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NewsDefra director David Kennedy to leave for private sector role
Kennedy spent six years at Defra and eight years in total in the civil service, and is now moving on to a role at EY
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NewsArla and Asda extend own label dairy supply deal
The tie-up was described by the pair as ’the UK’s largest private label dairy contract’
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NewsCompetition watchdog probe clears supermarkets of profiteering
The next stage of the probe will look at whether large branded suppliers hold too much sway in negotiations
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NewsSainsbury’s increases number of Aldi Price Match lines by a quarter
However, the recent expansion has involved Sainsbury’s matching a number of different SKUs to a single one at Aldi, helping boost the total
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NewsNaksha launches meal kit trio with Singapore Tourism Board
The recipes were created by Haikal Johari, who is head chef at Michelin-starred Singapore restaurant Alma
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NewsSysco launches three-tier own-brand range
The ‘Brands’ range includes a selection of products from basic everyday items to more premium ingredients
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NewsAndria Vidler made Allwyn CEO as it prepares to run National Lottery
Vidler, a former CEO of Centaur Media and EMI UK, will join Allywn on 1 October
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NewsOcado ‘gaining customers from the discounters’
The online supermarket this week posted a 10.6% increase in active customers
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NewsPetrolPrices ‘optimistic’ it can win fuel-finding forecourt pricing scheme contract
PetrolPrices lists forecourts by price within a five-mile radius, which is generally updated every 24 hours
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NewsTesco demands suppliers make healthy products more affordable
The move comes as Tesco this week launched its biggest range review since Dave Lewis’s Project Reset
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NewsDepop founder’s foodie app launches chef-made own-label range
Like other products on the platform, they can be collected directly from producers or sent for delivery across the UK
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NewsSupermarkets called to make or break talks in fuel ‘rip-off’ row
Earlier this month the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) announced plans for a fuel finder scheme
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NewsCity snapshot: Premier Foods vows to hold prices as inflation passes peak
Premier Foods has pledged no further price rises in 2023 as the Bisto, Batchelors and Mr Kipling owner revealed a strong start to the year and declared that the period of soaring costs had peaked.
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NewsMedia Bites 20 July: Asda, inflation, Cake Box
Asda executives were accused of damaging the company’s brand after an “extraordinary” meeting with MPs at which they were reprimanded for not “complying” with a string of questions.
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NewsOld El Paso targets health-conscious shoppers with burrito bowl kit
The innovation is the first of three new products to be launched by Old El Paso over the coming months
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NewsSubstantial slowdown in grocery industry profit warnings
Fmcg profit warnings have slowed significantly in the first half of 2023 as retailers and manufacturers experienced a positive start to the year
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NewsAmazon to shutter three Fresh stores, including its first physical retail site outside US
Staff at the soon-to-close stores have been offered new roles in nearby Amazon Fresh stores
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Comment and OpinionThe real health risks of the WHO’s aspartame research are poignant
The WHO’s findings into aspartame have come up with – to severely gloss over nuance in the report – nothing useful
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NewsPlanet Organic to review all ranges as part of rebuild under Renée Elliott
Elliott is currently writing a business plan for the financial year from September
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NewsKnoops appoints William Gordon-Harris as CEO after 78% growth this year
The business said Gordon-Harris would focus on growing the skillset of the organisation’s senior management team