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NewsYumello raises £100k growth funding from its online community
Fast-growing nut butter startup Yumello has raised £100,000 directly from its online customers in just two weeks to help fuel expansion.
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NewsPlant-based brands figure strongly in Tesco’s latest list of Incubator brands
The brands will benefit from a year’s programme of support and expertise
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NewsRegal Wholesale reports soaring sales during the pandemic
Sales of home, health and hygiene products doubled from March to July
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NewsCommercial tenants and landlords ‘co-operating more’ over unpaid rent
Figures from Remit Consulting suggest retail had paid 54.7% of its bill by seven days into the latest quarter, which started at the end of September
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NewsBord Bia launches first-ever TV ad push to promote Irish beef
The ’It’s All Right Here’ campaign will highlight the benefits of Ireland’s grass-fed system
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NewsAsda launches ‘store within store’ concept with toy retailer The Entertainer
The concepts will launch early next year, with The Entertainer having responsibility for range, pricing and merchandising
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NewsMorrisons unveils hassle-free £50 Christmas dinner box
The retailer said the box would ‘take the stress out of festive food shopping’
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NewsAsda invests £6m into lowering free-from essentials prices
Prices have been reduced by as much as 78% across a range of free-from staples
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NewsTreasury Wine Estates pours 19 Crimes into bag-in-box format
The new format was developed “to offer a premium and sustainable format option to the brand’s engaged millennial audience”
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NewsCity Snapshot: Just Eat sales surge 46% in Q3 as coronavirus restrictions return
Takeaway giant Just Eat has enjoyed a 46% surge in global sales in the third quarter as the coronavirus pandemic kept consumers at home. Plus, Bakkavor CFO Pete Gates retires, Devro appoints a new CFO, Stock Spirits issues a trading update and Nestle completes its acquisition of Aimmune Therapeutics.
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NewsMedia Bites 14 Oct: Grocery market share, Amazon, Tesco
Alcohol sales at supermarkets soared in recent weeks after the Government imposed a 10pm curfew on pubs and bars
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NewsKingsland Drinks launches quartet of premixed cocktail RTDs
The four-strong range comprises Gin & Diet Tonic, Gin & Tonic, Pink Gin & Tonic, and Vodka, Lemonade & Lime
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NewsHunter & Gather launches trio of ‘truly ketogenic’ ketchups
The launch follows the brand unveiling a new look earlier this month
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NewsLWC Drinks battles hospitality downturn with retail focus for rum and gin
LWC said the push into retail was crucial as its trading was currently 60% down on pre-coronavirus levels
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NewsCentral England Co-op to roll out new security measures in crime crackdown
Society will introduce a service that allows staff to call for assistance at the touch of a button
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NewsWaitrose launches grocery deliveries website for UAE shoppers
The move comes as an extension of the retailer’s presence in the UAE, currently compromising 12 branches
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NewsFoodservice wholesaler Hunt’s expands retail operation
The expansion comes as the family-owned business continues to be impacted by the coronavirus pandemic
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NewsGrocery heroes honoured by the Queen in this year’s birthday list
Meet the grocery heroes honoured by the Queen for their roles during the pandemic
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NewsCity snapshot: Shoppers spend an extra £260m on supermarket alcohol in preparation for new lockdown
Grocery sales jumped almost 11% in September as shoppers prepared for new lockdown restrictions, with consumers spending an extra £261m. Plus, the latest figures from Nielsen, BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor and Barclaycard spending report.
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NewsMedia Bites 13 Oct: Unilever, Retail sales, Hospitality
Unilever’s UK shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of plans to move the Marmite owner’s legal base to London