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NewsUnilever pledges to eliminate fossil fuels from household products
Unilever will invest €1bn in a drive to remove ingredients derived from fossil fuels from its cleaning and laundry products.
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NewsMedia Bites 2 September: Ocado/M&S, Walmart, B&M
The inaugural day for the Ocado and M&S partnership turned sour as the business was forced to apologise to grumbling customers for cancelling orders
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NewsNaked swaps pots for packs with range of on-the-hob ‘five-minute’ noodles
The Symington’s-owned brand, which is stocked in Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Ocado, has created four flavours
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NewsCross-party MP group joins the BRC in demanding new laws to protect shopworkers
The 11 MPs have signed a new ‘Shopworkers’ Protection Pledge’ launched by the BRC
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NewsPlanty secures seed investment from Veg Capital
Vegan meal delivery start-up Planty has secured seed investment from investment firm Veg Capital.
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NewsPremium dog food brand Forthglade sold to IK Investment Partners
Nordic investment firm IK Investment Partners has bought a majority stake in premium pet food supplier Forthglade in a deal that will see existing PE investor Piper exit the business
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NewsMarcus Rashford’s food poverty taskforce: supermarkets and suppliers sign up
Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Deliveroo, Iceland, Kellogg’s, Lidl, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose have all joined the taskforce
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NewsMorrisons to install 60 more florists in stores this autumn
The new shops will provide 180 additional roles for qualified professional florists.
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NewsOcado reveals 40% capacity growth target as M&S partnership goes live
The online retailer wants to increase its capacity through ’significant’ investment next year, and is looking to boost it even further in the coming years
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NewsGreenpeace sets supermarkets a 50% plastic reduction target by 2025
A 35% reduction could be achieved by focusing on just 13 of the worst-offending categories, the report claims
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NewsWhite striping disease affects majority of basic own-label chicken, report claims
The disease reduces both the nutritional value and texture of chicken breast fillets
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NewsMounting concerns over poultry sector Covid transmission after Banham cases rise
Processors were concerned over the ’huge amount of social interaction’ between staff at the region’s several poultry plants, said the BPC
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NewsSodaStream machines and cylinders to launch into Sainsbury’s
Its cylinders will be available to buy and exchange in 580 locations, while the machines themselves will be on sale in 170 stores
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NewsClearly Drinks invests in new canning line at Sunderland HQ
The move comes as drinks suppliers have been hit hard by a shortage of cans over recent weeks
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NewsOto launches trio of botanical CBD soft drinks
The drinks are billed as helping to relieve stress and anxiety
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NewsCity snapshot: Sweet sales growth for Cake Box as stores reopen
Cream cake retailer Cake Box is giving back furlough cash and paying shareholders a special dividend after a strong performance since the easing of lockdown. Plus Nestlé is set to acquire biopharmaceutical company Aimmune Therapeutics and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 1 Sep: Ocado/M&S/Waitrose, Forthglade, Nestlé
The first deliveries of Marks & Spencer’s groceries will reach customers on Tuesday as its online shopping venture with Ocado begins
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NewsPlastic bag charge to be extended across all retailers from April
The charge will also increase from 5p to 10p, in line with moves already brought in by the supermarkets
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NewsAlbert Bartlett closes in on Kiddyum rescue deal
Potato supplier Albert Bartlett is in discussions to save the Kiddyum brand following its liquidation, The Grocer understands.