Latest Headlines – Page 65
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News
Post Office launches new online system to speed up international parcels shipping
Customers will be able to fill in their details online via the new system, speeding up the shipping process in store
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Brexit labelling laws will cost industry millions, dairy boss warns
Scotland’s Graham’s Family Dairy has warned of the costs of ‘Not for EU’ labels
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Range Preview
A trip around the world in Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference summer range 2024
British Summer Time is here, for the clocks at least. And Sainsbury’s has got the memo, launching over 200 new products in its Taste the Difference summer range
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Analysis and Features
Are delivery apps harming both riders and retailers?
While riders mount strikes, grocers are exposed to serious risks
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Analysis and Features
Inside the shrinking fmcg wage purse: why isn’t pay keeping pace?
The pandemic days of employers making strenuous efforts to support staff are over, as pay lags inflation and competition for roles increases. Instead, more sustainable – and cheaper – support is being offered
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Comment and Opinion
Aldi’s Next Big Thing: engaging insight into product pitch process
Some interesting small brands pitched, all facing the prospect of scaling fast and reducing prices on their premium products
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City snapshot: Early Easter fails to reverse footfall decline
Easter falling at the end of the March failed to reverse the ongoing decline in retail footfall in 2024, according to the latest data from BRC-Sensormatic IQ
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Majestic completes acquisition of Vagabond Wines
The deal would protect the jobs of 171 employees at Vagabond, Majestic said.
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Media Bites 5 April: The Co-op, DS Smith, Retail sales
The boss of the Co-Operative Group has dismissed claims that the mutual model is broken after the food-to-funerals group reported a slump in annual profits
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Prime sales in freefall with bottles reduced in Tesco to just 31p
Sales are down more than 50% in the first quarter of 2024
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Mowi extends ready-to-cook Bistro salmon range
Mowi has developed a new SKU, salmon fillets with a lemon & herb butter, which has joined the range
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Tofoo Co weighing up strategic options as sales boom
Investment bankers at Piper Sandler are in the early stages of a process to weigh up interest in the fast-growing tofu brand, according to City sources
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Planted launches chicken tikka skewers into Tesco
The plant-based chicken skewers are coated in a marinade infused with cinnamon, coriander, cumin and curry leaf
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Comment and Opinion
Panic! New Brexit border checks causing food industry angst
On Wednesday, the government finally revealed how much it is charging businesses for importing goods from the EU into the country to help fund new border controls.
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Posh food delivery brand Supper London ends operations
Supper London had set itself apart from other food delivery companies by only working with the capital’s top restaurants and delivering orders on canopied bikes
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Astonish teams up with TOWIE in two-series sponsorship deal
The latest activity follows the brand’s recent £1.3m TV campaign
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Domino’s publishes first ever sustainability report and nutritional targets
The report outlines the group’s strategy ‘Connect the dots’, which addresses key points on environment, sourcing and communities, and people
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Local producer shopping app launched by father-daughter duo
The app has been launched by Eden France and her father Simon France, in response to consumer trends towards buying locally
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Bags of potatoes hit by shrinkflation as bad weather impacts supply
Potatoes have been hit by shrinkflation following a weather-driven tightening of supply
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Brexit import charges will ‘cripple the industry and drive up food prices’
The government has set out how much companies will have to pay to import foods from the EU