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Symington’s profits surge but uncertainty arises over CEO departure
Alongside the latest accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023, filings at Companies House also showed CEO Christian Boulter is no longer a director at the company
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Glenshire Group bolsters leadership team as it grows estate
Starting next week in a newly created role, Aleksandra Copeland, formerly head of central operations at forecourt operator Applegreen, has been hired as group operations director
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Gym-goers ready meal delivery service rebrands to broaden appeal
Lions Prep – which has delivered more than seven million meals since its launch in 2016 – has changed its name to Frive
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Amazon Just Walk Out tech powering Milton Keynes supermarket
The supermarket – called The Corner Store – sees customers scan their credit card or mobile wallet at an entry gate, before taking items from shelves and leaving
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Co-op invests £6.4m to cut fruit & veg prices for members
Rolling out from this week, the exclusive discounts for members are as much as 44% compared with the standard price, and an average of nearly 20%
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Asda announces £50m store upgrade programme
The programme, starting at the Long Eaton store in Nottingham, will cover 170 stores in total and is expected to complete by the end of November
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Wet weather pushes wholesale veg prices by up to 66%
Crops including parsnips, cauliflowers, leeks and cabbage are all significantly up in price following the recent floods
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Bulk shapes up for more growth following record year
An increase in the popularity of strength training has lifted DTC nutrition brand Bulk to a record performance as revenues jumped 30% to £123.1m in 2023
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Aldi invests £750m in 20-year partnership with UK apple grower
The new 20-year deal will see the introduction of the ‘Aldi Orchard’ – a 200-acre plot on New Green Farm in Gravesend
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Old El Paso launches Street Vibes range to lure pre-family shoppers
The range targets a ‘younger demographic through the fun flavours and format’
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Cathedral City launches TV advertising campaign
The adverts will run throughout May, June and July across national TV slots and social media
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City snapshot: UK retail footfall sees biggest bounce back since 2021
Footfall in UK retail destinations saw the strongest rise since 2021 as shoppers returned to the high street
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Media Bites 30 May: Boots, loyalty cards, M&S
Profits at UK pharmacy chain Boots soared last year, driven by beauty sales and more shoppers visiting its stores
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Gousto returns to the black as it prioritises profits over growth
Revenues were almost flat year on year in 2023, nudging up by 1% to £308m as the recipe kit business turned off the tap for customer acquisition to focus on retention and save money
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M&S announces Alison Dolan as new CFO
Dolan is currently CFO of leading digital property portal Rightmove, a post she has held since 2020
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Hain Celestial promotes Chris Jenkins to global head of impact
Jenkins will oversee Hain’s global impact strategy, which prioritises building purpose-driven brands across its portfolio
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Bear launches £2m crowdfunding round to expand coffee chain nationally
Schoolfriends Craig Bunting and Michael Thorley founded the business in 2014 and opened the first Bear site in their hometown of Uttoxeter in 2016
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Labour ready to revive Henry Dimbleby’s plans for wave of HFSS taxes
“I think there is a real prospect that a Labour government will revisit the sugar tax,” said one top industry source
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Anglesey cheese plant Mona Dairy on brink of collapse
Directors at the plant said they had failed to source sufficient short-term funding for it to keep functioning in its current form
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Petrol pump prices not falling as quickly as wholesale costs, says AA
‘When a drop in wholesale costs equivalent to a £2 saving from a tank of fuel barely shows weeks later, it looks very much like the same old story,’ said an AA spokesman