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City snapshot: ‘Supermarket powerhouse’ Asda boosts annual sales and profits
Asda has generated underlying profits of more than £1bn as sales increased for four consecutive quarters in 2023. Plus, vape supplier Chill Brands suspends CEO amid regulatory concerns; and a full-year trading update from PayPoint.
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City News: B&M sales jump 10% but City remains unconvinced
Discount retail group B&M European Value reported an annual sales jump of over 10% this week, but concerns swirled in the City over the rate of growth slipping back in its final quarter despite a boost from the early Easter
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Brexit border checks to commence on 30 April, government confirms
Defra said it would take a ‘phased approach’ to checks on medium-risk goods such as meat and dairy
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Farmers call for retailer support to face weather challenges
Exceptional rainfall and a succession of damaging storms have impacted businesses across the country, the unions said
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BP rolls out crime logging platform and body-worn cameras for extra staff protection
The reporting initiative is in conjunction with Auror and will be rolled out across BP’s 300 company-owned stores over the coming months
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Thousands of saplings in BrewDog’s ‘Lost Forest’ die
The project has to date received nearly £700,000 of public money
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Generational ban to phase out smoking passed in Commons
The Tobacco & Vapes Bill passed its second reading by 383 votes to 67
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Another year of profit for Thorntons after closure of store estate
Chocolatier Thorntons has posted another year of profit growth after shuttering its loss-making store estate
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AHDB confirms Red Tractor’s world-leading beef and lamb standards
A new report from AHDB has found Red Tractor’s standards were found to be higher in all areas except biosecurity and disease control
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Lawrence Hunt creates package handling concept Parcel+
As a separate entity from its ordinary customer counter, it aims to quicken the collection and drop-off processes
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Iceland returns to TV screens with primetime campaign
Iceland had made a “significant investment” in the new 12-month primetime TV campaign, which will feature the slogan ‘That’s why we go to Iceland’
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Big Drop successfully challenges ‘Dry January’ trademark application by Alcohol Change UK
The ruling means brands can talk about Dry January in terms of not drinking in January without fear of reprise
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Lidl’s bakery share shoots from 11% to 18%, making it category market leader
The discounter has been leaning heavily on bakery promotions in its Lidl Plus loyalty app, which has been credited by analysts with helping it grow faster than Aldi in recent months
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Vegetables to cost more amid continued tighter supply, grower warns
The issues posed by the flooding of agricultural land have been laid bare by Nationwide Produce group managing director Tim O’Malley
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Whitby Seafood buys first fishing vessel to showcase best practice
The Golden Ray B963 is a scampi trawler skippered by third-generation fisher Darren McClements, who has been fishing for over 37 years
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Campaign group ShareAction defiant after losing Nestlé HFSS vote
An attempted rebellion led by campaign group ShareAction would have made Nestlé dramatically increase the ratio of healthy food it offers consumers
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Morrisons faces warehouse strike threat
The Unite union claimed workers were being forced to increase their own pension contributions while the supermarket giant reduced its own contributions
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City snapshot: Retail sales flatline in March as food sales fall back
Retail sales volumes were flat in March, despite the boost from an early Easter, as sales in food stores fell
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Media Bites 19 April: Nestlé, dairy pollution, Deliveroo
Campaigners pushing for Nestlé to make its products more nutritious landed a modest blow on the world’s biggest food company yesterday when 11% of shareholders backed their resolution