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City snapshot: UK retail sales fall for the first time in three years
Like-for-like UK retail sales fell back in May to end a 26-month run of positive growth, according to figures from BDO
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Media Bites 9 June: Tesco, EG Group, Amazon
The consumer group Which? has reported Tesco to the UK’s competition watchdog over its failure to provide detailed pricing information on its loyalty card offers
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Online foodservice marketplace launches in UK to ‘take share from the big boys’
Suppliers list their products on the marketplace, and customers shop from the online store, with Foodomarket handling the payments and logistics between
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Costco profits jump 44% to £120.6m in 2022
Fuel sales were improved by the opening of a new petrol station in Watford, which took the business’s total to 19 petrol stations across 29 warehouse sites
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Event catering marketplace Feast It rebrands and bags $8.5m funding
Togather – by diversifying into other categories – expects to double sales again this year
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Aldi planning to ramp up its own label range of British wagyu beef
The discounter plans to extend its wagyu range across its entire estate over the next two years
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Foodspring targets UK expansion with Holland & Barrett listing
Two variants of the brand’s whey protein powder hit the retailer’s shelves in May
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Arla to launch plant-based Lurpak variant next year
Arla is keeping the ingredients of the product, its format, and the launch date under wraps
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Aldi to open five new stores within five weeks
Each store will create about 40 jobs, according to Aldi
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Iceland’s Richard Walker latest supermarket boss to criticise food price cap proposals
’Price caps don’t work,’ the supermarket’s executive chairman told BBC Breakfast
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ACS urges cautious approach to future wage rates
In a submission to the Low Pay Commission, ACS has urged it to recognise the unique challenges faced by businesses caused by the cost of living crisis
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Princes Group appoints Simon Harrison deputy MD
Harrison brings more than 20 years fmcg commercial and leadership experience to the role
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Shelf prices of bleach surge in supermarkets by as much as 90%
The price increases follow last year’s global shortage of chlorine
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City snapshot: Nestlé to invest in sustainable start-ups in Latin America via VC partnership
Nestlé has announced a partnership with specialist agri-food venture capital fund The Yield Lab Latam, to invest in sustainable food production start-ups in the region
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Media Bites 8 June: John Lewis Partnership, Ivan Menezes, grocery shopping
Dame Sharon White has pledged to get the John Lewis Partnership back to “sustainable” profit before 2026, although this may require outside investment
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Food-to-go player Around Noon acquires The Soho Sandwich Co
Around Noon is targeting becoming a £100m UK food-to-go powerhouse with the acquisition of The Soho Sandwich Company
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Food and drink M&A shows signs of recovery in 2023
UK food and drink mergers and acquisition volumes have bounced back to their highest level in six years, partly driven by buyers snapping up distressed assets
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Deposit return scheme shelved until at least October 2025
The Scottish government met with representatives from industry earlier today in talks which put the final nail in the coffin of the proposed launch in March next year
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Broccoli packaging revamped to reduce supply chain waste
A Spanish export company has changed the way it transports broccoli to the UK so it arrives in prime condition
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GrowUp Farms gets green light for major vertical farm expansion
The height of the company’s Pepperness site at Discovery Park near Sandwich will be increased to 24.9m from 18.9m to accommodate more growing chambers