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NewsCity Snapshot: Lidl and Aldi grab more share as grocery inflation hits 13-year high
Food price inflation has hit its highest level for 13 years, with Lidl and Aldi stealing more market share from rivals, according to Kantar. Plus, annual results from Cranswick and interims from Greencore and SSP Group, with a trading statement from Hilton Food Group.
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NewsMedia Bites 24 May: Starbucks, Superdrug, THG
Starbucks has become the latest consumer brand to pull out of Russia as the wider exodus of multinational companies from the country continues three months after its invasion of Ukraine.
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NewsEast of England Co-op joins forces with Too Good To Go across 230-store estate
The Too Good To Go app lets users search for stores taking part in the scheme that have unsold produce.
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NewsBritain could face bottled beer shortage as glass costs surge, suppliers warn
Small and medium-sized breweries are expected to bear the brunt of the impact of rising costs
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NewsRed Fox gains retail listing at Morrisons ahead of new marketing campaign
The 200g pre-packed product will be available in Morrisons stores nationwide from the end of May
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NewsMüller Milk & Ingredients replaces CEO Jon Jenkins with new leadership duo
Liam McNamara and Rob Hutchison have both been promoted to the joint leadership of the dairy giant
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NewsSuperdrug enlists Jack Monroe to promote value credentials
Monroe is to promote the retailer’s Shop Smart campaign, sharing tips to ‘help customers navigate the growing cost of living crisis’
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NewsRise of migrants stowing away in lorries fuelling food waste
Sources have linked the rise in ‘clandestine infiltration’ to the government’s Rwanda agreement
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NewsTraditional shops paying ‘eight times more’ in business rates than online retailers
For every £100 earned by shops in Britain, £2.91 is payable in business rates, while for online retailers the figure is just 34p, according to Altus Group
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NewsOcado to acquire robotics startup to accelerate CFC bot rollout
The acquisition – the terms of which have been agreed – is expected to complete by 6 June this year. The value of the deal is €10.2m
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NewsMars launches Snickers flavour dessert sauce
The NPD will join Mars and Bounty’s dessert sauces on shelves in Tesco from the end of May
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NewsMade for Drinks teams up with Laurent-Perrier to launch chip shop scraps snack
‘A bag of fish and chips and a glass of champagne remains one of the most highly prized food and drink marriages of all time,’ the brand claimed
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NewsAldi giving away 10 £500 vouchers to fund Jubilee street parties
The supermarket is staging the competition on Facebook, where people are asked to tag their local community group or “a friendly neighbour” to be in with a chance of winning
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NewsCity Snapshot: Moonpig to bulk up gifting proposition with £124m acquisition of Buyagift
Online greeting card group Moonpig has proposed a £124m deal to acquire gifting experiences company Buyagift. Plus, DTC ready meal group Parsley Box hires marketing director.
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NewsMedia Bites 23 May: THG, M&S, Tesco, Ocado, Pets at Home
THG remains in focus for the papers over the weekend as the embattled firm awaits further higher bids in takeover talks.
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NewsCo-op invests £19m in pig pricing, and urges mults to do more on sourcing
The retailer has committed to pay its pig farmers above the cost of production, while also calling on other retailers to improve British sourcing
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NewsCity News: Premier Foods shares surge on beefed-up dividend and boosted profits
The Bisto and Paxo owner’s trading profits for the year to 2 April of £148.3m beat expectations
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NewsMindful Chef reports surge in growth amid healthy diet boom
Surging grocery growth and expansion into ready meals saw meal kit player Mindful Chef maintain strong growth last year on top of a record-breaking 2020
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NewsLily’s Kitchen adds new petfood lines for kittens and puppies
The launch is targeted at ‘the ongoing boom of new pet parents since the onset of the pandemic’
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NewsSainsbury’s boosts number of stores on Deliveroo
An additional 65 Sainsbury’s stores have been brought onto the platform, bringing the total to 336 across the UK