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NewsTight supply set to keep farmgate price of beef high in 2021
The GB all-prime average deadweight beef price ended 2020 some 5% higher year on year, and is expected to remain high
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NewsColman’s targets home cooks with takeaway-inspired Big Night In sachets
The range takes inspiration from the nation’s fastest growing takeaway meals
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NewsWyke Farms sets up EU business to aid exports operation
The Somerset-based supplier has set up an Irish company to continue accessing the EU
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NewsFareShare urges supermarkets to launch online donation services
There are fears traditional in-store collections are being hit by the latest Covid restrictions
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NewsJack & Bry secures £1.3m investment as demand for plant-based meats soar
The start-up plans to use the cash to invest further in artificial intelligence technology to help it develop more jackfruit products and ingredients that closely mimic the texture of meat using a proprietary manufacturing process.
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NewsLateral flow testing helps James Hall identify 13 asymptomatic Covid-19 cases
James Hall began weekly tests from 4 January at its Preston distribution centre
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NewsACS encouraging convenience stores to seek out local authority testing sites
The ACS has advised that members check local authority websites for information on what testing provisions are available
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NewsCheap food is driving destruction of the natural world, says Chatham House report
Food production is the main driver of biodiversity loss with the ‘cheaper food paradigm’ playing a key role.
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NewsHard seltzer sales hit £12m in 2020 - but has it lived up to the hype?
The US trend, which broke into mainstream UK retail last year, is gathering pace
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NewsKnorr claims first with range of salt-free stock cubes
The stock cubes offer a ‘rich flavour of herbs and spices’ with no salt
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NewsWaitrose adds £1.50 to value of Healthy Start vouchers
Healthy Start vouchers are issued to pregnant women and families on low income with children under the age of four
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NewsCity snapshot: Unilever restores growth targets after end of year sales acceleration
Unilever’s sales growth accelerated at the end of its financial year, enabling it to restore its long term growth targets. Plus, trading updates from Compass Group, Cranswick and Stock Spirits, PayPoint completes acquisition and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 4 Feb: Asda/EG Group, Amazon, carbon tax
The finance structure of the £6.8bn takeover of Asda by the Issa brothers and TDR is under the media spotlight this morning.
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NewsLittle Dish reports surge in sales during third lockdown
The rise in sales comes as parents across the country juggle home schooling with work
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NewsOcado to rebrand own-label packaging and driver uniforms
The first rebranded product was quietly listed on the Ocado site this week
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NewsSupermarkets and suppliers back ‘huge’ week of action on food waste
Asda, Co-op, KFC, M&S, Premier Foods, Sodexo, Unilever and Waitrose are backing the event
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NewsUK government demands extension of NI grace periods until 2023
Gove also said the arrangements should be extended to all ‘relevant local businesses’
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NewsQuarter of Holland & Barrett staff utilise scheme giving instant access to wages
The technology gives employees instant access to their earned wages whenever they need them
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NewsIGD plays up purpose as part of rebranding
As well as adopting a new blue and red ‘IGD’ logo, the organisation has renamed its two halves Commercial Insight and Social Impact
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NewsScottish seafood sector secures £7.75m funding amid Brexit export woes
Seafood Scotland said the Scottish government’s support would have a ’tangible impact’ for those hardest hit