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Sainsbury’s Bank appoints new chief executive
Sainsbury’s has named former Royal Bank of Scotland exec Jim Brown its next chief executive of Sainsbury’s Bank.
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Media Bites 11 June: Ocado, Sainsbury's/Asda, Amazon
Ocado is getting in early into what may become a profitable niche of the global food supply chain with its £17m plans to roll out vertical farms near its existing warehouses.
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Tesco to raise pay for store and warehouse staff to exceed Living Wage
The new deal will put Tesco staff on £9.30 an hour by October 2020
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Costa Coffee promotes Neil Lake to UK&I managing director
Lake will be responsible for more than 2,600 coffee shops and 8,000 Costa Express self-serve machines in the UK
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Lidl 'actively exploring' launch into online
Lidl is advertisng for an e-commerce project manager and a junior project manager
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Ocado's vertical farms could win over online grocery sceptics
Freshness is one of the main barriers to online grocery shopping. Ocado’s new venture could change all that
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Ocado makes major investment in vertical farming
The online grocer could have 10 vertical farms up and running within a decade
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City snapshot: Ocado makes £17m bet on vertical farming
Ocado is committing £17m into two acquisitions to make it a global leader in the newly emerging vertical farming industry. Plus, retail footfall plummets in May to its worst month in six years, Distil posts double-digit annual growth and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Media Bites 10 June: Retail footfall, Patisserie Valerie, Majestic Wine
Stores suffered their steepest fall in customer visits in six years last month as Brexit uncertainty deters shoppers.
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Food prices back in inflation as UN warns over global prices
The Grocer Price Index edged up 0.1% in May, following a 0.3% decline the previous month
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Applegreen blames Brexit for 'challenging conditions' in the UK
Fresh from its acquisition of UK service station group Welcome Break, Irish forecourt group Applegreen warned economic headwinds and Brexit were beginning to bite.
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Biff's Kitchen raises 'six-figure sum' to broaden vegan offering
Vegan fast food specialist Biff’s Kitchen has raised a six-figure sum from a private fundraising drive to grow its jackfruit burger offering and develop a new retail range.
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Symington's sees sales and profits rocket as turnaround continues
The Ragu owner reported a rise in sales in the year to 26 August 2018 from £115m to £120.3m…
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Watneys in £400k bid to back return to supermarkets
Watneys was once the UK’s bestselling beer and relaunched in 2014 as a craft brewing business
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City snapshot: Supermarket prices back on the rise as global food prices climb
Supermarket prices are edging back into inflation – as the UN warns global food prices have risen for a fifth consecutive month. Plus, Britain’s high streets suffered a the worst May on record, AG Barr makes non-alcoholic spirits investment and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Media Bites 7 June: Beyond Meat, John Lewis Partnership, Retail employment
Beyond Meat, one of the best performing initial public offerings of the year, saw its shares rise even further into the stratosphere on Thursday, after announcing its debut earnings as a listed company.
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Disastrous global food production leaves the UK looking exposed
UK supermarkets must pay enough to cover the rising costs of production
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Trump's trade war drives down price of petrol... for now
Donald Trump’s trade wars are driving down the cost of petrol in the UK
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City snapshot: Global demand for premium spirits boosts Rémy Cointreau
French spirits giant Rémy Cointreau has posted annual sales growth of 7.9% driven by strong global sales of its key premium brands.
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Media Bites 6 June: Applegreen, Arcadia Group, Game Digital
The owner of Welcome Break motorway service stations has claimed Brexit has ‘impacted on consumer sentiment’.