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NewsIceland increases staff discount in latest move to ‘ease cost of living crisis’
‘We’re continuing to look for ways to help our customers and colleagues as the cost of living crisis continues to take hold,’ said Iceland MD Richard Walker
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NewsAnimal welfare campaigners express anger as government drops exports bill
The Animals Abroad Bill and Kept Animals Bill sought to ban live animal exports and the import of foie gras made by force-feeding
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NewsCook calls on food industry to employ more prison leavers
Cook provides training and jobs to people facing barriers such as previous convictions, homelessness, mental health challenges and refugee status
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NewsCoconut Collab launches Gut Health plant-based yoghurt alternative range
The products are fermented in the traditional way and each pot has multiple strains of live gut-friendly cultures
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NewsNeil Turton joins Alliance Stores as a non-executive director
Turton has over 35 years of experience in the wholesale and retail sector and has worked in a number of senior roles
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NewsNorfolk Showground set to become home to £2.3m ‘super farm shop’
Development will include café, butcher, delicatessen, outdoor seating area and two-acre market garden
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NewsMeal planning and shopping platform Lollipop secures £5m in seed round
The latest fundraise, led by Octopus Ventures, follows a pre-seed round carried out in December 2020
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NewsOnline surplus stock supermarket Motatos to launch in UK next month
The company was founded in 2014 in Sweden – where it is known as Matsmart – and later expanded into Denmark and Finland
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NewsTesco chairman calls for windfall tax on energy firms to help cost of living crisis
Allan told the BBC Today programme Tesco customers were among those whose behaviour was showing the extent of the financial hardship
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NewsWeetabix marketing boss Gareth Turner leaving to set up consultancy
Turner is to launch a new business called Big Black Door when he leaves the company in July 2022
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NewsOnken yoghurt launches major marketing campaign with Gok Wan
The campaign is a content series of five three-course set menus from five culinary destinations around the world
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NewsHardys launches ‘convenient’ canned wine trio for summer
The cans would appeal to younger shoppers, tap the trend for moderation, and make wine more suitable for on-the-go occasions
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NewsInstant noodle brand Naked adds vegetarian and vegan pot trio in Asian flavours
The range was set to ‘increase the brand’s appeal with mainstream instant hot snack eaters’, it said
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NewsCo-op trials window hatch click & collect service at Brighton store
Co-op said the initiative was designed to enable time-pressed shoppers to pick up orders without having to go in store and queue
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NewsTesco online chief joins Google after ‘most intense period of my career’
Poad, MD of online at Tesco since October 2019, led the supermarket’s online teams as they tackled soaring lockdown-induced demand
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NewsCity snapshot: Rising cost of living puts brakes on retail spending
The rising cost of living has “crushed” consumer confidence and put the brakes on consumer spending, according to the latest figures from the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor
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NewsMedia Bites 10 May: McColl’s/Morrisons, Cost of living, Philip Morris
The papers heavily feature the news that Morrisons has secured a rescue package for convenience chain McColl’s, beating off competition from EG Group
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NewsMorrisons confirms McColl’s rescue package
Morrisons has confirmed it has agreed to buy convenience chain McColl’s from administration, saving all 16,000 jobs
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NewsNomad Foods calls on industry to implement carbon impact assessments
When analysing the 22 frozen Nomad products, most had an equal or lower carbon footprint as similar products using other preservation methods
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NewsDemand for warehouse space continues to outstrip supply, driving up rents
Some 11.3 million sq ft was taken in the first three months of the year, 11% up on the five-year average in quarter one, according to Colliers