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Coffey plays down calls for food sector crisis intervention
Coffey told MPs she didn’t ‘think we are at the stage of market interventions directly when it comes to pricing’
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‘Worst to come’ from food sector’s myriad crises, says 2 Sisters boss Ronald Kers
The sector was facing an ’existential threat to its future if we have another year like this’, warned CEO Ronald Kers
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Fresh Del Monte Produce announces launch of carbon neutral pineapples
It is a new product line extension from the Del Monte Gold, HoneyGlow and Del Monte ‘The Original’ pineapple varieties, grown in Costa Rica
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PPE ordering scandal adding to supply chain woes, logistics sector warns
According to the Department of Health and Social Care, as of 26 September 2022, there were 7.4 billion items of PPE stored in UK warehouses
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Morrisons to scrap date labels on 200 fruit and veg lines
The changes will start to come in before Christmas and include popular festive veg items, with further changes to be brought in over the course of next year
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Nearly 40 proposed Aldi stores being held up by planning objections from rival supermarkets
As Aldi and Lidl continue to take customers from rivals in droves, both are facing planning complaints
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Veg sales initiative Peas Please set to miss target as cost of living crisis bites
Peas Please, which was launched by the Food Foundation in 2019, said progress had been slowed by the impact of the financial situation
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Eddy’s Food Station shifts focus to larger stores to offset rising costs
The business, which launched its first store in May in Alloa, Scotland, had previously been seeking stores between 1,300 and 1,500 sq ft
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Hovis launches Simple White value loaf into Tesco and Booker stores
According to one senior industry insider, the loaf had been offered to Booker as a ‘price-fighting product’ following aggressive price hikes
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Strikes behind shortage of crackers ahead of Christmas
A swathe of cream crackers SKUs are listed as out of stock on supermarket websites following strike action at the Jacob’s factory in Aintree
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Ocado trialling revival of ‘delivery to the kitchen table’ option
It is understood drivers making deliveries from Ocado’s CFC in Purfleet and spoke site in Sheffield are involved in the trial
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City snapshot: Soaring prices grow sales and profits at packaging giant DS Smith
FTSE 100 packaging giant DS Smith brushed off a fall in in volumes and a near £800m hike in costs to strong grow sales and profits amid a significant jump in prices
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Media Bites 8 December: Christmas price wars, Mitchells & Butlers, GSK
Aldi, Lidl and Sainsbury’s have kicked off the annual price battle on Christmas vegetables, offering bags of sprouts, carrots, parsnips and potatoes for just 19p.
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New campaign group seeks crackdown on dark stores
The Lorax Initiative is urging the secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to legislate new rules on the placement of dark stores
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Wholey Moly closes its doors in the face of mounting pressure
Cookie start-up Wholey Moly has ceased trading after being overwhelmed by a barrage of challenges this year.
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Wales to enact single-use plastics ban from autumn 2023
The Association of Convenience Stores has welcomed the new law as a measure to reduce plastic waste, but said it was concerned over the short timescale
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L’Oréal Group partners with Sainsbury’s to offer AI-powered skincare consultations
In-store skincare consultations will be available at more than 100 stores with many getting dedicated “consultation take-over spaces”
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Adjudicator ‘intensifies’ calls on supermarkets over CPI requests
The Adjudicator is to launch a new survey into retailer behaviour in the new year, after this year’s results in June showed relationships breaking down
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New EU packaging laws set to ‘add tension’ to UK trade
The recycled content targets will incrementally rise throughout the years in a bid to make all packaging fully recyclable at scale
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Infarm halves workforce and plans to ‘downsize’ UK operations
Some 500 staff are in the process of leaving the company, which warned it is proposing to “downsize operations” in the UK, France and the Netherlands