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NewsMedia Bites 25 August: Tesco, John Lewis, Wetherspoons
The boom in doorstep grocery deliveries means Tesco is to create 16,000 permanent jobs
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NewsCity snapshot: UK food and drink recovers ahead of global Covid recovery trend
The UK’s food and beverage sector was ahead of international Covid-19 recovery trends in July, according to a newly launched Lloyds Bank UK Recovery Tracker
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NewsEat Natural recalls brazil & sultana bars amid salmonella scare
The brand said today it was ”working with all relevant authorities including the Food Standards Agency and retailers
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NewsBerry Gardens-led consortium gains £2.5m funding for robotics trial
The trial will see robots deployed to help pick and pack fruit at a strawberry farm in Kent
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NewsAsda makes ‘cheapest’ claim with new lunchtime meal deal
The deal works on a three for two basis
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NewsAsda to launch new KellyDeli Asian street food concession
Bam Tuk is an ‘open-kitchen style concept, adding theatre to the in-store shopping experience’
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NewsBirds Eye unveils chicken-free vegan Green Cuisine range
The pea protein-based NPD aims to replicate the most popular chicken products on the market, the frozen giant said
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NewsWaitrose experiences technical problems with website and app
The retailer said the glitches were down to continued high demand
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NewsGreencore follows 2 Sisters and Cranswick with Covid site closure
The own label giant’s Northampton plant has been temporarily closed after almost 300 staff tested positive
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NewsTesco announces 16,000 new jobs on back of online boom
The jobs are in addition to 4,000 permanent jobs already created since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak
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NewsMorrisons launches Market Kitchen food to go format in Manchester
Customers can either wait for food to be prepared by chefs, pick it up in pre-packed portions, or order food from home via Deliveroo
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership trials virtual queuing system
The trial is taking place at six Waitrose stores and three John Lewis branches
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NewsCity snapshot: Ultimate Products returns furlough money as profits hold firm
Consumer goods group Ultimate Products has repaid all the money received during the pandemic under the government’s furlough scheme
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NewsMedia Bites 24 Aug: Asda, Ocado, John Lewis
Private equity giant Apollo is lining up £3.75bn of debt to fund its proposed acquisition of a stake in Asda, which would be secured against the supermarket’s stores
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NewsCity News: Cranswick shares hit all-time high on soaring first-quarter sales
Meat producer Cranswick surged to an all-time high this week, but the shares eased back downwards through the week as worries surfaced around its ability to maintain this stellar growth
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NewsPetfood and coffee pods drive sales and profits at Nestlé UK
Surging growth in pet food and Nespresso helped Nestlé’s UK sales rise last year, despite a slump in the bottled water market
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NewsPoundland to open three stores in one day
The new openings come just weeks after Poundland announced the biggest transformation programme in its history
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NewsBrewDog hits back at Aldi copycat beer with ‘Ald IPA’
“The time to start worrying is when no one is copying you,” said BrewDog CEO James Watt
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NewsCapacity issues see Quorn lockdown volumes fall by 8%
Nielsen noted Quorn had struggled to capitalise on a lockdown surge in sales among the top 10 meat alternative brands
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NewsJames Hall triggers increased food donations with new branded stands
The initiative has seen its Spar stores raise nearly £20,000 in food donations for food banks so far