Latest Headlines – Page 694
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NewsRemeo Gelato adds recyclable wrappers
The wrapper, which will roll out to stores in May, is recyclable in normal household recycling
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NewsHavana Club enters spiced rum category
Havana Club Cuban Spiced (35% abv) will roll out from 15 March
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NewsAldi ‘could contest some Sainsbury’s price matches’ on quality, says analysis
IPLC examined 65 products from Sainsbury’s ‘Aldi Price Match’ campaign, and found 15 fell short compared with the discounter’s on key ingredients
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NewsLion Little World faces flak for free beer plan
Lion Little World will offer pubs and bars up to 12 kegs of beer on the condition they then take on the lines for a year-long contract
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NewsCity Snapshot: Record online sales mitigate in-store like-for-like sales slide in February
Shuttered high street shops contributed to a 3.1% decline in total like-for-like sales in February but fashion and homeware helped drive online sales to a record high.
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NewsMedia Bites 5 March: Deliveroo, Whisky, Amazon Fresh
Deliveroo has pressed the start button on a listing on the London Stock Exchange that is expected to value the loss-making food delivery business at more than $7bn
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NewsFormer Deliveroo execs launch London rapid grocery service
The service is available in South Kensington, Fulham and Hackney, with Camden Town coming online in coming days
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NewsJJ Foodservice welcomed more than 20,000 new customers last year
JJ said it worked with manufacturers early on in the lockdown to secure good availability and prices on takeaway essentials
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NewsWaitrose moves Natalie Mitchell into own-brand director role
She was previously director of technical, quality, innovation and supplier management
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NewsSpar delivers a million pieces of PPE to Marie Curie nurses
The partnership allows the charity to use Spar stores and lorries to deliver the PPE
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NewsVeganuary inspires up to 1.5 million Brits to try vegan or veggie diet
The campaign is said to have reached more than 224 million people through Veganuary’s social media channels
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NewsUS suspends tariffs on Scotch whisky
Tariffs on British products will be suspended for four months to ‘allow time to focus on negotiating a balanced settlement’
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NewsAsda hits 10,000 in-store Covid vaccinations
The retailer became the first supermarket to support the NHS vaccination programme at the end of January
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NewsTrade deals risk ‘flood of cheap, unhealthy food’ into UK, claims LSE report
Report warns some standard trade deal clauses could threaten plans to halve childhood obesity by 2030
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NewsThai Union makes major commitment to transparency in tuna supply chains
The move will see the John West owner clamp down on unsustainable fishing via increased monitoring
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NewsDewlay ‘mopping up’ rivals’ cheese sales in Northern Ireland
The Lancashire supplier said sales to Northern Ireland had more than doubled in the first two months of 2021
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NewsWholesalers miss out on sector-specific funding in Budget
Wholesaler will have to compete for a share of a wider £425m restart grant fund
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NewsBudweiser Brewing Group to invest £115m-plus in its UK breweries
It will invest £72m in the South Wales site and £45m in the Lancashire site
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NewsNectar Card pioneer to spearhead new lifestyle interventions approach to tackling obesity
The DHSC has announced Sir Keith Mills has been appointed to advise on a new incentives and reward approach to try encouraging healthy behaviours
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NewsFirst Milk invests £12.5m in additional cheese and whey processing
The investment takes the amount ploughed into production by First Milk to £30m over the past three years