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NewsCity snapshot: Covid Primark closures cost ABF a further £220m
Associated British Foods has said the tightening of coronavirus restrictions will cost the group an extra £220m on top of the previously announced £430m. Plus, the FTSE starts the year strongly after Brexit deal and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 4 Jan: Retail jobs, Cafe Nero, Kirin
The high street shed 177,000 jobs in 2020 according to a study that predicts an even more devastating toll on retail jobs this year
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NewsHeinz pours Beanz, egg and sausage into on-the-go protein pots
The pots contain a mixture of the brand’s beans, sausage and scrambled eggs
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NewsThe biggest retail tech advances of 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has demanded solutions to new problems, and ones that can be applied swiftly
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NewsFood exporters welcome post-Brexit EU third country listing
It comes as the UK was poised to sign a trade deal with the EU on Christmas Eve
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NewsArla hits two million meal donation mark with FareShare in 2020
The dairy co-op provided the charity with milk, butter and cheese throughout 2020
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NewsTier 4 extension puts ‘light at the end of the tunnel further away’ warns BRC chief
Helen Dickinson was responding to an announcement from health secretary Matt Hancock this afternoon that tier 4 restrictions would apply to swathes more of England from Boxing Day
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News24 trade groups demand government compensation over border chaos
In a letter to Defra Secretary George Eustice, the head of groups including the FDF, Scotland Food & Drink and the Provision Trade Federation described the situation as a ‘catastrophe’
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NewsSamworth Bros boosts Higgidy stake to become majority shareholder
Higgidy will remain a separate business with a separate leadership team and its own manufacturing facilities
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NewsDavidstow follows tough 2020 with NPD & DTC offering
The launches come after the firm dropped out of the top 20 cheese brands, according to The Grocer’s Top Products Survey
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NewsBorder reopening ‘too late’ to stop food shortages
The FDF said there would be ‘significant disruption’ on the shelf starting next week
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NewsHovis revamps Best of Both recipe with boosted vitamin D
Strong immunity and health were at “the forefront of shoppers’ minds”, Hovis said
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NewsTesco looks to head off panic buying as it extends product restrictions
Tesco brought back a raft of restrictions in September and yesterday announced the list of products had been expanded
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NewsKettle owner Valeo Foods snaps up tortilla chip producer It’s All Good
The supplier will join Valeo’s snacking division alongside the likes of Kettle
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NewsWaterdrop to take on traditional teas with range of Microtea ‘drops’
Waterdrop has created a range it claims falls under a “whole new product category”
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NewsJJ Foodservice urges customers to keep calm over border disruption
’The timing could not have been any worse’ but the company was working around the clock to maintain supplies, said JJ COO Mushtaque Ahmed
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NewsPlans to test drivers at Dover risk spreading Covid, haulage chiefs warn
The government proposals were a “knee-jerk” reaction that would result in the mixing of drivers who would otherwise be socially distanced in their cabs, according to Road Haulage Association policy director Duncan Buchanan
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NewsGrowers welcome extension to post-Brexit seasonal workers pilot
The pilot scheme allows migrant labour to enter the UK to work for a six-month period
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NewsFood leaders demand compensation from ‘bungling’ government over Dover chaos
‘You didn’t have to be Mystic Meg to know what was coming,’ FDF CEO Ian Wright tells BEIS committee
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NewsWhite Rabbit to launch first wheat base pizza
White Rabbit co-founder Nick Croft-Simon said flexitarian shoppers were key to the brands mission