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Wall’s adds sweet and sour Twister Fruit Zingerrr lolly
Made with real fruit juice, it contains no artificial flavours or colourings
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Superdrug urges customers to donate hygiene products
Superdrug’s charity partner, Beauty Banks, has reported an 80% increase in demand in 2022 compared with previous years
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Sustainable seafood on UK shelves on the rise, new MSC report finds
The new report showed there were 49 different sustainably sourced species available to UK and Irish consumers compared to 45 last year
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Media 25 Jan: Amazon, Primark/ABF, insolvencies
Amazon workers in Britain are taking strike action for the first time, with a third of staff walking out at a warehouse in Coventry in a dispute over pay
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City snapshot: UK retail footfall steadily improves in 2022 but remains below pre-Covid levels
Footfall across UK retail destinations remains significantly lower than before the pandemic but improved steadily throughout 2022, a new report has revealed.
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Grenade and Oreo launch co-branded protein bar
The NPD contains 21g of protein and 1g of sugar, and can be purchased from Grenade’s webstore
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Riverford Organic sees profits fall after investing in people and packaging
The veg-box delivery business ramped up its marketing in a bid to grow customers after Covid-19
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CBD drinks brand Cannabrew secures £250k loan to fund expansion
The Lancaster-based business plans to bring its production in-house, opening its own taproom in March 2023
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Boots relaunches price lock campaign but scales back number of products included
Boots had a long-running price lock on over 1,500 own-label lines in 2022, lasting from June until the end of the year
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Hundreds of jobs to go as Central Co-op closes Leicester DCs
The society is moving operations to Co-op Group-managed distribution network LIDIA
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Amazon shutters first checkout-free Fresh store
The store in Dalston closed this week, less than 18 months after it launched, with Amazon confirming the move was permanent
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Sysco extends partnership with food charity City Harvest
City Harvest will collect surplus food from Fresh Direct, Wild Harvest, and Brakes’ London depots several times a week
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Seafood supplier Cook & Lucas brings in administrators
A major whitefish processor in Grimsby supplying the likes of Hilton Foods and Charlie Bigham’s has fallen into administration
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Bottle of Kylie Minogue 0% abv wine 'sold every 10 seconds'
As many as 4,500 bottles per week were being sold in December 2022 alone, according to the distributor
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City snapshot: ABF sales jump as commodity costs and inflation ease
Associated British Foods grew revenues by 20% in the quarter encompassing Christmas as it benefited from a less volatile inflationary environment, easing commodity costs and ‘resilient’ consumer spending
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Deal values plunge as inflation and lack of debt hit M&A
Deal values in the food and drink industry slumped in 2022 as suppliers battled spiralling costs, consumers cut back on spending and private equity firms had a harder time securing debt for M&A, according to a new report.
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Media Bites 24 January: Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Chapel Down
The main retail story in this morning’s papers covers the fallout from Tesco chairman John Allan’s comments that food companies may be using inflation as an excuse to increase prices further than necessary
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Tesco to use waste ocean plastic for fresh fish packaging
From next week, many of the supermarket’s fresh salmon, haddock, cod and sea bass lines will be sold in trays that contain at least 30% recycled coastal plastic
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Boots invites job applications from those affected by Lloyds Pharmacy closures
Boots has more than 1,500 pharmacy roles to fill nationwide, spanning all levels from pharmacy advisors and trainee pharmacists to experienced pharmacists looking to develop their careers, it has said
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Bidcorp UK acquires Suffolk-based wholesaler Thomas Ridley Foodservice
Formerly a member of the Country Range group, Thomas Ridley has over 2,000 catering and hospitality customers throughout London and East Anglia