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NewsElla’s Kitchen teams up with Danone for babyfood pouch recycling scheme
They are calling on other food brands to join them in ensuring less packaging goes to landfill
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NewsTesco clamps down on stockpiling with new purchase limits on food
In-store purchases will be limited to three items per customer for flour, dried pasta, toilet roll, baby wipes and anti-bacterial wipes
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NewsConvenience retail market forecast to receive £3.8bn boost from coronavirus
The latest Lumina Intelligence UK Convenience Market Report Update 2020 has revealed the channel is well placed to capitalise on growth opportunities due to its ability to adapt
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NewsFormer Tesco exec Jill Easterbrook appointed to Ultimate Products board
Easterbrook and Christine Adshead have joined the company as non-executive directors
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NewsSpar retailer Lawrence Hunt closing at 10pm to protect staff from conflict after hospitality curfew
The retailer had already been experiencing conflict with customers who found it ‘ridiculous’ to have to wear masks in store after not needing one during their evening at a pub or restaurant
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NewsCity snapshot: LDC prepares Addo Food Group for £200m-plus sale
LDC is prepping chilled savoury pastries supplier Addo Food Group for a sale after more than three years of ownership, The Grocer has learned.
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NewsMedia Bites 25 September: Coronavirus, Morrisons, Pets at Home,
The government will cover almost a quarter of pay for workers in “viable” jobs for the next six months
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NewsMorrisons extends food boxes scheme as online demand soars
It said it wanted to provide alternatives for customers who did not want to visit supermarkets
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NewsNon-alcoholic spirits brand Lyre’s raises £9m in growth funds
The brand is available in more than 30 markets worldwide and is expanding into the RTD category in 2021
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NewsGovernment backtracks on face mask rule for shopworkers
The industry expressed anger that the huge investment in protective screens may not prevent staff having to wear face coverings
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NewsAddo Food Group’s PE owners ready £200m-plus sale
Addo could command a price tag of £200m-plus after strong growth under LDC’s ownership
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NewsJBS to invest millions in ‘Together for the Amazon’ sustainability programme
The meat giant said it would be able to monitor its entire beef supply chain - including indirect suppliers - by 2025
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NewsMilk & More sign-ups rocket in 2020
Milk & More signed up more online customers in the first eight months of 2020 than it did during the whole of 2019
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NewsBreakfast Cereals UK plans major push to quash cereals ‘unhealthy’ reputation
The trade body is urging government to reconsider its approach to the category
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NewsMorrisons puts restrictions on toilet roll and hand gel in new Covid clampdown
Despite supermarket bosses urging customers not to stockpile, the supermarket said it was placing limits on key products
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NewsShowerblocks looks to provide plastic-free shower gel alternative
The startup is the brainchild of Neil Whippey, founder of insect snacking brand Eat Grub
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NewsLeon expands retail range with ready meals
It has also added five vegan side dishes and two flavours of ready-to-eat chicken thighs
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NewsHyperJar’s ‘pay now, buy later’ app available to all retailers next month
The app turns the “turns the notion of buy now, pay later on its head” allowing users to put money into ‘jars’ that they can only spend at designated retailers
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NewsHealthy eating tech startup Smash secures £1m funding
The app will offer 13 to 24-year-olds discounts on healthier food options at food-to-go retailers
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NewsHospitality bodies and food chains urge Chancellor to extend support
A survey by the British Beer & Pub Association, UKHospitality and the British Institute of Innkeeping found a members expect to let go of a quarter of their staff by February next year