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NewsTesco partners with rapid grocery service Gorillas for 10-minute deliveries
The retailer and rapid grocer will establish “co-located physical warehouses” within five Tesco stores
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NewsMcColl’s rolls out personalised offers on customers’ receipts
The retailer worked with Ecrebo on the technology, described as “light-touch PoS software”
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NewsSainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts: ‘there will be plenty of food’ this Christmas
Roberts explained that stores will be getting regular deliveries right up until Christmas Eve
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NewsAsda in new data partnership to ‘better understand customer needs’
It follows the announcement last week of ‘Asda Rewards’, an app-based loyalty scheme available to customers for the first time in 16 trial stores
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NewsFrance threatens more border controls in post-Brexit fishing row
France has been infuriated in recent months after the UK rejected a number of fishing licences
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NewsEarth & Wheat kicks off vegan wonky biscuit deliveries
The business was founded by university student and fourth-generation baker at Signature Flatbreads James Eid in March this year
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NewsFeast Box partners with Quorn on vegetarian recipe kit duo
The partnership would ‘highlight that vegetarian meals can be just as exciting’, said Feast Box
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NewsCarlsberg upgrades 2021 profits guidance as reopening of pubs boosts Q3
Danish brewer Carlsberg has lifted its profit forecasts for the year thanks to a better-than expected performance in the third quarter and start of the final three months of 2021 as drinkers returned to pubs and restaurants.
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NewsKraft Heinz price hikes lifts 2021 profits expectations
Kraft Heinz has raised profit expectations for the year as a hike in prices and sustained at-home demand helped the US food giant battle escalating inflation.
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NewsCity snapshot: AB InBev raises profit forecast as sales exceed pre-pandemic levels
The world’s largest brewer AB InBev has raised its full year profit expectations after sales surged past pre-pandemic levels on volume and price growth in its third quarter. Plus updates from C&C Group, Virgin Wines and DS Smith.
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NewsOcean Saver ramps up mission to eliminate single-use plastic with crowd backing
Eco cleaning start-up Ocean Saver has surpassed its £1m crowdfunding goal to increase brand awareness and invest in NPD.
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NewsMedia Bites 28 October: Budget, Heineken, Brexit, John Lewis
The focus was squarely on yesterday’s Autumn Budget statement in the papers this morning.
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NewsTesco’s wonky fruit & veg range saves 50 million packs of food so far
In five years the total weight of fruit and veg sold is 44,000 tonnes
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NewsIndustry reacts to Sunak’s business rates reform, including one-year 50% cut for retail and hospitality
The 50% cut – capped at £110,000 – will do little to help big businesses, says BRC
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NewsAscona Group to install self-serve tills across a third of estate
The solution was first installed at its Anker Service Station in July
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NewsPepsiCo registers ‘Walkers Mighty Spuds’ as trademark
It has applied to register the name with the IPO under class 29, covering crisps, and class 30, featuring tortilla chips
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NewsPrinces slashes Indian Ocean tuna catch but warns more needs to be done
The canned food giant has reduced its catch from the fishery by half due to sustainability concerns
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NewsBudget 2021: alcohol duty system to be given ‘radical’ shake-up
The chancellor said the new system would be designed around “a common sense principle” to tax higher strengths
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NewsFormer Innocent supply chain manager moves to eco cleaning brand Wilton London
The appointments come after a £500k, oversubscribed crowdfund
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NewsEnergy price hikes proving ‘painful’ for wholesalers
The Federation of Wholesale Distributors said members’ energy costs had increased by between 50% and 250% in October