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Valeo Foods buys 2 Sisters’ Matthew Walker Christmas pudding business
Valeo Foods has continued its string of acquisitions by agreeing to buy 2 Sisters’ Matthew Walker Christmas puddings business in a deal valued £67m
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City snapshot: Flora owner Upfield in €500m talks to buy Violife Foods
The owner of Unilever’s former spreads business Upfield is reportedly in talks to purchase vegan cheesemaker Violife Foods.
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Media Bites 10 Oct: Supply chains, Upfield/Violife, Greene King
Poor pay and punitive working conditions are common on farms and plantations that supply fresh fruit or tea to major UK supermarkets, according to Oxfam.
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Pepco annual sales jump on Poundland acquisition and store estate growth
Pepco’s sales were boosted by the addition of Poundland’s 775 stores to its estate
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Lindt UK sales continue to rise on Lindor craze
Soaring sales of Lindor chocolates have boosted Lindt UK’s performance in 2018
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Meadow Foods buys Valeo-owned Nimbus Foods
Exponent-backed dairy company Meadow Foods has continued its acquisitive growth push with a deal to buy Welsh decorations and toppings firm Nimbus Foods.
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Media Bites 9 October: Pound, M&S, Brexit tariffs
The pound has slumped to its lowest level in more than a month, as hopes fade that a Brexit deal will be struck
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Kombucha brand Holos turns to the crowd to scale up and tap teetotal trend
Kombucha startup Holos has launched a crowdfunding campaign looking to raise £100k to support its next stage of growth and tap the growing teetotal trend
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Cru8 launches £300k fundraise to upscale production
The free-from bakery startup plans to use the funds to upscale production and keep up with demand for free-from, paleo and keto products
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UK sales hit record low as Brexit woes continue
Like-for-like retail sales shrunk by 1.7% in September from a fall of 0.2% in 2018
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City snapshot: Stock Spirits boosted by Eastern Europe spirits market growth
Eastern Europe focussed spirits distiller Stock Spirits Group has said it is on course to hit full year guidance despite tax issues in Poland and “highly competitive” trading conditions.
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Media Bites 8 October: Pizza Express, Retail sales, Scotch whisky
Pizza Express has hired advisers for help as it prepares to hold crunch talks with creditors over its spiralling debt mountain
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Gunna smashes £500k crowdfunding target within a day
The drinks startup is looking to fuel its ambition of becoming the UK’s ‘number one craft soft drinks company’
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Brexit uncertainty pushes retail sales to ‘new record low’ in September
UK retail sales slumped 1.3% in September, crumbling to a “new record low” for the month
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Vite raises £175k to launch nootropics snack bar range
Functional nutrition startup Vite plans to use the cash to support NPD and marketing initiatives
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Fmcg suppliers hit hardest by ‘perfect storm’ of Brexit uncertainty
Manufacturers had been forced to stockpile both raw materials for production and finished goods
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Sales surge £7m at Liberty Wines
Revenues hit £75m at the supplier for the year ending 31 March 2019, latest results reveal
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City snapshot: Unilever vows to halve plastics use by 2025
Unilever has pledged to halve its use of virgin plastics by 2025 to cut its use of plastic packaging by more than 100,000 tonnes. Plus, Tesco Bank appoints financial services veteran Sir John Kingman to its board, Lidl to open ten Manchester stores, a new chairman at McBride and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Media Bites 7 Oct: John Lewis Partnership, Unilever, Tesco
The John Lewis Partnership’s next chair, Sharon White, must trigger a fundamental review of the ‘Never Knowingly Undersold’ slogan and consider closing some stores
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John Lewis has lost its way. Is the restructure a route to salvation?
As incoming chairman Sharon White is about to find out, hybrid food/GM businesses are notoriously tricky to unite