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City snapshot: World Cup helps Domino’s Pizza Group score record Q4 orders
Domino’s Pizza Group has increased annual sales after an “outstanding” performance in the final quarter, boosted by a rollout on Just Eat and the World Cup
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Media Bites 9 March: Morrisons, Hotel Chocolat, The Restaurant Group
Morrisons racked up £1.5bn of losses in the year after being bought by US firm Clayton, Dubilier and Rice.
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Coca-Cola and Hubbub pay for councils to roll out new ‘on the go’ recycling pilots
The trials will involve the rollout of colourful and eye-catching bins, targeted messaging and local partnerships to encourage behaviour change
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Hotel Chocolat to relaunch free sampling in shops after Covid cancellation
Hotel Chocolat stopped offering free samples to customers during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Fruit and veg prices up just 0.6% despite shortages
For European farmers, “you go where you are prepared to be paid.”.
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Nestlé taps blonde chocolate trend with new Golden Collection
The fmcg giant has given its Aero, Munchies, Smarties and Milkybar brands a blonde chocolate makeover
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Cadbury grows Mini Rolls range with Chocolate Orange and Chocolate Mint lines
Targeted at a shoppers aged 18 to 34, the new lines join Milk Chocolate and Chocolate Raspberry
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Rachel Izzard to become Co-op Group CFO
The appointment is the second swoop the society has made on N Brown this year
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Barfoots launches new process to extend veg freshness
The Freshlock process pasteurises vegetables, extending the life whilst retaining the natural vitamins and minerals
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England loses one-fifth of female breeding pig herd
The latest figures were 25% below the 317,000 head recorded in 2020, which is ‘significant’ for production
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Iceland beats meal donation target after hitting 3.5 million milestone
Iceland Foods has redistributed more than 3.5 million meals since January 2022
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Child food poverty: supermarkets slammed over lack of ‘meaningful’ action
Food Foundation is calling for discounted fruit & veg ranges, promotions on bread and milk, and reduced prices for the healthiest ranges of products
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Nestlé looks set to launch coffee-lemonade-hybrid soft drink
It has applied to register the name ‘Coffeenade’ with the Intellectual Property Office, under classes 30 and 32
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‘Climate-positive’ brand Sapling Spirits readies £1.2m crowd campaign
Sapling Spirits is preparing a seven-figure crowdfunding campaign to support the brand’s rapid growth in the UK and develop new markets overseas
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City snapshot: Bakkavor pushes revenues beyond £2bn but soaring costs weigh on profits
Bakkavor has reported a “robust” annual performance as like-for-like revenues exceeded £2bn but profits were weighed down by inflationary headwinds totalling more than £200m
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Media Bites 8 March: Greggs, Premier Foods, salmon farms
Coverage of Greggs’ annual results makes all the papers this morning.
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Nestlé adds Kit Kat Cereal to breakfast lineup
The product is billed as capturing the ‘essence of the original chocolate bar’
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Doritos and Burger King team up for Whopper tortilla chips
The new tortilla chips tasted ‘deliciously close’ to BK’s flagship burger, said PepsiCo
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HelloFresh sales hit record highs in 2022 but shares sink as it guides for slower growth
Revenues at HelloFresh hit a new record of €7.6bn in 2022 as it shipped more than one-billion meals to customers
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Huel brings in Wagamama finance chief as new CFO
Fast-growing meal replacement brand Huel has appointed the CFO at restaurant chain Wagamama as its chief financial officer