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NewsMedia Bites 24 July: Grocery market share, Fevertree, McColl’s
The big supermarket groups are “nursing a hangover” from last summer’s prolonged hot weather and the beer-fuelled spending spree it inspired.
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NewsMondelez unveils Cadbury Dairy Milk 30% Less Sugar
The launch of follows three years’ development using soluble maize fibre for sweetness
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NewsOld El Paso to get £6m ‘Make Some Noise’ campaign
It is set to make its debut on 1 August with a 30-second TV advert
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NewsFeverTree shares drop on slowing UK growth
FeverTree has warned that its rapid growth in the UK has slowed significantly amid the “dampening effect” of poor weather and strong comparables.
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NewsObesity crackdown plan slammed as ‘needless distraction’
The document, called Advancing our Health: prevention in the 2020s, incorporates the Obesity Plan Mark 3
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NewsHolland & Barrett trials vegetarian and vegan lunchtime ranges
The range includes £3.99 meal deals, comprising mains, snack and drink
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NewsChannel Islands Co-op trials plastic-free produce
Retailer is trailling the move at two Jersey stores and two on Guernsey
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NewsPladis names Unilever veteran Sridhar Ramamurthy as CFO
He assumse responsibility for leading financial management and other related functions
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NewsShift to staff ownership helps Riverford deliver ‘record’ sales
It moved to an employee ownership structure in June 2018
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NewsMüller completes £50m expansion of Telford yoghurt factory
The dairy giant said the investment represented ’a major step towards reducing the UK’s dependence on imported yoghurt products’
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NewsStartup Appey debuts with dilute-to-taste fruit tea lineup
They are made from concentrated British fruit and vegetable juices
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NewsMars Food unveils meat-free Tasty Bite Indian ready meal range
All variants are made outside Pune, south-west India, where Tasty Bite was founded more than 25 years ago
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NewsJames Hall hits £500k in own label charity donations
The own label sandwiches are sold across the wholesaler’s 640 Spar stores
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NewsCity snapshot: Grocery sales fall for the first time in three years
Grocery sales have fallen back for the first time in three years as last year’s record early summer temperatures hit year-on-year comparisons. Plus, first half profits plunge at McColl’s, Fever-Tree first half sales rise 13% and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 23 July: Sainsbury’s, Fever-tree, Swine fever
Sainsbury’s has linked with Deliveroo to offer hot takeaways via the delivery app.
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NewsEnergy tea maker Mission secures £260k to expand into retail
Energy tea producer Mission has received a six-figure funding boost to fuel its expansion into the retail sector, months after completing a rebranding.
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NewsProof of age body to develop digital identification system
The PASS standards group is chaired by ACS chief executive James Lowman
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NewsNational living wage forcing c-stores to cut staff hours, says ACS
The trade body voiced its concerns in oral evidence given to the Low Pay Commission
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NewsInvestment fund launched for eco-friendly packaging
Government to supply £60m while £149m will come from the private sector
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NewsPetition calls for ‘urgent’ welfare inspections for Scottish salmon
It follows allegations of malpractice at a farm in a Highland loch