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NewsDavid McKnight made MD at Co-op’s Federal Retail and Trading Services group
Most recently, McKnight was strategy and trading director at Tesco
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NewsDeliveroo hires BBC political reporter Eleanor Garnier as policy advisor
Appointment comes as the Competition & Markets Authority investigates whether an Amazon investment in Deliveroo could harm…
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NewsUpfield to bring back Blue Band margarine after 15-year gap
The Dutch spread disappeared from British shelves during the 2000s
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NewsLittle Freddie and Sainsbury’s launch recycling scheme for all babyfood pouches
Shoppers can buy recycling bags for 99p, which they can post free of charge to Enval
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NewsPlenish kicks off trial of robot delivery ‘milk round’ in Milton Keynes
Consumers can order litre bottles of the milk via robot courier company Starship’s app
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NewsMcDonald’s launches ‘Big Toy Take Back’ plastic recycling trial
McDonald’s said it would use the trial to gauge customers’ reactions to toy recycling
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NewsGroceryAid’s Sporting Lunch raises record amount to support industry colleagues
More than 1,200 colleagues from across 200 companies in grocery and fmcg attended the lunch
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NewsRH Amar appoints Justin Burbage as sales director
Role will include developing new sales opportunities
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NewsTomlinsons collapse leads to shortage of Welsh milk in Wales
Supermarkets have been forced to stock milk labelled with the English and union flags
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NewsReality star Spencer Matthews launches ultra-low abv CleanGin
The fledgling brand is currently in the final stages of “raising a seven-figure sum from a fund in the United States”, according to the star
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NewsTabasco brings ‘rich and thick’ take on sriracha sauce to UK
Tabasco Sriracha is billed as a ‘full of flavour’ take on the much-loved Thai sauce
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NewsHealth campaigners call for fast food takeaway clampdown
Sustain said companies including McDonald’s and KFC were allocating millions of pounds to expansion plans
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NewsCo-op calls on government for better shopworker protections against abuse
Co-op has invested more than £70m in colleague safety, including the installation of remote-monitored CCTV
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NewsAsda hits back at claims of shopper boycotts over new staff contract
Around 200 workers had not signed the new contract for all hourly paid store staff by the 10 November deadline
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NewsAsda could launch ‘home delivery while you’re away’ service
Walmart’s InHome service launched in three US cities last month
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NewsCity snapshot: Refresco pushes further into the US with AZPACK acquisition
Bottling giant Refresco has expanded its footprint in North America with the acquisition of AZPACK (Arizona Production & Packaging) as it continues its acquisition spree. Plus, shopping tech firm Eagle Eye continues to grow sales, new non-exec at McBride and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 14 Nov: Unilever, Just Eat/Takeaway.com, Coca-Cola HBC
Unilever’s chairman Dr Marijn Dekkers has stepped down a year after he U-turned on a decision to axe the company’s London headquarters in favour of Rotterdam.
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NewsConfex to make all members shareholders in major overhaul
Confex said all future profits made by head office will be shared amongst the membership according to their contributions
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NewsWaitrose and John Lewis trial foreign language badges for staff
The initiative has initially launch in 10 Waitrose stores and seven John Lewis sites this month
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NewsM&S looks to tackle price perceptions with ‘Re-Marks-able Value’ campaign
M&S is currently working on around 800 separate cost-saving initiatives