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NewsPret a Manger hires consultants to advise on ‘new retail environment’
Pret has appointed Alvarez & Marsal and CWM to advise on aspects of a “comprehensive transformation plan”
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NewsSainsbury’s boss Simon Roberts reshuffles board on first day
Chief digital director Clodagh Moriarty will take on the new role of retail and digital director
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NewsPladis adds Strawberry Cheesecake flavour to Flipz pretzels range
Strawberry Cheesecake will join the lineup from the beginning of June
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NewsMeadow Foods to open £4m plant-based dairy alternatives site
Production of a range of oat, rice and coconut-based products and ingredients is expected to start by the end of the year
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NewsCity snapshot: ABF to reopen all Primark stores by late June
Associated British Foods has announced it will reopen the last of its Primark stores by late June after it was forced to close its 378 retail locations across the world due to the coronavirus pandemic
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NewsMedia Bites 1 June: Pret a Manger, Supermarket exec pay, Sainsbury’s
Pret A Manger has called in consultants to help overhaul its fast food business model as its core customer base of commuters remains working from home
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NewsThatchers sales top £106m as it bucks downward cider trend
Cidermaker Thatchers “outperformed” the wider market last year as its annual sales continued past £100m and profits grew.
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NewsPLMA president Brian Sharoff dies aged 77
Sharoff took on the role of PLMA president in 1981, shortly after the association was founded in the US
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NewsTrio of convenience experts unite to form the C-Store Collective
John Heagney, Mike Igoe and Jonathan Rons have formed the C-Store Collective
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NewsMcColl’s names Giles David as new CFO
McColl’s has quickly replaced Robbie Bell, who announced he was leaving to take up the equivalent role at Holland & Barrett
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NewsBaxters Food Group appoints Maik Blumentritt as head of finance
German accountant Blumentritt became caught up in the lockdown earlier this year while visiting family in Aberdeenshire
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NewsRedwigwam rolls out in-store troubleshooting app for supermarket suppliers
Redwigwam matches suppliers with one of its 130,000 workers, with the relevant skills and in a nearby location
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NewsCoronavirus: rent code of practice to be introduced for landlords and retailers
The new code is being developed with industry bodies on either side of the talks and would give “clarity and reassurance t…
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NewsDrynks Unlimited adds dealcoholised ale and cider to ‘Smashed’ range
The NPD is the first since Drynks Unlimited appeared on the BBC’s Dragons’ Den
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NewsOver half the UK’s wholesalers may not last the year, Defra is warned
More than £200m of key public sector food contracts are at risk, with social care and education contracts worst hit
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NewsSupermarkets mull overhaul of NI operations to reduce extra checks
Supermarkets fear new border checks on foods moving from Great Britain to NI will cause havoc
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NewsBP announces it is to pay real living wage to all UK retail staff
BP said the adoption of the RLW would represent, on average, a pay increase approaching 5% for its retail workers
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NewsCampaigners urge unhealthy food tax as part of new obesity measures
Government plans including new targets on salt and calories have been put on hold during the crisis
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NewsSuppliers report fall in fines for ‘drop and drive’ deliveries
Findings from a group of 20 suppliers show a 90% fall in the sums being deducted for delivery errors
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NewsInflation up to 3.1% on fewer deals and change in channels
Take-home sales through promotions fell to 25%