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Freshcut Foods close to new investment as Perwyn lines up exit
Perwyn hired advisors at US-based investment bank Stephens to explore options for the fresh ingredients supplier earlier this year.
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City snapshot: ABF says cost inflation remains significant but volatility diminishing
Ahead of its annual general meeting today, ABF has said its outlooking for the current financial year remains unchanged but that the volatility of input costs has begun to ease
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Media Bites 9 Dec: Morrisons, food ads, British American Tobacco
Morrisons has struck a £220m “sale and leaseback” deal that will allow it to accelerate the launch of Morrisons Daily, its convenience store chain
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The Good Food Programme recruits cohort of healthier challenger brands
The incubator scheme aims to help 10 progressive food and drink startups to develop healthier products
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David Wagstaff made St Pierre MD as David Milner moves on following Grupo Bimbo sale
Wagstaff brings more than 30 years’ experience in the food and drink industry to the role
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Marks & Spencer strikes EV rapid charger deal with BP
The agreement will see BP’s electric vehicle charging business install an initial 900 points in around 70 of M&S’s UK stores in the next two years
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Bestway planning to add more stores to Iceland product sales trial
It is understood Iceland has given Bestway access to its licensed products, with the exception of Greggs
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Central Co-op kicks off solar panel rollout programme with Sol PV Group
The society said the move reinforced its long-term vision to be self-sufficient by investing in greener forms of energy
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Coffey plays down calls for food sector crisis intervention
Coffey told MPs she didn’t ‘think we are at the stage of market interventions directly when it comes to pricing’
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‘Worst to come’ from food sector’s myriad crises, says 2 Sisters boss Ronald Kers
The sector was facing an ’existential threat to its future if we have another year like this’, warned CEO Ronald Kers
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Fresh Del Monte Produce announces launch of carbon neutral pineapples
It is a new product line extension from the Del Monte Gold, HoneyGlow and Del Monte ‘The Original’ pineapple varieties, grown in Costa Rica
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PPE ordering scandal adding to supply chain woes, logistics sector warns
According to the Department of Health and Social Care, as of 26 September 2022, there were 7.4 billion items of PPE stored in UK warehouses
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Morrisons to scrap date labels on 200 fruit and veg lines
The changes will start to come in before Christmas and include popular festive veg items, with further changes to be brought in over the course of next year
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Nearly 40 proposed Aldi stores being held up by planning objections from rival supermarkets
As Aldi and Lidl continue to take customers from rivals in droves, both are facing planning complaints
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Veg sales initiative Peas Please set to miss target as cost of living crisis bites
Peas Please, which was launched by the Food Foundation in 2019, said progress had been slowed by the impact of the financial situation
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Eddy’s Food Station shifts focus to larger stores to offset rising costs
The business, which launched its first store in May in Alloa, Scotland, had previously been seeking stores between 1,300 and 1,500 sq ft
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Hovis launches Simple White value loaf into Tesco and Booker stores
According to one senior industry insider, the loaf had been offered to Booker as a ‘price-fighting product’ following aggressive price hikes
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Strikes behind shortage of crackers ahead of Christmas
A swathe of cream crackers SKUs are listed as out of stock on supermarket websites following strike action at the Jacob’s factory in Aintree
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Ocado trialling revival of ‘delivery to the kitchen table’ option
It is understood drivers making deliveries from Ocado’s CFC in Purfleet and spoke site in Sheffield are involved in the trial
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City snapshot: Soaring prices grow sales and profits at packaging giant DS Smith
FTSE 100 packaging giant DS Smith brushed off a fall in in volumes and a near £800m hike in costs to strong grow sales and profits amid a significant jump in prices