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NewsMajestic Wine to open new stores following lockdown customer surge
The retailer has unveiled plans for two new shops in Henley and Beckenham
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NewsYoung’s renews football sponsorship for 17th season
The seafood giant will continue to back hometown club Grimsby Town for the 2020/21 season
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NewsCity snapshot: Lockdown stockpiling boosts Nestlé’s first half sales
Panic buying in March has helped Nestlé to a stronger-than-expected start to the year as consumers turned to trusted brands during the coronavirus outbreak. Plus, on the busy morning, updates from AB InBev, Danone, Compass Group, Casino and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 30 July: Pizza Hut, Majestic Wine, Aldi
Pizza Hut has become the latest restaurant chain to put a financial restructuring on the menu by hiring advisers to explore the possibility of an insolvency agreement that could entail significant job losses
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NewsEFRA report slams government’s slow response to food supply chain coronavirus threat
Report calls on ministers to develop a major new strategy to ensure the “previously thriving” hospitality and foodservice sectors remain economically viable
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NewsFormer Iceland joint MD Nigel Broadhurst explains resignation
Broadhurst’s surprise departure marked the end of a career spanning nearly four decades
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NewsMondelez buoyed by home market as coronavirus hits sales
Strong demand in its North American home markets offset declines in emerging markets and Europe
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NewsWales-based foodservice supplier falls into administration
A foodservice supplier to the likes of Domino’s Pizza, Wagamama, Mitchells & Butlers and P&O Ferries has collapsed following the UK-wide shutdown of the hospitality industry during the Covid-19 outbreak.
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NewsJLP appoints Nikki Humphrey as people director
Humphrey will join the retailer from 1 October, when she takes over the role from Tracey Killen
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NewsTyson Foods enters UK & European market with foodservice focus
The $40bn US meat giant said it is also eyeing up opportunities in the retail sphere
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NewsCreightons claims first with antibacterial and anti-virus moisturising hand cream
The hand cream is ethanol-free, meaning it doesn’t have a drying effect
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NewsUpfield targets block butters with vegan Flora Plant range
The plant-based giant said the NPD ‘cooks, fries, bakes and spreads just like dairy butter’
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NewsAldi’s logistics partner makes major move into e-commerce
Leicestershire-based Armstrong Logistics said the new e-commerce operation would be able to ‘meet any challenge’
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NewsHim & MCA Insight becomes Lumina Intelligence as William Reed combines data sources
The launch of Lumina Intelligence will be supported with a new website and social media platforms
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NewsAldi on course to have created 4,000 jobs in 2020
The discounter said today it remained on track to hits its target of 1,200 stores by 2025, up from around 890, despite the pandemic
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NewsLPR opens new pallet processing facility in Coventry
The new facility has been described as the “jewel in the crown” of LPR’s UK operations
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NewsScottish Grocers Federation partners with food waste app
Since launching in Scotland in August 2018, Too Good To Go has prevented 115,000 meals from being thrown away
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NewsNando’s commits to chicken welfare and carbon footprint pledges
The chain said it would improve the lives of its chickens and will also aim for ‘absolute zero’ carbon emissions
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NewsKP shifts into peanut butter with Crunchy and Smooth spreads
The move makes KP the latest in a series of fmcg heavyweights to launch into peanut butters
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NewsMedia Bites 29 July: National Food Strategy report, Reckitt, Greggs, Amazon Fresh
UK ministers should spend an additional £1bn a year on the “nutritional safety net” to combat obesity and hunger