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NewsHoly Moly appoints Peter Oden as managing director
Oden will help ‘drive expansion’ of the Holy Moly brand, which claims to have trebled its distribution in the first quarter of 2023
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Comment and OpinionHunger: Netflix film serves up chef clichés and breathtaking Thai food
Hunger attempts some social commentary, but the film excels when it comes to food
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NewsUnilever and Superdrug battle hygiene poverty with donation push
Unilever will donate one Dove product to the Beauty Bank for every two bought in-store and online at Superdrug
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NewsLidl outpaces Aldi on new stores despite slowdown
Lidl said in February it would open just 25 stores this year instead of the usual 50
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Comment and OpinionSweet relief: it’s time to accept the truth about sweeteners
Even as the evidence against sweeteners mounts, the $2bn industry behind them shows no sign of slowing
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NewsBrakes freezes prices on 1,850 own-brand products until October
The foodservice giant said the price freeze would provide businesses with certainty around continuing food inflation
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News‘Stunted’ Cornish businesses urge post-Brexit support from government
Cornwall used to receive some of the highest levels of EU structural funding in England
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NewsCity snapshot: UK retail sales fall in March as shoppers cut back
UK retail sales volumes fell back in March as soaring inflation, food availability and wet weather hit shopping activity
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NewsMedia Bites 21 April: WH Smith, Deliveroo, Pepco Group
WH Smith’s profits have more than doubled thanks to a rebound in airport passenger numbers and the opening of new stores
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NewsRecycling reforms: supermarkets tell Thérèse Coffey to go back to drawing board
Retailers have set out six key areas they say need to be changed to prevent EPR being a failure
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Comment and OpinionWhy Lidl’s victory over Tesco could prove a double-edged sword
By using a symbol similar to Lidl’s yellow circle branding, Tesco achieved a “subtle but insidious transfer of image” to its Clubcard Prices scheme, according to the ruling handed down this week
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NewsAmacor to switch three stores from Nisa to Morrisons Daily
The first site reopened today (20 April) in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside
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Comment and OpinionCompostable plastic was never the answer. But a circular economy is still possible
The world of innovation is moving fast, leapfrogging ‘less bad’ solutions to a better way entirely, says Siân Sutherland, co-founder & chief, A Plastic Planet and PlasticFree
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NewsBrewDog brings back controversial ‘gold’ can competition
It comes just three months after James Watt claimed he had paid almost £500,000 in compensation to previous winners
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NewsSainsbury’s drops Arla as own-label milk supplier
Supplier switch comes amid a raft of milk price cuts across the supermarkets
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NewsSainsbury’s launches value campaign across Local stores
The ‘Pocket Friendly Prices’ campaign is using new signage highlight value-tier household essentials
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NewsCook reports Easter sales up by 24% year on year
Sales at Cook’s 96 retail shops increased by 31% over the two-week period before and after Easter
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Range PreviewKing prawn sarnies and royal trifle: Tesco coronation range
£250,000 of proceeds from the range will be donated to the King’s charity, The Prince’s Trust
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NewsTonic Health launches £500k crowd round for US push
Tonic Health is closing in on a £500k fundraising target as the natural supplements start-up returns to the crowd for follow-on investment
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News‘World first’ powdered beer eyes launch with two brews
Following two years’ development work, the supplier has produced prototypes of two 0.0% abv brews – one regular and one gluten-free.