Latest Headlines – Page 750
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NewsMidcounties Co-op to close early on Christmas Eve to give staff longer festive break
The move will see its estate close at 5pm across all trading sites, including its food, childcare, travel and funeralcare stores
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NewsIceland funds planting of one million trees in Indonesia
Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation has donated $165,000 to the Eden Reforestation Projects
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NewsCranswick achieves carbon neutrality at Milton Keynes cooked meats site
The pork and poultry giant said the achievement was the first of its kind in the cooked meats sector
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NewsMorrisons flags up priority products in new food bank appeal
Morrisons said it had identified the items most needed in the run-up to Christmas as tinned fruit, long-life juice and cereal
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NewsSupplements supplier Fight signs up to support FareShare
It pledged to donate at least 100,000 meals to FareShare in its first year
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NewsRabobank warns of further commodity price hikes in 2021
Soy, corn and wheat prices are set to increase as poor weather and governmental stockpiling continue to put pressure on supplies
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NewsShoppers favour front-of-pack traffic lights over Nutri-Score claims Which?
The government consultation on its future labelling plans ended last month
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NewsBrakes launches five-strong range of vegan cakes
Brakes said its vegan jaffa cake was a foodservice first and would be the ‘flagship’ product in the new line
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NewsAsda says drivers are ‘happy to chat’ as it fights lockdown loneliness
Asda’s 7,500 delivery drivers will have the option to wear a ‘happy to chat’ badge
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NewsAmazon booze sales boom thanks to prices 11% cheaper than Tesco and Asda
Analysis of alcohol sales data between July and October on Amazon shows a 121% increase compared with the same period last year
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NewsKimchi proves an unstoppable trend as exports to UK fly
The UK has already imported 655 tonnes of kimchi this year
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NewsAscona Group takes estate to 47 sites with trio of petrol station acquisitions
Fast-growing forecourt operator has purchased 30 sites this year
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NewsThe Convenience Awards 2021 are now open for entry
The face-to-face event will take place on Thursday 9 September in Central London
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NewsCity snapshot: Nestlé agrees sale of China-based peanut milk brand Yinlu
Nestlé has agreed to sell its China-based Yinlu peanut milk and canned rice porridge businesses to Food Wise Co for an undisclosed sum
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NewsMedia Bites 25 November: Business rates row, Pets at Home, AO.com
Retailers that paid out dividends after a boost in sales during lockdown are under growing pressure to hand back millions of pounds of taxpayer support after the boss of AO World said that executives “should go and ask their mum if she would be proud”.
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NewsStarship and Co-op bring robot deliveries to second UK town
The service will serve customers within a three miles radius of Co-op’s Wootton Fields store in Northampton
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NewsFinnebrogue unveils nitrite-free Christmas Pigs in Blankets NPD
It is said by Finnebrogue to be the first mass-produced nitrite-free pigs in blankets product on the market
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NewsCovid test & trace boss Mike Coupe announces mass testing trial for food industry
Trials of the testing programme have already been carried out and will be expanded next month
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NewsHolland & Barrett sets out stall to eliminate food waste
The health food retailer is aiming to sell around 370,000 items each year with expired best before dates
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NewsCo-op launches manifesto to improve lives of night shift workers
The convenience retailer launched the manifesto in Parliament today