Latest Headlines – Page 967
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NewsJames Bond car maker Aston Martin to launch spin-off booze brand
The brand applied to register a class 33 trademark covering whisky, distilled spirits, liqueurs and alcoholic cocktails
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NewsHeineken to ditch plastic in £22m packaging overhaul
The brewer will replace plastic rings and shrink wrap with toppers made from sustainably sourced cardboard
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NewsSimplyCook meal kits to go on sale in 300 Tesco Express stores
Four recipe kits will target impulse and ‘food for tonight’ shopper missions…
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NewsSainsbury’s Coupe optimistic about sales momentum over Christmas
Group revenues fell 0.2% to £16.9bn in the 28 weeks to 21 September 2019
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NewsDepartment store Fenwick unveils first-ever food and drink range
Fenwick said it would grow the core range next year with the regular introduction of new products
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NewsFreshways working with rival Medina but denies merger ‘rumours’
Freshways MD Bali Nijjar told The Grocer the two processors were working together on ’some contract packaging’
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NewsPorky Whites rescued out of administration by founding family
Surrey-based brand owner G White & Co was placed into administration on 5 November
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NewsCo-op to expand Deliveroo partnership to 400 stores
Society is also ramping up its own shop.coop e-commerce operation
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NewsFood and drink companies slam government over no-deal Brexit spending
Some companies forked out up to £5m, according to a survey of its members by the FDF
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NewsGrolsch to disappear from the UK as Asahi calls time on brewing deal
The lager brand has been delisted in Tesco and Asda over recent weeks
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NewsDidsbury Gin adds two new expressions to flavoured gin range
Rolling out in Selfridges, Harvey Nichols and other retailers from 11 November, each tipple has an abv of 40%
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NewsJames Watson steps up to William Jackson Food Group CEO role
Norman Soutar has stepped down after almost 14 years at the head of the company
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NewsCity snapshot: Sainsbury’s sales and profits plunge despite price cuts
Sainsbury’s has fallen to a loss in its first half as the supermarket suffered from higher marketing costs, comparisons with good trading a year ago and the impact of cost savings
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NewsMedia Bites 7 Nov: M&S, John Lewis, Pizza Express, Boots, Amazon, Beavertown
Marks & Spencer food business returned to growth for the first time in over two years but troubles within the chain’s clothing unit hit profits
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NewsPlatinum Retail sees profits soar as forecourt expansion continues
A fall in oil prices towards the end of 2018 and the expansion of the estate helped improve gross margins
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NewsGosh! reveals new plant-based cocktail sausages
The sausages will be available from Morrisons on 11 November and Booths a week later
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NewsSainsbury’s signs up to ProductDNA supplier information platform
The supermarket’s first ProductDNA pilot will begin in early 2020 with a small number of branded suppliers
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NewsFlat rate for bottle DRS could lead to ‘switch from cans to plastic’
The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation claimed shoppers would switch en masse from buying multi-packs of cans to large plastic bottles
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NewsFormer Tesco director Burcu Kerpicci takes up COO role at Poundstretcher
Kerpicci left Tesco in 2018 to work as a coach for training company Adler in Istanbul
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NewsAHDB develops 35 new pork cuts to ‘futureproof’ industry
With names like Derby rib and presa steak, the cuts are said to be suitable for use in a variety of products and cooking occasions