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NewsCity snapshot: Premier Foods profits beat expectations
Premier Foods has posted double-digit annual growth in sales and trading profits as price rises and cost savings mitigated ’exceptionally high’ input cost inflation
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NewsMedia Bites 18 May: Eggs, food banks, inflation
It’s a quiet morning for grocery news in the papers but The Guardian carries a feature looking at the price of eggs.
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Comment and OpinionSummit seasonal worker pledge lays bare government rift on immigration
Of the 70 or so industry bigwigs to attend Rishi Sunak’s food summit, many have expressed unexpected feelings of positivity
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NewsMeal replacement brand Yfood appoints UK & Ireland country manager
Sloane has joined Yfood from vegan chocolate startup Nucao, where he was country manager for the UK
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Comment and OpinionSunak summit is an encouraging start to building UK food security
The government has given clarity and much-needed confidence to farmers and growers, says Minette Batters, NFU president
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NewsWolf Blass launches 0.5% abv Zero wine range
‘We recognise there is sizeable and growing demand for low & no products in the UK,’ said the brand
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NewsWaitrose begins trial of first large all-electric van
Electric vehicles currently represent a small proportion of the grocer’s 1,800-strong delivery fleet
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NewsScottish c-stores to promote Best Start Foods prepaid cards
The Scottish Grocers Federation will train and encourage shop staff to get customers used to paying with Best Start Foods cards
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NewsBetter Nature launches £3m fundraising push
The plant-based startup has kicked off the fundraising to take its tempeh brand into the mainstream and support its first UK supermarket listing
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Comment and OpinionSunak deserves credit for rebuilding relationships with farmers in summit
Sunak has restored simple dignity to the business of government, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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NewsPilgrim’s UK set to close Ashton-under-Lyne site
The planned closure is part of Pilgrim’s UK’s ongoing footprint review and puts 542 workers at risk of redundancy
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NewsTesco trials new layout for fresh food displays
The supermarket is bringing in new signage and lower-level displays for fresh products including fruit & veg, fish and meat
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NewsPasta and oil prices cut as deflation war heats up
The latest reductions follow a similar quick succession of prices cuts on bread and butter last week
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NewsBird flu: UK poultry workers test positive
The UK Health Security Agency said further investigation is under way and precautionary contact tracing had been undertaken
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NewsIceland’s Richard Walker reaches Everest summit
The supermarket chairman is hoping to raise £1m to fund a new Rare Dementia Care Centre in London
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NewsHigh interest rates take a slice off British Land's portfolio value
The UK’s largest owner and operator of retail parks saw its portfolio fall 12.3% in value to £8.9bn
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NewsM&S own-label supplier testing energy-efficient soup robots
The Souper Green project is part of the government-backed Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator programme
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NewsTesco launches ‘veg-led’ mains as part of new vegetarian strategy
The retailer has launched the six-strong range to provide healthier vegetarian meal options
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NewsOne Stop locks the price of more than 80 products
One Stop’s ‘Low Everyday Prices’ campaign started in June 2022 and is now in its sixth phase
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NewsSainsbury’s opens its ‘most energy-efficient supermarket ever’
The new superstore in Hook, Hampshire will form the blueprint for future Sainsbury’s openings