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NewsStaycation market boosting convenience store footfall
The convenience market is set to see increased volumes of footfall, with 85% of holidaymakers planning on doing some self-cateri
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NewsThe Food Warehouse growing trade offering to serve recovering hospitality businesses
Anthony Howard, the Iceland sub-brand’s business development manager, said it was offering more bespoke deals with no membership fees
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NewsMondelez withdraws Cadbury Inventor bar over nut packaging concerns
It has withdrawn the product as a precautionary measure
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NewsWholesalers cry out for government clarity on ‘nightmare’ school catering
The absence of comprehensive catering guidance from the Department for Education has come under fire from foodservice wholesalers
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NewsMedia Bites 13 August: Just Eat, M&S, Eat out to help out
The lockdown led to a boom in sales for Just Eat Takeaway.com, which attracted a record number of new restaurants and customers in the first half of the year.
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NewsCity snapshot: Carlsberg posts double-digit sales and profits drop amid lockdown closures
Carlsberg has posted an 12.6% drop in first half revenues and a double-digit fall in operating profits as the coronavirus pandemic hammered its second quarter sales.
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NewsCross-party MP group to demand ‘all-in’ bottle DRS
20 MPs are calling for plastic and glass bottles, aluminium cans, cartons, pouches and coffee cups to all be included in the DRS
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NewsPlant-based meat producer This smashes through fundraising target to net £3.8m
Fast growing plant-based meat alternatives player This has raised almost £3.8m of new funding following the public launch of a convertible bond offer on crowdfunding platform Seedrs.
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NewsM&S to open new DC in Milton Keynes as part of transformation programme
The 365,000 sq ft DC will increase the retailer’s ambient product capacity by up to 60%
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NewsHeatwave sees Central England Co-op report spikes in ‘unusual’ sales
Since 7 August, the retailer has seen sharp sales increases on banana-flavoured milk, Greek natural yoghurt and salted peanuts
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NewsWaitrose recalls chicken satay over sauce mix-up
The upmarket grocer included a sauce made with fish and peanuts rather than the sweet chilli variety listed on the label
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NewsBestway Retail announces plans to sell off 37 company-owned stores
All of the stores for sale were part of Bestway’s £7.25m acqisition of Conviviality Retail in 2018
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NewsAccolade Wines launches The Park independent booze production business
The move comes after a strategic review of how to best optimise its Accolade Park facility in Bristol
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NewsUpfield to introduce on-pack carbon labelling across its portfolio
The plant-based giant is planning to introduce the labelling across its global range by the end of 2021
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NewsWarburtons adds square Sliced Sandwich Rolls in four-pack
It comes after lines such as rolls and bagels were the driving force of Warburtons’ sales last year
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NewsCostcutter survey finds shoppers felt safe in stores during pandemic outbreak
The symbol group surveyed its shoppers to understand more about the changes in their behaviour as a result of the pandemic
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NewsACS and Alzheimer’s Society host online dementia training for retailers
The sessions are free for ACS members to attend
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NewsPink Lady apples see sales boost after ‘successful’ TV ad, own data shows
Volume sales saw double-digit growth whilst its first-ever UK TV campaign aired, the brand said
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NewsKerrygold unveils first TV ad in four years to push ‘unique grass-fed taste’
The Irish block butter brand will appear on ITV, Channel 4 and Sky from 17 August
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NewsSainsbury’s reports success of AI ‘concealment detector’ to spot thieves
The technology uses machine learning to recognise and record suspicious behaviour based on CCTV feeds from specific aisles