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NewsHeineken sales slump 16% amid €550m coronavirus writedown
Global brewer Heineken has reported a 16% first half revenue slump amid “unprecedented volatility and uncertainty” caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsMedia Bites 16 July: Dobbies Garden/Sainsbury’s, Amazon/Deliveroo, VAT cuts
Dobbies Garden Centres inks a deal to stock Sainsbury’s food, rival delivery firms warn against Amazon tie-up with Deliveroo and some high street food chains vow to pass on VAT cuts to customers through lower prices
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NewsElla’s Kitchen continues to ‘outperform’ babyfood market despite pandemic
The Hain Celestial-owned brand reported revenues for the year ended 2019, up to £73.4m from £70.6m the prior year
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NewsSurya’s new Thai Dragon brand adds soy sauce to tackle shortages
It comes as June saw noticable shortages of soy sauce, with suppliers struggling to get hold of bottles amid surging demand from locked-down Brits
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NewsAsda trials autonomous robot cleaning machines at three stores
The robots roam the aisles and scrub floors without human oversight
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NewsWhat’s the beef with the new agri-trade commission?
It’s been branded “a trojan horse”, “a fig leaf”, and “smoke and mirrors” by various critics since Friday
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NewsSuívie looks to shake up soft drinks category with Brazilian Jabuticaba drink
It contains a rare Brazillian berry called jabuticaba
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NewsCentral England Co-op employee left unconscious after violent attack
The incident comes just days after 200 MPs called for better protection for shopworkers from physical and verbal abuse in the workplace
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NewsArla warns against Brexit overconfidence following coronavirus resilience
A deal that minimised tariffs and non-tariff barriers would be the “only way to meet demand” after the Brexit transition, it warned
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NewsCAMRA calls for competition watchdog to investigate Carlsberg-Marston’s deal
The group believes the merger will reduce the availability of beer to pub-goers
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NewsHealth campaigners urge PM to include unhealthy food ad ban in obesity crackdown
“The time has now passed for being soft on industries that ‘feed’ into the obesity crisis,” according to Action on Salt & Sugar
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NewsMedia Bites 15 July: Ocado, Oatly, Loop/Tesco
The boss of Ocado has declared that shoppers “won’t be going back” after the crisis spurred a rapid shift to online shopping and pushed its half-year sales above £1 billion for the first time.
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NewsCity Snapshot: Finsbury Food Group sales fall on coronavirus impact
The listed bakery manufacturer has guided for revenues in the year ended 27 June to be £306.3m, down from £315.3m last year
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NewsGrocery retail ranked top sector for customer experience despite pandemic
The latest KPMG Nunwood Customer Experience Excellence Index, based on interviews of 13,000 UK consumers, gives grocery retail a 4% score improvement on last year
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NewsLoop packaging platform makes UK debut in partnership with Tesco
Loop sorts and cleans the empty containers “to stringent health and safety standards” for reuse, before they are refilled by suppliers
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NewsFever-Tree buys German distributor Global Drinks Partnership
Global drinks mixer firm Fever-Tree has announced the acquisition of Global Drinks Partnership, the group’s sales agent in Germany, in a package worth €9.5m.
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NewsIceland claims 74% carbon footprint reduction since 2011
The retailer claims its footprint has fallen from almost 250,000 tonnes of CO2 in 2011 to 46,000 tonnes in 2020
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NewsBritish Honey Company adds hard seltzer to Keepr’s lineup
Each can contains a hint of honey from British Honey Company hives
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NewsMüller quits Dairy UK over high cost of membership
The dairy giant said it had been ‘unable to reconcile the cost with the benefit received’ from membership of the industry body
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NewsWaitrose sees further online order surge as shoppers stock up holiday homes
Waitrose reported a boost for customer orders for deliveries to holiday spots such as Truro and Weston-super-Mare