Channels news – Page 415
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NewsIceland to roll out to 19 more branches of The Range by April
The expansion will take the number of branches of The Range with an in-store Iceland to more than 50
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NewsAldi opens its biggest UK distribution centre yet
The discounter’s 11th UK DC will serve as a hub for 80 stores across the East Midlands and create 400 jobs
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NewsTesco trains 1,000 community cooks in Jamie Oliver partnership
The Tesco Community Cookery School was launched in January last year
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NewsRobin Thomson joins Spar Scotland wholesaler and retailer CJ Lang as area manager
Thomson has spent 30 years in the convenience industry, most recently as a regional business manager with Scotmid
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NewsNew executive chef Martyn Lee to lead product development team at Waitrose
Lee has held senior product development roles with a number of major food manufacturers and retailers
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NewsTime Wholesale Services reports sales boost after move to larger depot
Time is expecting to hit sales of £85m for the year to 31 January 2020
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NewsSainsbury’s carbon neutral pledge sparks net zero race
The move is a first, with no other food retailer having set such an ambitious target
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NewsAbel & Cole starts selling unpackaged groceries online
The direct to consumer business claimed the service – Club Zero – will be the first of its kind in the UK
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NewsEast End Foods founders set to re-purchase two depots from PE buyer
The deal for the sites at Smethwick and Aston in the West Midlands is set to be completed imminently
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NewsIceland to trial plastic alternative packaging for 38 fresh fruit & veg lines
Overall the measure reduces plastic packaging used on the lines by 93%, according to Iceland
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NewsSainsbury’s named highest-ranking retailer for LGBT inclusion
The supermarket was ranked by Stonewall as the 71st most LGBT-inclusive employer
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NewsAmazon and Deliveroo accuse CMA of ‘speculative’ competition claims
In a joint submission, the two companies said the CMA had ‘mischaracterised’ the restaurant and on-demand grocery delivery markets
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NewsCo-op’s vegan range Gro listed in almost 2,000 Nisa stores
Nisa told The Grocer overall sales of vegetarian and vegan lines were up 30% year on year
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NewsJohn Lewis to second staff to FareShare for up to six months
The company is celebrating 20 years of its volunteer programme, the Golden Jubilee Trust
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NewsJohn Lewis to stop reporting weekly sales figures as part of board restructure
The business said it would now only publish details on its financial performance every six months, in its half-year and full-year results
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NewsSupermarkets and suppliers agree to simplified recycling label system
The simplified system will tell consumers to either ‘recycle’ or ‘don’t recycle’ products
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NewsAsda changes shape of its Easter eggs to cut plastic
The retailer says the move will use 98% less plastic without losing any amount of chocolate
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NewsJJ Foodservice plans expansion with purchase of three new depots
The business is hoping to kick off the investment with the purchase of warehouse space in West London this year
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NewsRetailer property investment boosted by election result, says Colliers
It made December the second-strongest month of 2019 for retail property investment