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Analysis and FeaturesHow European retailer Picnic is breaking own-label packaging rules
Picnic’s artsy own-label range forgoes a sense of corporate identity and prioritises delighting shoppers
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NewsPlanet Organic owed creditors £12.5m before rescue deal
New report lifts the lid on the collapse and details how much Planet Organic founder Renée Elliott paid to rescue the business
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NewsCity snapshot: Pernod Ricard invests in reusable packaging specialist Ecospirits
Pernod Ricard has taken a minority share in Singapore-based Ecospirits, a low waste distributer for the wine and spirits industry
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NewsMedia Bites 11 May: John Lewis, Brexit, Compass Group
The confidence vote at John Lewis yesterday generates lots of headlines this morning as the retailer’s partnership council delivers its verdict on chairman Dame Sharon White.
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NewsBonfire of EU red tape delayed after backlash
The government is scrapping the Retained EU Law bill’s ‘sunset’ clause
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NewsFilco says new Filcard loyalty scheme is boosting basket spend
The South Wales-based independent retailer has 2,000 shoppers signed up to the scheme
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Comment and OpinionAs report reveals IT catastrophe, is Defra fit for purpose?
With 14 million transactions per year carried out on paper, Defra seems ill-equipped to oversee food safety, animal welfare, food shortages, air quality and water suppliers
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NewsJohn Lewis council votes in favour of Sharon White’s leadership
Result eases pressure on White but suggests partners will expect an improvement in the group’s performance
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Comment and OpinionThe Sunak food summit should invite diverse voices from farmers to citizens
We need different voices pushing for diversity on our plates, biodiversity on and off farm, and diversity in our workforce, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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NewsSainsbury’s launches first fully electric store delivery fleet
Deliveries from one of the retailer’s superstores will now be handled by a fleet of 12 fully electric refrigerated vans
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NewsNomad Foods raises earnings expectations on price-driven growth
Frozen specialist Nomad Foods has nudged up its full-year earnings expectations after double-digit price hikes bolstered first quarter earnings
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NewsComfort reformulates fabric conditioners to improve fragrance
The conditioners are being sold in 100% post-consumer recycled plastic bottles featuring updated designs
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NewsJJ Foodservice launches premium seafood range
The new range includes whole lobster, scallops and crab meat and will be available for the wholesaler’s London customers
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NewsSysco trialling bespoke butchery operation
The wholesaler has launched the project to provide a more personalised butchery proposition to local operators
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NewsFarming heads call for action on food security
Food bosses at the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum criticised the government’s dismissal of a need for a national food strategy
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NewsCrosta & Mollica launches chilled ready meals into Waitrose
The ready meals contain Italian ingredients and require ‘minimal preparation with maximum taste’, said the brand
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NewsOutdated Defra systems accused of putting industry at risk
A report by parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has slammed the ‘inefficient and expensive’ systems
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NewsPrinces signs pre-harvest supply contracts with tomato growers
Pricing has been set in collaboration with the Department of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Foggia
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NewsNationwide Produce boosts warehouse capacity
The expansion also saw the business’s pallet capacity rise from 900 to 2,100, allowing more stock to be stored
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NewsElfBar pulls all TikTok marketing after breaching ad rules
Imperial Tobacco raised complaint with Advertising Standards Authority over vape brand’s day-in-the-life ad