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NewsPoundland to introduce frozen and chilled food ‘shops in shops’ to 60 more stores
Poundland’s frozen and chilled offering had already been extended from the initial five to a further two
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NewsSupermarkets ‘face panic buying and stockpiling’ as coronavirus fears escalate
The prime minister chaired an emergency Cobra meeting this morning to draw up plans to try to slow the spread of the virus
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NewsMajor apple grower warns of ‘massive disruption’ from new immigration rules
AC Goatham made the warning in an open letter to local MPs and government ministers
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NewsRed diesel ban could have ‘devastating’ impact, warn hauliers
Red diesel is used in the cold chain to run refrigeration systems on more than 50,000 trucks and lorries
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NewsFever-Tree adds quartet of flavoured Soda to mixer lineup
Ingredients include rose petals from Bulgaria, Mexican limes, and fruits from across Italy
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NewsWaitrose ramps up online offer as Ocado split date approaches
The retailer has added its Waitrose.com online delivery service to 24 more of its shops
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NewsCampaigners launch ethical supply chain accreditation scheme
The initiative is aimed at retailers, veg box schemes, markets and other retail models
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NewsCity Snapshot: Just Eat Takeaway.com takes action against Delivery Hero
Just Eat Takeaway.com is taking action against German rival Delivery Hero, accusing it of breaking a standstill agreement by announcing plans to increase its stake in the newly merged UK-listed firm.
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NewsMedia Bites 2 March: Asda, John Lewis/Waitrose, British Honey Co
Private equity bidders and the brothers behind EG Group are vying to take a majority stake in Asda.
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NewsFiddes Payne reports sales drop of 23%
Sales at home baking and spices supplier Fiddes Payne plunged last year due to weakness in its core UK market.
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NewsUK food & drink M&A aided by ‘distressed’ deals at end of year
Grant Thornton’s review of the 2019 food and beverage M&A market found the year concluded with 215 transactions involving
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NewsBudweiser promotes Coverdale to new wholesale controller role
Coverdale took up her new role this week, and will lead a team of six
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NewsBacardi adds pair of Martini non-alcoholic aperitivo-style drinks
They are made with “the same quality wines that are used in Martini’s classic vermouths”
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NewsTV ads for food and drink still dominated by HFSS products finds new research
Nielsen analysis found almost half of all food adverts shown during September 2019 on ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky1
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NewsAquafresh pushes new flavours in bid to stem declining sales
The GSK-owned brand has launched a trio of fruit-flavoured -toothpastes it said would ‘add some excitement to brush time’
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NewsAsda and FareShare’s ‘you buy one, we give one’ leads to hike in sales
Charitable tieup with FareShare and supplier partners sees birth of ‘you buy one, we give one free’ promotion
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NewsSainsbury’s teams up with Ecover to trial in-store refills
The supermarket said the move had the potential to save more than a million tonnes of plastic a year
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NewsItalian food producers stockpile in UK over coronavirus fears
If factories start to close due to the outbreak, a potential shortage of Italian ingredients will add concern to businesses
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NewsCity snapshot: ‘Distressed’ deals boost fourth quarter food and drink M&A numbers
UK food and drink deal volumes edged upwards in 2019, though the final quarter was aided by a high number of ‘distressed’ M&A deals as tough macro-economic conditions continue to constrain dealmaking in the sector. Plus, Beyond Meat fails to hit market expectations, share prices plunge again and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 28 Feb: Reckitt Benckiser, AB InBev, M&S
Reckitt Benckiser has taken a £5bn impairment on the acquisition of baby formula maker Mead Johnson as its new chief executive seeks to draw a line under a period of underperformance.