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NewsCity snapshot: UK consumer spending slumps to four-year low
UK consumer spending has fallen for the third consecutive month, according to Visa, marking the longest streak of spending decline for over four years. Plus, Worldpay UK boss moves to bookmaker Paddy Power Betfair, Carr’s Group makes acqusition and all the latest from the City
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NewsDiscounters 'increasingly likely' to anchor out of town sites
Savills found a 78% rise in out of town centres anchored by discounters in last six years
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NewsTesco swaps black tea for trendy blends in range overhaul
The shake-up sees cuts to black tea lines by PG Tips and Typhoo
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NewsClubcard confusion as Tesco's new fobs prove non-contactless
The fobs, used by many shoppers as an alternative to the card, have left staff having to manually scan points
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NewsTacon sent remedies in drop & drive furore
Supermarkets embroiled in a row over drop & drive charges have written to Christine Tacon setting out plans to respond
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NewsHilton Food Group shares rise on Icelandic speculation
Shares in Hilton Food Group surged on the news it is in pole position to snap up Saucy Fish Co owner Icelandic Seachill
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NewsAsda gets a leg up from lamb in this week's Grocer 33 win
But Sainsbury’s £7.85 average price for a half leg of lamb is lower than even Asda’s
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NewsAmber Rudd opens new Best-one c-store in Broad Oak, Rye
The local MP for Hastings and Rye opened the store following a renovation costing £135,000
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NewsAsda hikes price of a kilo of bananas to 76p
The move makes Asda’s loose bananas the most expensive across the mults, closely followed by Waitrose
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NewsTesco cuts British lamb facings to 50%
The levy board’s latest Beef & Lamb Watch analysis revealed that just 50% of Tesco’s lamb facings were British in June 201…
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NewsAldi launches Featherweight range of lower-alcohol wines
The discounter has added a Chilean merlot, a white zinfandel rosé, a Chilean sauvignon blanc and an Italian pinot grigio
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NewsCity snapshot: Hilton Food Group confirms approach for Icelandic Seachill
Tesco red meat supplier Hilton Food Group has confirmed it is in talks to acquire Saucy Fish Co owner Icelandic Seachill, which was put up for sale in April. Plus,
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NewsMarks & Spencer links with Wasabi for sushi counter trial
The trial will run at five M&S stores, four of which are in London
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NewsWaitrose to reach 75 sushi counters by 2018
With the latest launch in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, it has opened more than 20 counters in the past six months
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NewsAsda to battle falling profits with 'steady improvement'
Like-for-like sales fell 5.7% in the year to 31 December
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NewsB&M Bargains snaps up Heron Foods in £152m deal
B&M said its initial plans to expand and develop the Heron business include opening between 10 and 20 new stores per annum.
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NewsSainsbury's to fund thousands of waste-cutting fridge pods
Ten thousand households have now been handed a Fresh Pod by West Suffolk Council
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NewsGreggs to roll out drive-throughs nationwide after successful trial
It also hinted at the possibility of a future trial of home delivery or click and collect service
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NewsThe Co-op commits to Fairtrade with Kenyan resource centre
The funding is being provided by the Co-op’s Growing Stories online campaign
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NewsJW Filshill kicks off 'Leading The Way' video marketing push
The first video will be available for viewing from 8 August