap plastic bags from all fruit & veg aisles
The move follows a successful nine-store trial in September, in locations including Harrogate, Middleton and York
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NewsIceland slated for voucher push after pocketing rates relief
A major rival has slammed Iceland for giving away ’20%’ discounts while arguing it cannot afford to repay business rates relief
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NewsAsda CEO Roger Burnley to step down
He will leave the business next year following its takeover by the Issa brothers and TDR Capital
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NewsAF Blakemore to launch charity campaign in memory of Raj Aggarwal
Spar will be calling on convenience retailers to join its campaign by donating goods, supplies and products to charities, organisations or individuals most in need
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NewsLidl launches reverse-vending DRS machines in Scotland
The machines have been installed in stores in Hamilton, Edinburgh Granton, Glasgow Yoker and Dundee’s city centre
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NewsHenry Dimbleby set to call for ‘radical’ overhaul of food system
A presentation Dimbleby gave to the Food & Drink Sector Council this week has been described as ‘shocking’
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NewsLondon based Asian foods wholesaler SeeWoo bags £500k in council grants
SeeWoo has been forced to make 50 of its 120 staff redundant over the past 12 months
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NewsCo-op sets out to double franchise estate by year end
The retailer told The Grocer that five franchise stores will be opening in the next six weeks
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NewsCity Snapshot: Ocado first quarter sales surge 40% amid ‘permanent shift’ to online grocery
Ocado has seen a 40% surge in sales over Christmas and the New Year amid a “permanent shift” from physical to online grocery shopping. Plus, FeverTree margins tighten as off-trade shift limits annual sales drop to 3% and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsThe Cheesecake Shop to rebrand after MBO
The buyout, led by Neil Blakeman and Dillan Shikotra, includes eight retail stores across the region, as well as the bakery in Nottingham.
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NewsApp-based supermarket Weezy expands beyond the capital to Bristol
It has established a new ‘dark store’ fulfilment site in Bristol
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NewsDija acquires Cambridge startup Genie to support UK expansion
Genie launched last year delivering snacks, drinks and everyday essentials in 15 minutes or fewer
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NewsIceland MD Richard Walker named as Surfers Against Sewage chair
It follows three years of collaboration on campaign work between Surfers Against Sewage and the Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation
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NewsMorrisons revamps loyalty scheme and phases out plastic More cards
The retailer will move towards an ‘instant discount’ model using its mobile app
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NewsJiffy bags £2.6m funding to launch online supermarket
The company’s first dark store will open in London this month offering a total range of 2,000 SKUs
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NewsOcado own brand packaging overhaul will avoid 27 tonnes of plastic a year
The revamp sees the removal of nine million non-essential packaging components
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NewsSimplyFresh and Costcutter extend supply deal
The symbol groups said the new deal worked on rolling two-year basis
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NewsWomen in Wholesale offers discounted mental health first aid course
Mental health and wellbeing form the basis of two of the sessions at this year’s WiW Speed Mentoring event on 29 April
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NewsUnitas Wholesale slashes foodservice and on-trade membership fees by 30%
The decision will enable 51 of the group’s 159 members to access the cut-price offer
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NewsPoundland eyes another €20m saving through further rent talks with landlords
Costs are already down 36% on leases renegotiated in the last two years