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Recycling reforms: supermarkets tell Thérèse Coffey to go back to drawing board
Retailers have set out six key areas they say need to be changed to prevent EPR being a failure
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Amacor to switch three stores from Nisa to Morrisons Daily
The first site reopened today (20 April) in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside
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BrewDog brings back controversial ‘gold’ can competition
It comes just three months after James Watt claimed he had paid almost £500,000 in compensation to previous winners
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Sainsbury’s drops Arla as own-label milk supplier
Supplier switch comes amid a raft of milk price cuts across the supermarkets
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Sainsbury’s launches value campaign across Local stores
The ‘Pocket Friendly Prices’ campaign is using new signage highlight value-tier household essentials
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Cook reports Easter sales up by 24% year on year
Sales at Cook’s 96 retail shops increased by 31% over the two-week period before and after Easter
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Tonic Health launches £500k crowd round for US push
Tonic Health is closing in on a £500k fundraising target as the natural supplements start-up returns to the crowd for follow-on investment
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‘World first’ powdered beer eyes launch with two brews
Following two years’ development work, the supplier has produced prototypes of two 0.0% abv brews – one regular and one gluten-free.
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Tesco suppliers warned not to give ‘legitimacy’ to fulfilment fee call
CEO Ken Murphy said a ’meaningful number’ of suppliers had agreed to the new fees
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DRS delay: companies call for tens of millions in compensation
Companies are demanding compensation after the plans were shelved for a third time
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Vegan fried chicken VFC secures £6m to boost growth
Plant-based investment firm Veg Capital led the latest seed round
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City snapshot: Travel rebound boosts WH Smith sales and profits
A strong rebound in UK and international travel has boosted first-half sales at retail group WH Smith, which plans to open 120 more travel stores to tap this growth
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Media Bites 20 April: Food price inflation, Tesco/Lidl, Nestlé
Food inflation accelerated to a 45-year high last month but the pace of price rises should ease as the year progresses
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Canned brands suffer 18% volume sales slump
The squeeze on household budgets had ‘forced consumers to monitor their spending and opt for cheaper options’, said Kantar
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Apple growers forced into the red despite supermarket price hikes
Apples are on average 5.8% pricier year-on-year, a figure over seven times higher than the 0.8% increase in returns seen by growers
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Bestway Vans Direct set to hit highest sales yet
The bi-weekly service aims to help retailers fill gaps on shelves and advise them on the next bestselling lines to maximise profitability
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Petfood makers and FareShare team up to help animals
Companies including Pets at Home, Purina Petcare, Lily’s Kitchen and Mars Petcare are taking part in the scheme
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Logistics sector calls for net zero infrastructure investment
The freight and logistics sectors have called on government to accelerate investment in green infrastructure
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Plant-based Tindle brand ramps up UK rollout
Tindle Burgers and Tindle Nuggets will be available in over 350 Morrisons stores nationwide and online from this week
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High Court rules Tesco Clubcard Prices logo was copied from Lidl
The effect ‘was to cause a subtle but insidious transfer of image’ from Lidl in the minds of some consumers, said the judge