Latest Headlines – Page 984
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NewsFormer Tesco international CEO Trevor Masters to take over as Pepco MD
Masters has spent more than 30 years at Tesco, most recently as CEO of international operations
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NewsLidl to push Greater Manchester expansion with 10 new stores in three years
The plans include a new ‘flagship’ Manchester store at City Tower, Piccadilly Gardens, due to open on Thursday next week
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NewsBest of Own-Label Awards deadline extended
Stars of the own-label industry now have longer to submit their entries
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NewsSales surge £7m at Liberty Wines
Revenues hit £75m at the supplier for the year ending 31 March 2019, latest results reveal
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NewsUnilever commits to slash use of new plastics in half by 2025
Unilever says the move will eliminate more than 100,000 tonnes of packaging by 2025
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NewsCity snapshot: Unilever vows to halve plastics use by 2025
Unilever has pledged to halve its use of virgin plastics by 2025 to cut its use of plastic packaging by more than 100,000 tonnes. Plus, Tesco Bank appoints financial services veteran Sir John Kingman to its board, Lidl to open ten Manchester stores, a new chairman at McBride and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 7 Oct: John Lewis Partnership, Unilever, Tesco
The John Lewis Partnership’s next chair, Sharon White, must trigger a fundamental review of the ‘Never Knowingly Undersold’ slogan and consider closing some stores
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NewsBestway turns a third of its depots to delivery hubs
The cash & carry giant’s 23 selected depots now have fast-pick areas and increased numbers of loading bays
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NewsAHDB starts search for new chair
Current chair Sir Peter Kendall’s tenure will end in March next year
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NewsScottish Spar operator CJ Lang returns to growth
The 100-year-old business reported a 56% growth in underlying profits for the year to 30 April 2019
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NewsVita Coco joins CBD trend with sparkling soft drink trio
The lineup contains ‘the highest amount of CBD extract currently available on the UK soft drinks market’
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NewsWhat the experts think about the future of DRS
Topics included what material should be included, the risk of fraud and the potential cost to retailers and suppliers
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NewsNo-deal has ‘already arrived’ for thousands of food companies
Import and export plans thrown into chaos by lack of key information from government, say business leaders
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NewsRetailers and suppliers slam Johnson’s Brexit plan
Aodhán Connolly, director of the NI Retail Consortium, said the latest plan was “unworkable and unpalatable”
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NewsImperial Brands CEO Alison Cooper to step down
Cooper has been at Imperial Brands for 20 years, and CEO for nine
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NewsBooker Best Food buy bolsters sales by £1bn
The Bidfood logistics business was acquired for a nominal sum
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NewsBrain Füd forced to change slogan after Red Bull legal threat
Red Bull objected to part of the energy drink’s on-pack slogan ‘No Monsters. No Bull’
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NewsIceland adds optional receipts to tills in move to save paper
Iceland shoppers now have the option of declining a receipt
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NewsRob Collins and Wim Van Aalst are first casualties of John Lewis Partnership cull
Waitrose MD Rob Collins and supply chain boss Wim Van Aalst are first of 75 senior executives to face axe in JLP restructure
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NewsWhyte & Mackay expands Wildcat Gin brand with Bramble variant
The 37.5% abv tipple promises notes of blackberry, raspberry, ‘hedgerow fruits’ and cherry