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NewsBeelivery taps Minions movie for new marketing campaign
Beelivery has also launched several limited-edition Minion-themed grocery bundles
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NewsBlakemore Retail to shift HFSS promotions to main aisles to comply with location rules
Its chosen strategy, called ‘a single promotional run’, will see all products that are on promotion run “side by side” on main aisle units
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NewsTesco and Mars face off over petfood prices
It is understood the petfood giant – which owns Sheba, Whiskas, Pedigree and Cesar – has paused supply to the retailer
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NewsSainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts vows to support staff ahead of Living Wage vote
Earlier this year, the grocer became the first listed business to be hit with a shareholder resolution to become an accredited Living Wage employer
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NewsDel Monte challenges Heinz with move into ketchup and BBQ sauce
The brand has created a quartet of sauces
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NewsNyetimber appoints Rolls-Royce director Richard Carter as CEO
Carter will take over from Nyetimber owner and shareholder Eric Heerema and MD Hans Sleeuwenhoek
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NewsIceland partners with sharing app Olio to redistribute surplus food from 1,000 stores
Olio users can use the app now to get Iceland food products nearing the end of their shelf life for free
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NewsAmazon launches London hub for e-bike and walking deliveries
A spokesman told The Grocer there are “more hubs planned across the UK in the coming months”
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NewsSupermarket customer satisfaction rises as complaints in other sectors reach record levels
M&S Food was the highest-ranked supermarket when the index was last published, in January. Aldi came highest among its rivals in July 2021
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NewsCity snapshot: Sainsbury’s sales slide amid ‘intensifying pressure’ on household budgets
Sainsbury’s sales fell back in its first quarter as both grocery and general merchandise sales fell as it warned of “intensifying pressure” on household budgets. Plus, new CFO for B&M and trading updates from Chapel Down and Surpreme.
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NewsMedia Bites 5 July: Kellogg’s, Pret a Manger, BrewDog
News of Kellogg’s defeat in the High Court over new UK government HFSS regulations garners plenty of coverage today, along with the latest financial results from Pret.
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NewsNestlé quark brand Lindahls Kvarg launches big pot format
The pots are available in natural, raspberry and white chocolate flavours with between 50g and 53g of protein in each pot
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NewsBowl Grabber secures six-figure funding to disrupt wine category
The start-up offers wine across multiple formats – bottles, cans and bag-in-box – and has grown sales to £500k in its first year, with retail listings at Ocado and Amazon.
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NewsEkaterra appoints new CEO and chair
Nathalie Roos, former CEO of l’Oreal Germany, has been promoted to CEO, while Pierre Laubies, former CEO of Jacobs Douwe Egberts and a veteran of businesses including Mars and Campbell Soup Company, has joined the board as chair
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NewsStartup Insane Grain to challenge Nik Naks with non-HFSS Knobbly Sticks
The snacks promised to deliver on both taste and texture, said Insane Grain
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NewsHeinz Beanz Protein Pots pulled after less than two years on market
The pots were launched in early 2021 as part of Heinz’s ongoing ‘Beanz Liberation Exercise’ push
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NewsVimto eyes move into energy drinks with trademark application
Owner Nichols has applied to register the name ‘Vimto Energy’ as a trademark with the International Property Office
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NewsPortman Group rules against Marks & Spencer snow globe gins for under 18 appeal
Marks & Spencer claimed the bottles – which featured a light-up mechanism – were not designed as ‘a novelty, toy, or something that should be used by children’
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NewsKellogg’s legal challenge to HFSS clampdown rejected by High Court
The cereals giant challenged the clampdown, which is due to see HFSS products banned from prominent locations in stores, on three separate grounds
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NewsBrakes relaunches ‘Help for Hospitality’ fund as cost pressures bite
The wholesaler has now relaunched the initiative to ease increasing costs for its customers, such as rising energy prices and staff wages