Latest Headlines – Page 678
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NewsFood-to-go market drops almost 50% in value in 2020
Lumina Intelligence report found food to go sales fell to £11.6bn in 2020
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NewsMolson Coors announces iced coffee, spirits and mixers distribution deals
Molson Coors embarked last year on a major push outside its beer heartlands
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NewsPoundland to reopen ‘hibernated’ stores and extend grocery range
The stores were temporarily closed in January as high street footfall plummeted under restrictions
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NewsCo-op bans sales of peat-based compost in stores
The ban forms part of the retailer’s environmental commitments to combat the climate crisis
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NewsLaughing Cow expands spreadable cheese range with new blended variant
The Laughing Cow Blends is made using chickpeas and herbs and tapped into the healthy snack trend, said the brand
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NewsOxo taps home cooking boom with move into rubs and marinades
The range would offer ‘a point of differentiation to the specialist products currently available in the sector that offer more niche flavours’, said Oxo
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NewsSemichem to close up to 22 stores putting 140 jobs at risk
The move comes in response to a 75% drop in footfall in some locations due to lockdowns
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NewsAsda opens first London in-store vaccination centre
Asda become the first supermarket to provide in-store vaccination in January
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NewsAldi to donate over 250,000 meals during Easter school holidays
The discounter will be donating surplus food from stores to local causes through the community giving platform Neighbourly
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NewsCity Snapshot: UK retail sector loses almost 190,000 jobs during coronavirus outbreak
News of almost 190,000 UK retail job losses since first lockdown comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed yesterday that non-essential shops will re-open on 12 April
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NewsMedia Bites 6 April: Iceland, pork, Easter eggs, Deliveroo
The boss of Iceland has called for a digital sales tax to help to support the recovery of the high street and has stepped up the retailer’s defence of its decision to keep hold of business rates relief.
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NewsTesco links with SimplyCook for ‘Let’s Cook’ in-store meal kits
The ‘Let’s Cook’ one-stop chiller bay will invite shoppers to create a meal for two for £6
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NewsCity News: Deliveroo IPO falls flat as share price plunges
Deliveroo may have been London’s largest IPO in almost a decade, but the float also proved to be one of the market’s least well received.
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NewsMSC rejects claims made by Netflix Seaspiracy documentary
The film cast doubt on the efficacy of sustainable certification – something MSC described as ‘wrong’
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NewsChocolate, biscuits and rice pudding won’t need EHC says Defra
Next month Brussels will significantly expand the range of composite foods requiring an export health certificate
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NewsWyke joins fight over ‘ruinous’ AD plants rates hike
AD plant operators were being treated ’unduly harshly’ by the hike, said Wyke Farms MD Rich Clothier
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NewsWholesale sector welcomes extended producer responsibility exemption
Previous government proposals in 2019 suggested introducing a wholesaler obligation
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NewsHarlech Foodservice to hire 50 staff and issue bumper pay rises
Its existing 150-strong workforce will see wages jump by an average of 5%
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NewsMatt Atkinson to step down as Co-op’s chief customer officer
Atkinson joined Co-op in 2017 and was charged with transforming the society’s data, digital, membership and community platforms
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NewsEmma Isaac joins Waitrose as head of marketing
Isaac moved to the retailer this week, following four years at the Natwest Group