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Media Bites 20 October: shoplifting, Nestle, Deliveroo
Shoplifting has hit a record high of 1,000 offences a day, an unprecedented 25% increase in a year, official figures showed on Thursday.
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City News: Nestlé shares sink as shoppers baulk at continued higher prices
Shares in Nestlé sank on Thursday as the world’s biggest food group revealed lower-than-expected sales growth in the first nine months of 2023.
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M&S quadruples intake of careers programme for school leavers and graduates
Successful candidates could be running a store in two years, according to M&S
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Tesco and Asda launch Christmas delivery slots ‘earlier than ever before’
Asda warned customers the slots “sell out fast at this busy time” and “once they’re gone, they’re gone”
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Record medal haul at William Reed’s World Steak Challenge
The competition – run by The Grocer’s publisher William Reed and partnered with Bord Bia – handed out a total of 346 medals at an event in Amsterdam this month
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Birds Eye back in growth as shoppers switch to frozen lines
Birds Eye has returned to sales growth as it raised prices to offset inflation and benefitted from cash-strapped shoppers switching from fresh to frozen.
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Oscar Mayer makes three appointments to senior management team
Each candidate was chosen following an ‘extensive search across the food manufacturing industry for bright, energetic and experienced talent’
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Farmers campaign at supermarket distribution hubs for improved returns
New campaign group Proud to Farm blockaded six distribution centres last week
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M&S claims retailer first with fully recyclable coffee cup
M&S has dispensed with a hard-to-recycle plastic layer usually found in coffee cups by using a material claimed to replicate the same barrier effect
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Nestlé unveils first carbon-reduced petfood range for Purina
‘We believe the health of our environment is as important as providing high quality pet food products,’ said Nestlé
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Branston announces plans to open state-of-the-art mashed potato facility
The new facility, which is expected to be operational by spring 2024, is expected to output 23 million packs of mashed potato in its first year
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Multibuys on non-HFSS products increasing across big supermarkets
The Food Foundation tracks the number of multibuy deals offered by the traditional big four and Aldi
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Holland & Barrett opens first concessions in Tesco stores since pandemic
The two new openings are H&B’s first new UK Tesco concessions ‘for a while’
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Indian restaurant Gymkhana plots retail rollout for at-home Michelin starred range
The renowned Indian restaurant has raised $3m (£2.5m) to bring its Michelin star food to the grocery channel
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Aldi recruiting for 14 e-commerce team positions
The discounter wants to ‘keep giving our customers new and exciting ways to shop’ – despite beating a retreat from online this year
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Harlech Foodservice cuts prices on over 300 lines to fight soaring costs
Under its new Trust Our Prices campaign, the Welsh food distribution company has also locked prices on 57 bestselling lines until 1 January
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Public health experts call for B Corp to introduce nutritional criteria
They claim a B Corp certification can be a ‘health halo’ for babyfood brands, misleading parents
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Sign-ups to flagship water waste roadmap slows to trickle
The UK imports more than 80% of its fruit and 40% of its vegetables, predominantly from water-stressed countries
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City snapshot: Nestlé revenues decline as pressure remains on volumes
Revenues have fallen at Nestlé in the first nine months of 2023 as falling volumes and currency headwinds outweighed higher prices at the Swiss food giant. Plus, Deliveroo reports Q3 update, Science in Sport CEO steps down, McBride profitability jumps despite volatility, Pernod Ricard reports ‘soft’ Q1 and Gusbourn has record harvest.
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Media Bites 19 October: Sainsbury’s, Asda, inflation, Amazon
Sainsbury’s is axing all of its remaining recycling centres at around 250 of its stores across the UK, despite boasting of its commitment to making it easier for customers to recycle.