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Tesco undercuts Aldi with new Fresh 5 fruit & veg promo
Tesco will discount five fruit & veg lines every fortnight in a promotion reminiscent of Aldi’s Super 6
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Poundland flags up 'Britain's Best' produce in stores
Products signposted include Poundland’s own-label brioche and branded products such as Colman’s mustard
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Lidl's Ireland home delivery partner recruits London-based manager
The grocery delivery specialist is expected to begin a UK rollout this year after securing €1m in investment since January
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Sainsbury's Taste the Difference gets brand revamp
This week, the retailer unveiled the new branding across ready meals and selected deli products
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Real Good Food fined £450k for ‘misleading’ stock exchange trading updates
Real Good Food has been fined £450k by the London Stock Exchange and publicly censured for breaking of AIM rules concerning ‘misleading’ trading updates in July 2017.
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Media Bites 30 May: Grocery market share, Ocado, M&S
None of the UK’s “big four” supermarkets managed to grow their sales in the last 12 weeks, the first time in almost three years that they have all failed to do so.
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Innocent boosts flavoured water offer with lower-sugar Refresher duo
Lemon & Ginger and Raspberry & Rosemary are made with no added sugar or sweetener
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Waitrose targets younger coffee fans after hot drinks reset
Having delisted SKUs from big names such as Nescafé, Waitrose has added trendier lines by mid-tier players
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Pep&Co clothing drives soaring revenue growth at Poundland
Store numbers rose by 0.5% from 871 to 875, with 20 opened and 16 closed as Poundland continued to ‘rationalise its portfolio’
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Driver shortage leaving vacancies unfilled in logistics sector
The study found the average age of an HGV driver was 48, and 13% of drivers working in the UK were EU nationals
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Shoppers flock to Cornwall church hall transformed into Nisa
The store has a focus on food to go with freshly made pizza sold whole or by the slice
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Meals & More names Peter McGrath as first operations director
The managerial position is designed to help deliver the charity’s vision of ending holiday hunger
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Waitrose to install energy saving ‘closed door’ technology
If the Berkhamsted trial is successful, Waitrose is planning to roll out the technology to at least three more stores
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Call for meat tax 'too simplistic', food experts warn
The proposal would be ’too blunt a policy tool’, and needed a more nuanced approach, according to an event convened by the Food Ethics Council
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Troo partners with Holland & Barrett for high-fibre range
Co-branded SKUs will mark the first time Holland & Barrett has worked in such a way with a food brand
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Cooler spring weather hampers grocery sales growth
The latest grocery market share figures show supermarket sales growth has slumped in recent weeks to due the cooler temperatures compared to last year’s sunny spring weather.
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Media Bites 29 May: Beyond Meat, WH Smith, Boots
Shares in Beyond Meat surged 9% to $86.67 on Tuesday after the group said it planned to produce its plant-based meat alternative in Europe for the first time.
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Beyond Meat to start European production next year
The Beyond Burger owner will start manufacturing at a new vegan factory in the Netherlands next spring
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Good Bubble launches baby skincare duo in bio-plastic bottle
Suitable for newborns, the new products come in a pump-bottle derived from sugarcane
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Co-op partners with John Lewis for click & collect services
John Lewis said the move was part of its strategy to leverage its supply chain and reach customers in areas it has a lower store presence