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NewsMedia Bites 1 July: Deliveroo/Lloyds Pharmacy, Retail admins, UK economy
Plasters and paracetamol will be delivered to households within 30 minutes of being ordered in a tie-up between Lloyds Pharmacy and Deliveroo.
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NewsGood Club hits £600k crowdfunding target to roll out closed-loop packaging system
The business will use the funds for a quicker rollout of its closed-loop system, after having successfully held trials last year across 30 SKUs
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NewsUnitas severs ties with Confex after bustup over strategy and direction
Confex, which has 244 members, will no longer be able to access the terms Unitas has in place with 320 suppliers
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NewsAppleton Special & White gets Jamaican rebrand to Kingston 62
The new look celebrates the brand’s Jamaican heritage
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NewsTails.com launches in six more countries across Europe
It is now live in Ireland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and Austria
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NewsSpar wholesaler launches £30,000 fund for community groups
The Community Cashback Grant scheme is open for applications via Blakemore Spar Facebook pages until 9 July
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NewsFrugalpac creates paper wine bottle with 94% recycled paperboard
Frugalpac said the bottle was already ‘under active consideration by a number of leading UK supermarket chains’
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NewsWKD expands RTD range with new Lemon flavour
It’s the fourth new flavour in two years for the brand
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NewsCoty buys into $1bn Kim Kardiashian West beauty empire
US consumer group Coty has bought a stake in the cosmetics company of Kim Kardiashian West, valuing the business at US$1bn.
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NewsMedia Bites 30 Jun: UK agriculture, Government borrowing, Waitrose
The UK creates an independent commission to advise on post-Brexit agriculture trade policy, UK borrowing rises by further £50bn and Waitrose opens third London warehouse ahead of Ocado partnership end
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NewsAldi slips back to bottom in Oxfam’s latest human rights scorecard
Lidl climbs to fourth while Asda slips down to fifth place
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NewsAlpro launches pastiche of dairy sector’s ‘Make Mine Milk’ ad campaign
The ad push reunites Vinnie Jones, Pixie Lott and Nicola Adams from the original campaign, but now with oat rather than milk moustaches
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NewsNew meal kit service launched to support hospitality and foodservice
Great Food 2U offers consumers the chance to recreate restaurant meals in their own homes, using premium ingredients from suppliers and recipe cards from a range of operators
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NewsAlkaline water brand Actiph sees sales and exports soar in Covid health boost
The London-based startup reported revenues up 1,000% on Amazon, 800% on Ocado and 300% in smaller online retailers
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NewsGovernment agrees to trade commission to monitor food standards
Farmers claim a trade and standards commission will help ensure the UK’s food standards are upheld post-Brexit
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NewsNisa extends DHL deal to deliver to more than 1,400 of its retailers until 2023
Under the agreement DHL will continue to provide warehousing, transport, facilities and ancillary services for the symbol group throughout the UK
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NewsWaitrose cuts nitrite use across fresh bacon and gammon ranges
The retailer has followed a similar move by the Co-op on its bacon range in January
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NewsFSA slammed by Unison over handling of Covid-19 in meat plants
The regulator’s ‘hands-off approach’ was putting workers at risk of contracting Covid-19, the union warned
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NewsNisa supports retailers with new app for ordering, price checking and more
The app includes ‘intelligent’ push notifications to direct retailers to specific products, web deals and news updates relevant to their business
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NewsWaitrose to open third online fulfilment centre to boost London slots
Waitrose said the new site in Greenford, West London, could be up and running as early as December