Latest Headlines – Page 3
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Calls for UN report on meat consumption impact to be retracted
The FAO’s flagship Pathways report on agrifood emissions has faced serious backlash
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Iceland’s digital chief David Devany to be Asda’s VP of e-commerce
Devany has been Iceland’s group chief customer, marketing and digital officer since 2020
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Carlsberg loses San Miguel licence to Budweiser
Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company has been the exclusive brewer of San Miguel for more than 15 years
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Haribo boosts sales 24% as it wins record market share
Haribo has sweetened its top line as continued demand for its products pushed market share to a new record
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Sainsbury’s adds another 50 products to Aldi Price Match scheme in a month
The supermarket has added more cupboard staples, ingredients and ‘summer favourites’, as the battle over price matching intensifies
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Waitrose beef supplier Dovecote Park enjoys strong growth in latest accounts
The North Yorkshire-based supplier saw profits almost double last year, while turnover rose by just under 15%
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Comment and Opinion
Food & drink manufacturing should be a political priority
Labour wants to drive growth in the economy but their strategy contains barely a mention of food and drink manufacturing, says Rory Fletcher, senior director and head of food & drink at Citypress
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Cook appoints Leon’s Ashley Davis as new chief commercial officer
Ashley Davis will support Cook’s co-founders Rosie Brown and Ed Perry in the newly created role
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McVitie’s unveils Seriously Chocolatey Digestives
The NPD comprises a cocoa-flavoured digestive biscuit with dark chocolate chips, topped with milk chocolate
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Range Preview
Preview some of the 130 new launches into Waitrose’s No.1 range
New additions include sausage from pigs sired by pedigree Hampshire boars and Belgian blonde chocolate florentines from a Dorset bakery founded in 1916
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Caterfood Buying Group acquires wholesaler Turner Price
The wholesaler will become the eighth member of the buying group owned by Bidcorp
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City snapshot: Sainsbury’s grocery growth dragged back by general merchandise weakness
Sainsbury’s has posted another quarter of “strong grocery memomemtum”, but its overall sales growth has slowed as general merchandise sales and Argos fell back
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Analysis and Features
PayPal, Uber Eats and Allwyn among new Grocer Gold Awards sponsors
The finalists for The Grocer Gold Awards 2024 have been announced. Now meet the sponsors
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Media Bites 2 July: Boots, inflation, Amazon
Boots managing director Sebastian James insists his departure has nothing to do with the shelving of plans to float the business by its American owner
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Ellie Goulding’s RTD brand Served unveils major out-of-home push
The campaign is projected to reach almost half of all Londoners
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Kallo launches plant-based dips to tap ‘social snacking’ trend
All three Veggie Dips are listed by Ocado
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Comment and Opinion
What Zoe’s ‘whole food complement’ says about its strategy
It’s a supplement, but not as you know it. On Sunday, Zoe announced the launch of a ground-breaking “whole food complement”.
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Arla announces plans to close historic Melton Mowbray stilton creamery
The dairy giant said the site, also known as Tuxford & Tebbutt, had suffered from a decline in specialty cheese sales
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Sides chain surpasses £1m weekly revenue ahead of expansion
The chain has ambitious plans to expand its estate from six existing sites to 20
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UK fruit & veg production declines yet again, Defra data finds
The slump in production comes amid a period of significant weather volatility