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Supreme acquires sports nutrition supplier FoodIQ UK from administration
Listed consumer goods group Supreme has acquired plant-based supplier FoodIQ UK from administration for £175k to broaden its portfolio
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Booker invests over £5m into January value campaign
Available to Booker’s symbol retailers operating with Londis, Premier, Budgens and Family Shopper, the campaign will last until 30 January
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Sainsbury’s swaps mushroom punnets from plastic to cardboard
The swap marks the retailer’s biggest single plastics removal in its history – equivalent to the weight of 43 full London double-decker buses
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Record Black Friday drives 9.8% Q1 sales growth for Boots
Online sales in the three months to 30 November were up 17.5% year on year, contributing 19.2% of total retail sales
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Alcohol-free beer and cider prices grow ahead of boozy counterparts
Two of the biggest proportional price increases in beer and cider since last year were for low & no-alcohol products
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Asda becomes first supermarket to price match both Aldi and Lidl
Asda will price match Aldi and Lidl on 287 comparable grocery products and has reduced prices by an average of 17%
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Tesco extends toy tie-up with The Entertainer
As well as an extended range, Tesco said the deal meant customers would be able to earn Clubcard points on in-store purchases from The Entertainer
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City snapshot: UK retail footfall weakens in damp December
Wet weather and the cost of living crisis combined to drive a sharp reduction in UK retail footfall over the Christmas period. Plus Asda to price match the discounters and Supreme buys FoodIQ UK from administration
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Media Bites 5 January: PepsiCo/Carrefour, Boots, UK farming
French food retailer Carrefour has said it will no longer sell PepsiCo products because they have become too expensive
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Premium spirit sales forecast to come under pressure in 2024
Consumers are likely to trade down into cheaper alcohol in 2024 to add further pressure to premium drinks brands, according to Bloomberg Intelligence
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SugaRich acquires Sweetdreams to expand into confectionery
Food reprocessor SugaRich has announced the acquisition of Choc Nibbles manufacturer Sweetdreams to expand its offering into confectionery manufacturing
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Lucky Saint launches ‘pop-up pub’ in Waitrose King’s Cross store
The pop-up will feature a pub quiz and a competition to win a Peloton bike
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Sainsbury’s boosts hourly pay with ‘biggest ever’ wage investment
The increase takes Sainsbury’s total investment in pay over the last three years to £500m
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Morrisons installs Zizzi bays in ‘biggest frozen change since 2019’
A 17-strong product range – spanning side dishes, main courses and desserts – will roll into the retailer on 8 January
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British Lion Eggs launches £1m campaign
The marketing programme will aim to deliver trust and inspiration messages
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Usdaw signs agreement with Asda to represent former EG Group staff
The new agreement builds on the existing representation already in place for colleagues working in the 119 convenience stores Asda acquired from the Co-op in 2022
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Juicy Marbles extends availability with Tesco launch
The plant-based brand has secured a long-term supply deal with the UK’s largest supermarket, marking its largest retail deal in the country to date
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New origin and production food labelling plans in pipeline
The proposals would help back British farmers, said Defra secretary Steve Barclay at today’s Oxford Farming Conference
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Walkers adds trio of vegan crisp flavours for Veganuary
All three variants are HFSS compliant and are claimed to offer ‘authentic meat and cheese flavours’
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Red sea shipping attacks will lead to ‘inevitable’ food inflation
The crisis in the key shipping route lining the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal has sparked military and political action by the US and other governments