All articles by George Nott – Page 22
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Analysis & FeaturesThe troubling foodie challenges fuelled by social media
Going viral on social media is often a boon for brands – but what if the product is being used in a dangerous ‘challenge’? How can brands combat fmcg fallacies online and keep consumers safe?
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NewsAmazon facing legal action for freezing seller funds
Legal firm Rosenblatt said the amounts still “wrongly and unlawfully frozen” ran into “potentially tens of millions”
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NewsNatural vitamin startup secures funding to ‘shake up the fortified foods industry’
Biovit will use part of the cash injection to carry out a trial of individuals’ micronutrient absorption levels and utilisation rates
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NewsNumber of vapers in England who didn’t previously smoke rockets to one million
Around one million adults in England who had never regularly smoked before now vape, most of them on a daily basis, finds UCL study
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NewsOne in four cigarettes smoked in UK now illicit
Findings are according to new data from Marlboro maker Philip Morris International (PMI)
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NewsRecycling firm launches to diffuse ‘global recycling timebomb’ of vapes
The company’s first machine can handle 10 tonnes of vapes per week (around 400,000 vapes), but it plans to expand and “scale at pace” across Europe
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NewsGousto wins bid for new chief customer officer from eBay
As CCO, Lambell will oversee the company’s insights, brand, sustainability, acquisition & retention, food, buying and customer care teams
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NewsAsda extends Too Good To Go partnership to nearly 1,000 stores
Asda’s rollout covers its supermarkets and Asda Express stores, as well as the foodservice sites located in Asda stores such as Leon, Greggs, Sbarro and Subway
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NewsStudents in talks with BioPak after Deliveroo packaging competition win
Their design could now be made available for restaurant partners to buy on Deliveroo’s packaging webstore
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NewsAsda’s Cashpot for Schools hits £2.5m in first three weeks
The campaign kicked off with a TV advertising campaign fronted by fitness coach Joe Wicks
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NewsMorrisons brings forward access to Christmas delivery slots
Customers with Morrisons’ Delivery Pass subscription will be able to book coveted Christmas slots from 2 October before the slots go on general release on 9 October
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NewsDeliveroo-backed chocolate brand secures Hop listing
The brand will now be available across 11 UK Hop sites in London, Manchester and Bristol, available for delivery in as little as 25 minutes
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NewsRapid grocer Gopuff launches branded shops and sampling insights
Branded shops have already been used by Gopuff’s partner suppliers in the US, by brands including Black Forest, Chips Ahoy!, Gatorade and Hot Pockets
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NewsP&G taps AI to find cold water cleaning enzymes
P&G is working with Basecamp Research on the effort, which will focus on “learning from organisms adapted to cold environments” to “design novel enzymes”
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NewsJust Eat partners with Boots for on-demand beauty and healthcare delivery
The launch today sees the service rolled out across major cities including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, and Edinburgh
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NewsDeliveroo offering personalised gifts in minutes with Not On The High Street
Not On The High Street, an online retailer offering gifts and “lifestyle essentials” from more than 5,500 UK small brands
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat does the junk food ad ban mean for marketeers?
Food businesses have been somewhat quiet over ad restriction plans. Are they accepting them? Or seeing ways around them?
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NewsDelivery app order software firm Deliverect launches grocery offering
Deliverect said early adopters of the new solution had experienced a doubling in weekly sales and had cut the time to pick and pack orders in half
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NewsMorrisons migrates all shoppers to improved groceries app
The supermarket said it “previously ran one website and two apps” but had now migrated customers over to a sole Morrisons Groceries app
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NewsSainsbury’s CTO John Elliott departs
John Elliott said during his tenure at the retailer “technology has radically transformed both customer and channel experiences”