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Moma Foods founder steps back following AG Barr acquisition
In a recent LinkedIn post, Moma Foods founder Tom Mercer wrote: ‘the time has come for me to pass the baton’
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Crave to overhaul snacks range following legal challenges
The startup has changed the name of three of its products following conversations with PepsiCo and Ferrero
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Superdrug sales and profits surge as it pushes omnichannel and value strategy
Superdrug enlisted food blogger and anti-poverty campaigner Jack Monroe to promote its value credentials in May last year, as it froze prices of 130 ‘everyday essential’ own label lines
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City Snapshot: Domino’s Pizza Group brings in new CEO
Domino’s Pizza Group has announced the the appointment of Andrew Rennie as its new CEO. Plus trading updates from Pepco and C&C Group
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Media Bites 13 July: Superdrug, Co-op, Molson Coors, JD Wetherspoon
In a quiet morning for fmcg news, the papers pick up on financial results at Superdrug and a potential frontrunner to take the chair at Co-op Group.
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DX opens new depot in Deeside
The new site will serve the group’s parcels operation, helping to provide tracked deliveries to both businesses and consumers
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Iceland boss ‘shocked’ at struggles of Irish stores buyer
Iceland Foods sold all of its stores in Ireland in February this year
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Samworth poised to axe plant-based Revolution Kitchen business
Samworth Brothers is exploring the closure of its lossmaking plant-based Revolution Kitchen business, putting hundreds of jobs at risk
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Sainsbury’s adds meat, fish and poultry to Nectar Prices
The loyalty discount scheme has been extended to 3,500 products since its launch in April
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Welsh exporters to see Brexit costs decline thanks to vet checks tech solution
The system, currently being trialled by organic lamb producer Rhug Estate, replaces manual in-person vet checks with remote digital checks
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Morrisons interrogates farm soil data in net zero effort
The supermarket is working with Downforce Technologies to measure and monitor the carbon stored within soil
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Bio&Me expands prebiotic yoghurt range with new single-serve pots
The brand is launching a 130g variant into Asda and independents next week
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Environment group kicks off legal action over Australia trade deal climate impact
Campaigners claim the government’s environmental impact assessment of the Australia trade deal was ‘inadequate’
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AF Blakemore signs up Relex to automate forecasting and replenishment
It will replace AF Blakemore’s previous manual methods with spreadsheets and overlapping multiple ERP systems with AI and machine-learning based analytics
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AHDB CEO Tim Rycroft to step down later this year
Ex-FDF COO Rycroft said it was ‘the right time to leave’ after a two-year spell at the levy board
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Tributes pour in following death of former Unitas finance director John Schofield
Schofield played an important role in the merger of Landmark Wholesale and Today’s Group in 2018, which led to the creation of Unitas
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Poundland website to be relaunched as transactional e-commerce platform
The plans will see visitors to Poundshop.com automatically redirected
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Maldon Salt adds Merchants sub-brand and two flavoured salts
The new range targeted home cooks seeking ‘special ingredients to elevate their cooking’ said Maldon
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Michael Durkin promoted to Haleon GB sales director position
Most recently, he held the position of marketing lead of oral health for Great Britain & Ireland
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Clampdown on business rates relief for empty property slammed as ‘out of touch’
The government has said evidence points to abuse of Empty Property Relief (EPR) as one of ‘the most common methods of rates avoidance’