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NewsBirds Eye and Aunt Bessie’s link for roast dinner ready meals
The chicken and beef meals, due to hit Tesco stores nationwide “from the end of summer”, will feature products from both brands
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NewsVilliers claims plastic bag reduction shows end of ‘throwaway society’
The sale of single-use bags fell 37% to 1.1bn in the 2018/2019 financial year
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NewsFairway Foodservice to increase own-label range to 650 products
Development work is being carried out in categories including desserts and seafood
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NewsWaitrose to expand Unpacked packaging-free trial to more stores
Waitrose said more than 7,000 customers had provided feedback on the trial to date
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NewsCity snapshot: BAT first half sales up 4.6% on pricing and tobacco alternatives growth
British American Tobacco has grown first half revenues by 4.6% to £12.2bn as growth in pricing and new categories mitigated a continued decline in sales volumes. Plus, all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 1 Aug: Majestic Wine, Brexit/British lamb, Retail landlords
Majestic Wine has set a deadline of next month to uncork a buyer for Lay & Wheeler, the fine wine merchant it has owned for the last decade.
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NewsGusto Organic smashes fundraising target as plots global expansion
Gusto Organic has raised £368k so far as it bids to become a “dominant player” in the UK’s soft drinks market
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NewsProduce World profits rise amid divestments and focus on potatoes and roots
The fresh produce grower was able to increase profitability by divesting surplus assets and refocusing on potatoes and roots
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NewsYo to roll out Japanese food kiosks in Tesco stores after trial
Tesco tested the kiosks in two Extra hypermarkets in Bournemouth and Sunbury-on-Thames last October
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NewsSimplyFresh to launch pop-up food festival with Next
The collaboration comes weeks after SimplyFresh opened its first Foodhall in Manchester
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NewsMarks & Spencer claims plastic reduction first with reusable container discounts
The Market Place format offers a variety of lunch-to-go options, including rotisserie chicken, fish and freshly prepared salads
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NewsAldi and Lidl pose major threat to convenience stores, report says
A survey which followed the opening of the first Aldi Local found 42% of shoppers would travel further than their local store to reach a discounter
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NewsHeck launches first pork and chicken sausage twin-pack
The sausages were designed to cater for increasingly diverse tastes in the home, the brand said
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NewsCity snapshot: Just Eat profits plunge as investment hits bottom line
Just Eat has experienced an almost complete wipe out of its first half pre-tax profits as it increased investment ahead of a multi-billion pound merger with Dutch contemporary Takeaway.com. Plus, UK consumer confidence steadies in July, trading updates from Glanbia and Devro and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 31 July: Greggs, Reckitt Benckiser, AB InBev
Greggs will reinvest profits in a bid to become a challenger to McDonald’s as it pledges to roll out late opening and evening meals.
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NewsUK shop prices continue falling in July dragged by non-food deflation
UK shop prices fell 0.1% in July, marking the second consecutive month of deflation since October 2018
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NewsTop Beverages launches posh CBD-infused rum and gin
The drinks come in at £30 per 100ml bottle – more than the cost of a full 70cl bottle of many craft gins on the market
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NewsUK food to go will grow by £5bn over five years, says IGD
The biggest rate of growth in food to go is tipped to come from convenience retailers
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NewsPots & Co targets US growth after £1.2m cash boost
The premium desserts manufacturer is looking to secure new contracts with ‘major’ US retailers
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NewsA simple way to combat the food waste crisis: share food
A third of all food produced goes to waste, says Tessa Clarke, co-founder and CEO of Olio