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NewsHenry Dimbleby launches venture fund to back investment in health and eco food products
The investment firm will cover the environmental or health impacts of food to help improve food security or issues posed by climate change
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NewsPoundland rebrands as ‘Motherland’ on hoardings for new flagship store
The variety discounter has taken the name to promote the arrival of a 10,000 sq ft ‘destination’ store in Biggleswade
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NewsScottish Wholesale Association trials new electric truck
The aim of the trial is to provide accurate case studies to aid members in transitioning their fleet to carbon neutral alternatives
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NewsWaitrose confirms JLP plans to reduce staff numbers
The John Lewis Partnership is aiming to save £900m by 2028
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NewsPost Office chair Henry Staunton ousted amid Horizon scandal
Business and trade secretary Kemi Badenoch said Post Office needed someone to deal with its current issues, including the Horizon scandal, ‘in a different way’
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NewsBooker partners with Yext to make most of search engine data
Yext helps businesses rank positively on search engines by managing how business listings appear across the online search ecosystem
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NewsNFU review finds Red Tractor ‘relatively sound’, claims update
The review also revealed ’questions of trust and communication’ which needed to be addressed by the farm assurance scheme
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NewsBidfood planning to introduce carbon labelling on products
Bidfood announced its next strategy to tackle carbon emissions at Destination 2025 this week
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NewsAldi makes second round of price cuts of 2024
Aldi is also pushing its British sourcing credentials with a new ‘Best of British’ section on its website
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NewsFridge Raiders launches chicken Poppers snack
The high-protein chicken bites will be exclusively available in Tesco with wider availability nationwide from April
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NewsLidl invests in British veg suppliers amid weather challenges
The discounter has fortified its commitment to supporting British farmers by transitioning British root veg suppliers to long-term contracts
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NewsTrade bodies welcome crime bill amendment to protect shopworkers
Tabled by shadow minster for policing Alex Norris last week, the offence would bring tougher sentencing on offenders, including up to a year in prison
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NewsMeal planning and shopping platform Lollipop rebrands as Cherrypick
Cherrypick allows its more than 200,000 users to browse nearly 1,000 recipes and order the ingredients to make them in within minutes
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NewsM&S boosts executive team as it targets digital and international growth
Rachel Higham, who is currently chief information officer at advertising giant WPP, will join M&S ‘later this year’
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NewsSchool and hospital food supply chains ‘vulnerable’ to modern slavery
Public institutions are ‘alarmingly’ vulnerable to modern slavery risks in their supply chains, researchers found
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NewsUnilever brings TikTok cleaning trend to Asda in-store shoppers
The ‘disruptive’ activation sees interactive digital screens placed at the front of the store, on which shoppers can select their cleaning interest
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NewsNisa to drive focus on forecourts as part of long-term business plan
MD Peter Batt shop sales at forecourt sites had gone up by 35% in the past five years, while average weekly sales had risen by 27%
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NewsCo-op to incentivise beef farmers for sustainable production
The pilot, in collaboration with Co-op’s beef partner Dunbia, will see farmers paid a premium for reducing their impact on the environment
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NewsRod Stewart’s Wolfie’s Whisky makes retail debut in Tesco
Wolfie’s Whisky launched in the UK in June 2023
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NewsMorrisons in talks to open first stores in Northern Ireland
Tom McAvoy, who owns a 16,000 sq ft Nisa Extra store in Rathfriland, started stocking products from the supermarket about three years ago