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NewsHotel Chocolat launches monthly NPD subscription service
Subscribers to the ’Virtual Inventing Room’ will get the latest lines before they are approved to hit shelves
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NewsCrowdcube and Seedrs to merge in crowdfunding consolidation
Crowdfunding platforms Crowdcube and Seedrs have agreed a merger, creating one of the world’s largest private equity marketplaces
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NewsDeliveroo widget allows customers to order from partner websites
Deliveries are still fulfilled by Deliveroo, with commission taken in the same way
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NewsAround Noon expands into healthy ready meals with Simply Fit Food deal
Northern Irish food-to-go supplier Around Noon has acquired healthy ready meal maker Simply Fit Food in attempt to diversify its offering after the coronavirus pandemic hit the sandwich market.
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NewsWaitrose online orders up 20% since Ocado split
One of its stores in Southend fulfilled 3,000 online orders last week, the first time any Waitrose branch has hit the milestone
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NewsTesco begins adding traffic lights to store entrances
The lights control the number of shoppers inside based on the store’s capacity and two-metre social distancing guidelines
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NewsOlly’s lands £500k investment to push NPD after lockdown sales surge
The half a million-pound sum came mostly from an angel investor with an fmcg background
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NewsOnline wellbeing brand The Gut Stuff launches into fmcg with fibre snack bars
It will launch a range of four snack bars, each containing 10g fibre
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NewsCity Snapshot: Profits slump at Greencore but demand for food-to-go returning
Profits have slumped 40% at Greencore as the coronavirus crisis pushed up costs and saw revenues nosedive, but food-to-go demand started to return in the fourth quarter. And Italian food group Newlat Food has proposed an acquisition of bread maker Hovis.
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NewsMedia Bites 5 Oct: Asda, Waitrose/Ocado, Hovis
The papers this weekend have plenty of reactions to Asda being “back in British hands” after the £6.8bn deal was announced on Friday.
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NewsButlers claims first with ‘fully recyclable cheeseboard’ packaging
The Lancashire-based cheesemaker said its new packaging was able to be recycled as one unit, including the label
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News@Pizza raises £1m to launch restaurants and drive-thrus
The business will use the funding to fit out shipping containers to replicate its two bricks & mortar restaurants in Birmingham and Edinburgh
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NewsFDF report reveals effect of pandemic on food & drink exports
Year-on-year exports fell by 13.8% to £9.7bn in the first half of 2020
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NewsGrenade sales surge past £50m on 37% annual growth
Sports nutrition player Grenade continued its stellar sales growth last year, although profits fell back a fifth as it invested in growth.
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NewsVevolution to set up investment platform for plant-based startups
An investment platform bringing together plant-based entrepreneurs and angel investors will launch next month, with a £100k investment prize for startups in the space.
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NewsBooths relaunches grocery delivery service for vulnerable customers
Local lockdowns in areas such as Preston and Manchester have led the retailer to offer the deliveries of essential grocery packages again
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NewsOne third of shoppers have loose produce Covid fears
36% felt sustainable packaging had become more important since the start of the pandemic
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NewsPilgrim’s Pride unveils new sustainability plan
It will focus on ‘five sustainability pillars’ to achieve its net-zero goal, ranging from sustainable farming to food production
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NewsAldi replaces plastic fruit & veg bags with reusable ones nationwide
The plastic bags will be gone from Aldi’s 900 UK stores by the end of year, the discounter said
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NewsOnline retail helps drive warehouse space rental to record level
Take-up in quarter three was more than double that in the same period last year, reaching 13.3m sq ft, according to real estate advisor CBRE