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NewsHome baking sales sink as Bake Off effect loses power
Shoppers bought home baking items an average of 13 times in the past year
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NewsPrinces targets new audiences with launch of two fish ranges
Both ranges are aimed at shoppers seeking ‘health, taste and convenience’
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NewsNick Read takes over as Post Office chief executive
Read stepped down as CEO at Nisa amid takeover talks with Co-op
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NewsDeliveroo uses scale to drive down supplier costs for restaurants
The restaurant delivery company has created a “food procurement team” to drive down the prices of cooking ingredients…
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NewsLakes Distillery gets makeover with new logo, website and whisky
The upmarket spirits brand will roll out a new whisky next week bearing a new logo
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NewsShortlist revealed for The Grocer New Product Awards 2019
The shortlist covers 32 categories from adult soft drinks and babyfood to sports nutrition and yoghurt
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NewsPlanet Organic seeks supplier stock ‘contributions’ for new store
The retailer has written to its listed brands to ask for a donation of stock to cover the first month’s sales
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NewsCity snapshot: AB InBev sells Australian brewing arm to Asahi for $11.3bn
Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed to sell its Australian beer business Carlton & United Breweries to Japanese brewing giant Asahi Group in a deal valued at US$11.3bn. Plus, travel food retail specialist SSP Group has grown revenues by 9.2% in its third quarter and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 19 July: Waitrose, Retail sales, Philip Morris
Waitrose will shut three stores and offload a further four to rivals such as Lidl, putting 667 jobs at risk
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NewsEntries open for sixth year of Top New Talent Awards
The awards aim to celebrate the best and brightest young talent working across the UK grocery and foodservice sector today
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NewsWaitrose to close seven stores with 677 jobs affected
It’s the third round of store closures announced by the retailer since June last year
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NewsUK retail sales rise in June according to official figures
The latest ONS figures paint a brighter picture for UK retailer with retail sales improving both on a monthly and annual basis
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NewsCosta Coffee products to launch across Europe under Coca Cola HBC
The bottler will launch a full range of Costa branded products in “at least” 10 of its European markets
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NewsAssociation of Convenience Stores slams plans for ‘all-in’ DRS
James Lowman described the proposed system as a blunt instrument which would undermine existing kerbside recycling
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NewsFentimans launches ‘Light’ lower-calorie soft drinks trio
The three variants are lower-calorie versions of the brand’s Rose Lemonade, Gently Sparkling Elderflower and Sparkling Raspberry
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NewsPernod Ricard unveils first dark no-alcohol spirit Celtic Soul
It was launched as the low and no category ‘currently lacks a compelling dark spirits offering’.
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NewsOrganic farm Daylesford aims to roll out Zero Waste Pantry concept
The introduction of Zero Waste Pantry is part of a wider food and plastic waste drive
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NewsBrands urged to advertise healthier alternatives to HFSS food
Cancer Research UK found many current advertisers had the capacity to switch to advertising an existing non-HFSS product in their range
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NewsSeachill growth boosts Hilton Food Group’s first half sales
Hilton Food Group has continued to grow sales in the first half of its financial year, boosted by increased volumes from its Seachill fish business.
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NewsJackson’s Yorkshire’s Champion Bread removes palm oil
The result of about a year’s work, the reformulated offer is rolling out this week to Waitrose