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NewsBoughey Distribution appoints Angela Carus as new MD
Carus has joined the company from Culina, where she had been director of operations for the past two-and-a-half years
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NewsM&S CEO Steve Rowe steps down as Food MD Stuart Machin takes top role
Current co-COO Katie Bickerstaffe will become co-CEO, with a focus on driving the business’s global omnichannel, and digital and data strategies
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NewsPoultry producers demand tighter controls on imports from EU
Complaints about unfair trade could be resolved by UK-EU veterinary deal
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NewsNestlé launches white chocolate Smarties to mark the brand’s 85th birthday
The NPD had ‘all the fun, colour and crunch of regular Smarties, but with a delectable white chocolate filling’, said Nestlé
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NewsDigital DRS no longer a pipe dream, supermarket bosses told
The UK government is due to publish a response to a consultation on the future of DRS later this month
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NewsStore Group to bolster estate following new COO and CFO appointments
Retailer has appointed Lee Rhodes as its new chief operating officer and Kevin Boyle as chief financial officer
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NewsMorrisons launches salad refill box rental scheme to reduce plastic
It said the ‘Refill a Box’ scheme, being trialled at four stores, was the first of its kind by a UK supermarket
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NewsJohn Lewis’ Sharon White: Ukraine crisis leading to ‘persistent’ inflation
Waitrose executive director James Bailey said maintaining a “strong relationship” with suppliers was vital in mitigating cost increases
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NewsCMA lifts enforcement order on Freshways-Medina merger
The CMA started investigating the long-awaited merger of the two mid-market processors last summer
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NewsUbamarket enhances till-less payment function for Scan, Pay, Go app
New mechanism, means shoppers can check out anywhere in store without having to link up with payment zones
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NewsShareAction planning next move after Unilever commits to HFSS reporting
Unilever agreed to set new stretching targets for growing the proportion of its healthier products, based on the government’s Nutrient Profile Model
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NewsFormer Metcalfe’s CEO launches investment firm to grow UK brands in the US
It plans to acquire a string of healthier fmcg brands in the UK and scale them across the Atlantic.
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NewsEngland captain Harry Kane invests in ‘phenomenal’ Bio & Me
Kane said he had been wowed by the brand’s “phenomenal” growth trajectory
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NewsImperial becomes first tobacco giant to suspend Russian operations
The company has halted production at its factory in Volgograd
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NewsCity snapshot: John Lewis restores staff bonus on profits rebound
The John Lewis Partnership has restored its staff bonus as a strong rebound in sales at both John Lewis and Waitrose boosted profits.
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NewsMedia Bites 10 March: Russia/Ukraine, cost-of-living crisis, Unilever
The main focus in the papers today is the ongoing exodus of Western brands from Russia, with those refusing to stop operations facing increasing pressure.
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NewsFamilies humiliated at tills as IT chaos blights Healthy Start scheme
Campaigners are calling for urgent intervention from health secretary Sajid Javid
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NewsOatly losses balloon as it puts growth ahead of profits
Losses at plant-based milk brand Oatly have ballooned as costs spiralled, inflation squeezed margins and it ploughed more money into growing production capacity to meet rising demand.
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NewsConference to explore future of probiotics in food sector
The three-day event will bring together experts and leaders from across academia, industry and regulators
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NewsLatvian Stolichnaya Vodka rebrands as ‘Stoli’ to distance itself from Russia
The brand said ‘the name no longer represents our organisation’