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NewsIceland to turn down business rates holiday extension
It follows criticism of Iceland for holding on to the relief for 2020-21 while a string of its rivals handed it back
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NewsAsda to scrap plastic bags from all fruit & veg aisles
The move follows a successful nine-store trial in September, in locations including Harrogate, Middleton and York
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NewsIceland slated for voucher push after pocketing rates relief
A major rival has slammed Iceland for giving away ’20%’ discounts while arguing it cannot afford to repay business rates relief
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NewsHighland Spring to challenge Dash and San Pellegrino with fruit-flavoured cans
They are made by combining Scottish sparkling water with fruit and herb flavourings before being “naturally sweetened” with apple juice
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NewsAsda CEO Roger Burnley to step down
He will leave the business next year following its takeover by the Issa brothers and TDR Capital
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NewsMedia Bites 19 March: Ocado, Asda, Fever-Tree
The boss of Ocado has shrugged off the threat of new faster delivery rivals and claimed that Amazon has a ‘negligible impact’ on the British grocery market
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NewsAF Blakemore to launch charity campaign in memory of Raj Aggarwal
Spar will be calling on convenience retailers to join its campaign by donating goods, supplies and products to charities, organisations or individuals most in need
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NewsUS trade deal will not lead to flood of cheap meat, says AHDB
The farming body concluded speculation to the contrary was ‘possibly misplaced’
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NewsLidl launches reverse-vending DRS machines in Scotland
The machines have been installed in stores in Hamilton, Edinburgh Granton, Glasgow Yoker and Dundee’s city centre
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NewsMerchant Gourmet launches recycling scheme for its plastic pouches
Appetite for Change Recycle Scheme is run in partnership with plastic waste recycler Enval
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NewsHenry Dimbleby set to call for ‘radical’ overhaul of food system
A presentation Dimbleby gave to the Food & Drink Sector Council this week has been described as ‘shocking’
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NewsEU makes major cut to post-Brexit red tape for British exporters
British exporters will no longer have to provide the notoriously complex ‘Meursing codes’ when sending manufactured goods to the EU
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NewsGrowers hit out at AHDB over levy payments for 2021/22
Despite a majority voting to abolish it in February, growers said there were mounting rumours that they would still need to pay the 2021/22 horticulture levy
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NewsLondon based Asian foods wholesaler SeeWoo bags £500k in council grants
SeeWoo has been forced to make 50 of its 120 staff redundant over the past 12 months
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NewsCo-op sets out to double franchise estate by year end
The retailer told The Grocer that five franchise stores will be opening in the next six weeks
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NewsCity Snapshot: Ocado first quarter sales surge 40% amid ‘permanent shift’ to online grocery
Ocado has seen a 40% surge in sales over Christmas and the New Year amid a “permanent shift” from physical to online grocery shopping. Plus, FeverTree margins tighten as off-trade shift limits annual sales drop to 3% and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMission secures £1.6m investment to brew up expansion plan for energy tea brand
The funding round was led by former and current executives at BrewDog, Cadbury, HelloFresh, Allplants, Graze, KP Snacks and Tails.com, alongside England cricketers Michael Vaughan and Heather Knight.
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NewsMedia Bites 18 March: SSP, Danone, Ocado
SSP Group, the airport and railway caterer behind Upper Crust and Caffè Ritazza, predicted that passenger numbers would not return to pre-Covid levels until 2024 as it tapped its shareholders for £475m of new funding.
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NewsCovid puts an end to strong growth at Trewithen Dairy
Latest accounts for parent company Cornish Farm Dairy, for the year ended 30 April 2020, showed revenues declined 6% to £52.1m as the first national lockdown led to a collapse of its foodservice, hospitality and tourism business at the tail end of the accounting period.
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NewsThe Cheesecake Shop to rebrand after MBO
The buyout, led by Neil Blakeman and Dillan Shikotra, includes eight retail stores across the region, as well as the bakery in Nottingham.