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Sainsbury's and WH Smith shelve food to go trial
In the stores visited by The Grocer, Sainsbury’s food to go lines have been replaced by Munch products
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Asda brings local suppliers to the fore in dairy fixture reset
Overall, the retailer has cut the amount of dairy SKUs on sale by 16 since mid-February
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Morrisons given permission to appeal data breach case ruling
The case relates to a security breach in 2014 involving the leaked payroll data of nearly 100,000 employees
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Princes to roll out 50% recycled shrink-wrap packaging
Princes would help reduce the amount of plastic sent to landfill across the country by up to 1,000 tonnes, it said.
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Booths expands world foods range with artisan brands
The upmarket supermarket has added 175 new SKUs to the category
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MP slams Asda CEO for changes to staff pay and contracts
Siobhain McDonagh accused Asda of using improved basic pay as a “smokescreen” to slash staff costs
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Danone first quarter sales edge up 0.8% amid volumes slide
French dairy giant Danone has posted a 0.8% like for like sales growth in the first three months of the year as performance was hampered by tough comparatives, a consumer boycott in Morocco and weaker sales volumes.
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Media Bites 17 April: Asda, Morrisons, Johnson & Johnson
Asda has been accused of planning to cut the pay of 3,000 supermarket staff, under proposed changes to employee contracts that will end paid breaks (The Guardian). Britain’s second biggest supermarket chain Asda has been accused of trying to disguise a pay cut for thousands of staff, ...
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Fever-Tree partners with Caffè Nero for 'Espresso & Tonic' drinks
They will be available from the coffee chain’s stores
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Bidfood to sell Brexit contingency stock in wake of delay
The company’s contingency plans are now on hold until July, when it will review the situation again
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Sugro welcomes three new members to buying group
Sugro now has 84 members with a combined turnover of more than £1.1bn
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Holland & Barrett unveils own-brand vegan ice cream range
Retailer introduced the range in all 715 UK branches with a buy one get one half price promotion
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Later Easter set to boost sales of related products
Two-thirds of households will be celebrating Easter this year
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Müller's Milk & More expands fleet of electric floats to 500
The doorstep delivery service will become the UK’s largest operator of electric vehicles from next month, it claimed
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Aldi rolls out direct surplus food donations to entire estate
The initiative bypasses the need for the surplus food to return to an Aldi depot before being redistributed
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M&S to recruit head of data science
The annual salary for the role has been advertised as between £175,000 to £200,000
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Tesco confirms discount promotion trial for Clubcard users
CEO Dave Lewis admitted last week the retailer was planning an overhaul of its loyalty offer
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‘Lifestyle tea’ brand OffBlak to launch via D2C
The teas come in pyramid bags packed in colourful slimline boxes resembling premium chocolate bars
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Lion preparing for Little Creatures brewery in London
It comes just weeks after Lion bought well-respected Huddersfield craft brewer Magic Rock for an undisclosed sum
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City snapshot: Card Factory profits hit by mounting costs
Greeting cards and gifts chain Card Factory has posted flat like for like annual sales despite a “tough consumer environment” but saw profits hit by rising costs. Plus, all the rest of the latest news from the City.