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NewsTrueStart Coffee launches ‘category-first’ SKUs into Co-op
The new tins will join TrueStart’s Original and Decaf Barista Grade Instant Coffees in 800 Co-op stores later this month
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NewsNomadic launches new Good To Go pouch snacks
The pouches combine oats and yoghurt with fruit and are free from added sugar
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NewsTesco launches new year price cuts across 150 food staples
The move comes following Tesco’s announcement yesterday that it is allowing customers to earn double Clubcard points when they shop for the next seven weeks
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NewsNoble Foods redesigns The Happy Egg Co brand to focus on animal welfare
For the first time since 2018, the brand has seen a complete design overhaul, including the return of its brand promise ‘happy hens lay tasty eggs’
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NewsM&S expanding returnable packaging scheme to 25 stores
Branches now set to gain the retailer’s ‘Refilled’ initiative include Liverpool One, a full-line M&S store that opened at the end of last year
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NewsSpar launches £1.25 value promotion on staple goods
The new year campaign is being highlighted to shoppers with in-store PoS and Spar radio
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NewsKit Kat brings back limited-edition 70% Dark variant
The four-finger bar is made with cocoa mass-sourced from families enrolled in Nestlé’s cocoa income accelerator programme
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NewsSt Pierre Groupe appoints Sarah Boddy as new boss
Boddy will take the reins from David Wagstaff, who has left the bakery supplier for ‘new ventures’
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NewsDefra proposes changes to egg labelling rules to support British industry
Currently when mandatory housing orders are introduced, eggs from free-range birds may continue to be labelled as ‘free-range’ for 16 weeks and then must be labelled as barn eggs
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NewsNisa invests £1m to lower wholesale prices during January
Launching this week, the symbol group said the move would help retailers remain competitive as it kicks off the new year
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NewsUpfield launches world’s first plastic-free, recyclable tub for plant butters and spreads
The Flora owner has begun transitioning to paper packaging across its portfolio
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NewsCranswick bolts on pork processor Froch Foods
Meat processor Cranswick has completed a bolt-on acquisition of Yorkshire-based bacon supplier Froch Foods to boost its capacity
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NewsChapel Down CEO Andrew Carter appointed to board of The Real Drinks Co
Carter has been appointed non-executive director alongside angel investor Matthew Cooper
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NewsCrosta & Mollica secures backing from Perwyn and brings in David Milner
The Italian food brand has secured private equity investment from Perwyn to maintain rapid growth and support international expansion, with fmcg heavyweight David Milner brought in as chairman
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NewsCity snapshot: Grocery spending hits record £4.8bn in Christmas week
Sales at the UK supermarkets reached a record high of £4.8bn during the week leading to Christmas
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NewsMedia Bites 9 January: Dry January, Majestic Wine, Christmas sales
The Grocer exclusive that Britain’s biggest supermarkets have been increasing the cost of low and no-alcohol drinks for Dry January makes headlines this morning
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NewsThe Gym Kitchen launches food-to-go range in Tesco
A four-strong range of chicken wraps and snacks has rolled into the retailer
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NewsPilgrim’s Pride brings in ‘boys from Brazil’ for ‘brutal’ £4.2bn restructure
The protein giant has created a new European executive team tasked with driving further integration of Moy Park, Pilgrim’s UK and Pilgrim’s Food Masters
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NewsJames Convenience Retail boosts PMP offer in cost of living strategy
With each store now holding a minimum of 50 PMP lines, the initiative has so far pushed crisps and snacks sales up by 30%, while confectionery sales have risen by 16%
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Comment and OpinionWhen ads don’t sell alcohol, participation is the answer
Alcohol advertising doesn’t have enough focus on building the brand in the cultural spaces between people, says Ben Essen, chief strategy officer at global creative network Iris