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NewsCo-op teams up with running clubs to launch volunteer shopping scheme
The retailer is connecting its most vulnerable customers with a volunteer to shop and deliver essential food supplies
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NewsChuckling Goat ads censured by ASA over immune system claims
”This is unfortunately one of those places where the government has not caught up with the science”, said the brand’s director Shann Jones
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NewsCity snapshot: Stock Spirits reports ‘minimal’ impact from coronavirus pandemic
Stock Spirits said trading remained resilient after reporting a 15% increase in first half revenues. Plus, UK retail sales dropped almost 20% in April, Applegreen enhances liquidity position and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 13 May: Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, UK Retail
Online deliveries boost Morrisons’ first quarter sales, Sainsbury’s hand out almost £2m in bonus shares and Britain’s retailers warn of mounting risk of shop closures and job losses.
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NewsSpecialist food and drink stores see 40% sales hike in April
Online spending for eating and drinking – which includes takeaways – also saw growth of 24.6%
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NewsVegan protein powder brand Neat Nutrition turns to the crowd
The 2015-established company hit Crowdcube last week looking to raise a minimum of £125k
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NewsCo-op to offer free school meals with gift card scheme
Education secretary Gavin Williamson said schools would be fully reimbursed and refunded for purchasing the gift cards
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NewsMorrisons to launch ‘speedy shopper’ system for food-to-go customers
Morrisons reported a 5.7% rise in group like-for-like sales in its latest quarter
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NewsTesco launches barbecue-focused Fire Pit meat range
The range was launched in Ireland last May and started rolling out across Tesco’s stores in Great Britain ahead of last Friday’s bank holiday
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NewsSainsbury’s appoints Weed and Kapilashrami as non-exec directors
Keith Weed and Tanuj Kapilashrami join on 1 July to replace outgoing board members Matt Brittin and Jean Tomlin
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NewsRubies in the Rubble launches plant-based mayo duo into Waitrose
They will be sold in the retailer’s condiments fixture, rather than its free-from fixture
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NewsUnilever recalls Mini Calippo multipacks over metal fragment fears
Internal quality checks show the products may contain pieces of metal
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NewsMedia Bites 12 May: Furlough scheme, Petrol prices, UK spending
Furloughed workers could be allowed back part time under new measures to be announced by the chancellor, petrol prices drop to four-year low and Britons splash on food and alcohol during lockdown
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NewsCity snapshot: Morrisons retail sales surge under coronavirus lockdown
Morrisons has reported a 5.7% jump in first quarter like for like sales, excluding fuel, as its grocery sales surged under the coronavirus lockdown conditions.
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NewsRetail rents likely to factor in turnover after crisis, say landlords
Four out of five landlords said the pandemic would change the terms on which retail property was occupied
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NewsCapVest adds Irish pork producer M&M Walshe to Karro and Young’s
Private equity investor CapVest has acquired Irish pork producer M&M Walshe for its Eight Fifty Food Group vehicle, which already houses Karro and Young’s Seafood.
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NewsCoronavirus: SMEs fear end to furlough scheme will lead to redundancies
Emma Loisel, co-founder and chair at Volcano Coffee Works, wrote an open letter to Chancellor Rishi Sunak this week urging a change in the rules of the furlough scheme
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NewsFood redistribution charities to get £16m share of government coronavirus funding
The money will be used to buy food direct from supermarkets and other food suppliers to provide millions of meals over the next 12 weeks
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NewsThird of Brits order groceries online as availability grows
In the final two weeks of April, 33% of consumers ordered groceries for home delivery, according to a survey of 1,069 UK adults by Harris Interactive