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NewsManilife extends into almond butter with crunchy and smooth duo
The two spreads are the first SKUs Manilife has launched in Tesco
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NewsInfinite Roots closes £46m round to build a ‘more sustainable and healthy food system’
Biotech firm Infinite Roots has closed a $58m (£45.5m) series B funding round as the business looks commercialise its technology and kickstart product launches worldwide
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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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NewsLactalis UK & Ireland appoints new group supply chain director
Nicole Kurz’s promotion further enhances the company’s female leadership team to four women, holding nine of the board level director positions
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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
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NewsCampaigners and sector agree on need for tighter farmed fish slaughter laws
Proposals from the Lords Animal Welfare Committee that farmed fish should have the same legal protections as other farmed animals were met with a ’high degree of consensus’
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NewsDefra budget cuts to Dover food inspections ‘serious’ risk to UK food safety
Defra is planning to introduce a 70% budget cut to the inspection team at Dover that is responsible for screening pork for African swine fever (ASF) from April
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NewsCity snapshot: US growth boosts Fever-Tree despite UK sales stagnation
Fever-Tree has posted annual growth of 6% despite a stagnation of UK sales as it doubled profits in the second half of 2023
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NewsMedia Bites 25 January: AI, Thatchers/Aldi, Wetherspoons
AI technology that guesses the age of shoppers wanting to buy alcohol is to be rolled out in supermarkets under government plans
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NewsPost Office pushes back on plans to reduce letter delivery days
CEO Nick Read’s announcement follows Ofcom’s proposal to reduce letter deliveries to five or even three days a week
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NewsIceland staff raise £1.1m for dementia care after Walker’s Everest climb
Walker reached the summit of Mount Everest during an expedition started in memory of his late mother
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NewsAldi vs Thatchers: cider brand’s copycat claim dismissed by High Court
Thatchers’ claim had been tipped by some experts as potentially significant for other brands seeking to pursue Aldi on similar grounds
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NewsTwo Tribes plots international expansion following fundraising
Founded in 2017 by DJ and music producer Justin Deighton, the brand is stocked by the likes of Waitrose, Sainsbury’s and Ocado, as well as by Eurostar and Virgin Atlantic, and premium on-trade sites in London
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Comment and OpinionFestive cheer for Premier Foods, but bigger tests await in 2024
Premier Foods remained full of festive cheer this week after revealing it enjoyed its ‘biggest ever Christmas’, but bigger tests await as food price inflation falls out of the market
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NewsFull Power Cacao scores Dragons’ Den investment from Gary Neville, Steven Bartlett and Peter Jones
Ceremonial-grade cacao company Full Power Cacao has scored a three-way investment following an appearance on the BBC’s Dragons’ Den