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News
Drink delivery app launches offering viral TikTok cocktail bundles
Zoom Drinks Delivery launched in Glasgow last month, offering more than 800 products which are ordered via its app and delivered for free
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Nespresso partners with Hived on 100% electric deliveries
Hived will handle deliveries between Nespresso’s distribution centre and its own depot in east London, and the last mile between the depot and customers
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Comment & Opinion
Chefs don’t like Heinz’s carbonara… but shoppers will
Heinz is targeting younger, time-poor shoppers, who have already snapped up the cans DTC
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News
Deliveroo launches major marketing campaign for Plus subscription membership
The new campaign is the first under the aggregator app’s ‘new global brand platform’, dubbed ‘Now Just Got Even Better’
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Big Interviews
How Amit Chitnis helped Ocado Retail rediscover its mojo
Amit Chitnis sees Ocado as the future of grocery retail. But first, the new chief commercial officer needed to focus firmly on present day challenges
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Analysis & Features
Refills, riots and cats: this month in grocery on TikTok
From alcohol aisles on lockdown to cats shopping at Sainsbury’s, here’s what you missed this month online in the world of grocery
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News
Deliveries commence from Ocado-operated Coles CFCs in Australia
The launch of the sites had been delayed by over a year, in order to “rectify construction issues” at the Melbourne site
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Rapid convenience player Zapp expands in wake of rival Getir’s UK exit
Zapp currently has 20 live vacancies – including director roles across product; data science; demand forecasting; and its retail media effort Zapp Media Services
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Comment & Opinion
Think local to improve Britain’s high streets
If Labour is to rejuvenate our high streets, it needs to think carefully about the marketing and creative propositions that will thrive in this new future, says Fergus McCallum, CEO at creative agency TBWA\MCR
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Deliveroo riders readied to take photos of restaurant menus when collecting orders
Aggregator updates rider terms following launch of its ‘Value Programme’, which punishes outlets for marking up prices on app
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Future Food Movement launches sustainability training programmes
The virtual courses, aimed at food industry leaders, will commence on 19 September
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Just Eat rapped by ASA for HFSS ad ‘directed at children’
The Facebook ad featured an animation of the Just Eat and McDonald’s logos and a chicken nugget
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Tesco caught up in ‘pervert manager’ TikTok scam
The scam involves a series of TikTok posts made up of images of an individual in the supermarket’s staff uniform with text saying they had been fired from the company ‘because I rejected my pervert manager’
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Lidl middle aisle ‘mystery boxes’ sell out ‘almost immediately’
Lidl put 1,000 of the boxes on sale from 10am on Thursday 15 August, containing anything from ‘coffee machines to ukuleles’
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Analysis & Features
What ‘ludicrous’ X lawsuit means for fmcg advertisers
X is suing brands for not advertising, as its audience diminishes
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News
Morrisons extends Deliveroo partnership to Daily stores
The supermarket has been working with the aggregator app since 2020, offering the service from around 390 supermarkets
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Aldi calls time on click & collect online shopping
The discounter launched click & collect in September 2020, in the midst of the online shopping boom fuelled by lockdowns in the pandemic
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News
Just Eat partners with Card Factory in continuing non-food play
The partnership has gone live in 19 of the retailer’s 1,000 UK and Ireland stores, including in Belfast, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester and Wakefield
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Analysis & Features
What’s behind the stellar growth of Ocado Retail?
Following the M&S tie-up, it’s now the UK’s fastest-growing grocer
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News
Ocado first to pilot online reusable packaging scheme
Once used or decanted, customers then return the empty vessel to the Ocado driver when they next deliver