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NewsCentral England Co-op targets 90% reduction in carbon footprint by 2030
The society has committed to a seven-figure investment aimed at saving 450,000 tonnes of carbon over 10 years
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NewsMFG to invest £400m in ultra-rapid electric vehicle charges by 2030
The move will see 3,000 150kW and 350kW EV chargers installed at 500 sites
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NewsAmazon opens second London ‘just walk out’ Amazon Fresh store
Its first store opened earlier this month in Ealing
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NewsMedia Bites 16 March: Thorntons, Iceland, Danone, Deliveroo
The decision by Thorntons to close all 61 of its physical stores after suffering through the Covid pandemic is covered by the papers this morning.
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NewsThorntons to permanently close all stores to focus online
Chocolatier Thorntons is set to disappear from the high street following a decision to close down its remaining network of 61 stores, putting more than 600 jobs at risk.
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NewsSelfridges opens pop-up street food kitchen in Oxford Street store
The first food vendor taking part is Venezuelan street food brand Pabellón
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NewsWasabi appoints Kate Lucas as first grocery MD following ready meals success
Wasabi said Lucas had a strong track record of “building great brands across the grocery market”.
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NewsUnitas signs Y International up to buying group
Lulu Group operates more than 200 retail stores across the Middle East and India
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NewsFWD offers help with pandemic funding support
The Federation of Wholesale Distributors has pledged to help members access the latest £425m government funding
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NewsEG Group rescues 260,000 meals with Too Good To Go across UK and Europe
The fast-growing forecourt operator teamed up with the anti-waste app in October last year
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NewsPret a Manger expands retail range with frozen croissant trio
The move comes after the sandwich chain spent the past year battling the effect of the pandemic on its high street cafés
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NewsIceland launching new convenience format ‘Swift’
The new concept is ‘designed to provide a simple, easy-to-shop food store’
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NewsFarmison profits from surge in online shopping in best-ever year
Revenues more than doubled to £12.1m in the nine months to 31 December 2020, compared to £5.4m in the whole of 2019.
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NewsOver 5,000 sign-ups for M&S’s online network for former staff
The new platform was introduced for former M&S staff to share memories and images from their time working for the business
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NewsMedia Bites 15 March: Danone, Pret/Tesco, High Street closures
Danone’s board of directors has decided to replace Emmanuel Faber as both chief executive and chairman, blowing up a two-week-old compromise
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NewsJohn Lewis warns of further department store closures
JLP chairman Sharon White said she did ’not expect to reopen all John Lewis shops at the end of lockdown’
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NewsDeliveroo loss during favourable conditions raises City eyebrows
The UK-based online meal delivery giant said on Monday that surging demand for takeaways during 2020 had helped Deliveroo narrow losses
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NewsParsley Box kicks off IPO after pandemic boosts consumer take-up
The long-life ambient ready meals business for the over-60s has benefited from consumers turning to online meal providers
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NewsTesco CEO is net zero keynote speaker at The Grocer’s Sustainability conference
It is to be Murphy’s first speech since joining Tesco last autumn
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NewsSupermarket suppliers warn of shortages due to soaring shipping costs
Gaps could soon emerge on supermarket shelves unless retailers accept a greater share of soaring global shipping costs, suppliers have warned