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Cake Box revenues soar 6% on new openings and higher demand
Cake Box Holding, the specialist retailer of fresh cream cakes, saw revenues rise 6% in the first six months of the year on the back of new store openings and increased demand
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Media Bites 25 Nov: Unilever, M&S, chickens, Poultry
Unilever has said it is mulling a sale of its traditional tea business amid falling sales and changing consumer tastes.
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Katjes International takes majority stake in Candy Kittens
Global confectionery group Katjes International has grown its stake in UK sweets brand Candy Kittens take a majority share in the company.
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Grocemania launches further funding push to fuel expansion beyond London
The company has pledged £50k secured by a private investor into the campaign
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M&S hires Tesco exec Richard Price as clothing & home MD
Price fills the vacancy left by the sacking in July of former M&S clothing & home MD Jill McDonald
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Speakeasy gains listings for two boozy ice creams at Morrisons Canning Town
Amaretto and Limoncello flavours have been selected by the retailer as part of its Local Foodmakers programme
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Innis & Gunn in crowdfunding push to build new large-scale brewery
The Scottish craft brewer is seeking £3m to build its first large-scale brewery in Edinburgh
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Pret’s chief customer officer Barnaby Dawe steps down
Dawe joined Pret in October 2018 after three years as global chief marketing officer at Just Eat
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Caterforce announces plans to increase turnover by 12% by 2021
The group is forecasting revenue of £537m for 2019, up from £524m the previous year
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Babease saved by pre-pack rescue deal from owner Amitis
The babyfood maker appointed insolvency specialist FRP Advisory as administrator on Thursday (21 November)
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Paul Beavis steps down as Champagne Lanson UK MD
Beavis said he was “immensely proud” of the partnerships and relationships forged over the past two decades
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The French Kitchen adds ‘premium’ crisp and wine gift boxes
Co-founder Gavin Bacon said it “made sense” to put the two together and create gift boxes
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Cook to revamp its ex-offender recruitment programme
Get Ready will launch in January and feature a two-week training programme for eight individuals run three times a year
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Lynas Food Service introduces packaging-free range in stores
Customers of the Northern Irish wholesaler can fill their own containers in the ‘Unwrapped: Reuse & Refill’ zones
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Unilever switches Domestos bottles to detectable black plastic
The change stands to save 2,500 tonnes of bottles from black plastic’s usual fate in landfill or incinerators
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Lawrence Hunt Spar doubles spirits sales with shop floor merchandising move
The business has been cautiously trialling spirits on the shop floor in 12 of its 25 stores for 12 months
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B&M agrees to limit forensic auditing of its suppliers
It joins Waitrose and Ocado which The Grocer revealed in June were signing up to the agreement
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Aduna taps ancient grains trend with fonio NPD
Aduna is touting the grain as an alternative to quinoa, rice or couscous
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Low-calorie beef bars the latest protein NPD from Peperami
Peperami Original Beef Bars are billed as a “portable, protein-packed” snack
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City Snapshot: Science in Sport raises annual sales forecast as PhD growth doubles
Premium performance nutrition company Science in Sport has hailed 2019 as a year of “rapid progress”, as it expects revenue growth to be “slightly ahead” of market expectations