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NewsSajid Javid faces pressure to release sugar reduction report
The Grocer revealed earlier this month that the report looks set to be published a full year behind schedule
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NewsRe:Nourish rapped by ASA for ‘offensive’ ad featuring naked man
The watchdog said the ad – which featured the strapline ’#Nothingtohide’ – could cause widespread offence
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NewsAd watchdog deems Lidl's Tesco price comparison ads misleading
The Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint from Aldi that the ads did not make sufficiently clear the claimed savings related only to the specific selection of products shown
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NewsBooker to freeze prices on 250 catering lines until the end of May
Booker is to freeze the prices on more than 250 of its popular catering lines until 31 May. Items subject to the price freeze include pork shoulder, beef joints, boneless turkey and premium chips. The retailer said it was keen to include roasting joints as part of ...
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NewsM&S partners with secondhand kids’ clothing platform Dotte
M&S is launching a trial with the peer-to-peer marketplace where users can buy, sell, donate and recycle outgrown kidswear
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NewsThe Vegetarian Butcher adds frozen versions of its bestselling chilled products
The range offered ‘something for every type of meaty craving’ and would ‘entice new and existing plant-based shoppers into the category’, said the brand
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NewsSainsbury’s becomes first UK supermarket to offer 100% ASC certified Scottish salmon
In Scotland less than 5% of Scottish salmon farms have been certified with ASC status
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NewsFarm Shop & Deli Show Retailer Awards finalists revealed
The winners will be announced at this month’s Farm Shop & Deli Show in Birmingham
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NewsBrindisa rebrands and rolls out new gazpacho soup duo
The brand has been given a new look and two new gazpacho flavours
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NewsWalkers to make 50% of sales from ‘healthier’ snacks by 2025
The crisps giant is making an initial investment of £35m over the next three years to ‘dramatically shift its snacks portfolio’
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NewsMorrisons new owners look to speed up refinancing despite profits warning
Sources said despite the gloomy predictions in the update given yesterday, it had “cleared the way” for CD&R to seek bank support to refinance more than £6bn of short-term borrowing
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NewsWhite fish tariff postponed following seafood sector concerns
The government had originally planned on introducing additional duties of 35% on white fish originating in Russia and Belarus at the end of March
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NewsIceland trials lower free delivery threshold to combat cost of living crisis
The retailer is lowering the minimum order value for its free next-day delivery service
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NewsMorrisons warns on impact of inflation and ‘geopolitical environment’
Private equity owned Morrisons has warned its profits will come under pressure from mounting inflation and the situation in Ukraine.
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NewsMedia Bites 5 April: Morrisons, inflation, Ferrero, M&S
The new owners of Morrisons have given the green light to plans to sell a £500m property portfolio, while the supermarket warns its profits are likely to take a significant hit this year as the cost of living crisis and disruption due to the war in Ukraine weigh on the grocery market.
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NewsUpfield UK bounces back into profit but warns on plant oil prices
The UK arm of Flora owner Upfield bounced back into profit in its first year of separation from former owner Unilever, but warned over the impact of soaring plant oil prices
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NewsAsda comes bottom in Oxfam’s fourth and final supermarket human rights scorecard
As well as dropping down the table, Asda is the only supermarket whose score has fallen since the last time Oxfam carried out the exercise, in 2020
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NewsKerry Group suspends operations in Russia and Belarus
Irish nutrition company Kerry Group has suspended its operations in Russia and Belarus following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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NewsVFC lands Sainsbury’s listing for two vegan chicken products
The Original Recipe Vegan Fried Chick*n Fillets and Vegan Fried Popcorn Chick*n will be stocked in the freezer aisle
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NewsThe Butterworks launches new premium spreadable SKU into Waitrose
The Butterworks’ West Country Spreadable is churned and hand salted to produce spreadable butter straight from the fridge.