Archive of all news articles – Page 409
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Aldi giving away 10 £500 vouchers to fund Jubilee street parties
The supermarket is staging the competition on Facebook, where people are asked to tag their local community group or “a friendly neighbour” to be in with a chance of winning
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City Snapshot: Moonpig to bulk up gifting proposition with £124m acquisition of Buyagift
Online greeting card group Moonpig has proposed a £124m deal to acquire gifting experiences company Buyagift. Plus, DTC ready meal group Parsley Box hires marketing director.
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Media Bites 23 May: THG, M&S, Tesco, Ocado, Pets at Home
THG remains in focus for the papers over the weekend as the embattled firm awaits further higher bids in takeover talks.
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Co-op invests £19m in pig pricing, and urges mults to do more on sourcing
The retailer has committed to pay its pig farmers above the cost of production, while also calling on other retailers to improve British sourcing
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City News: Premier Foods shares surge on beefed-up dividend and boosted profits
The Bisto and Paxo owner’s trading profits for the year to 2 April of £148.3m beat expectations
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Mindful Chef reports surge in growth amid healthy diet boom
Surging grocery growth and expansion into ready meals saw meal kit player Mindful Chef maintain strong growth last year on top of a record-breaking 2020
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Lily’s Kitchen adds new petfood lines for kittens and puppies
The launch is targeted at ‘the ongoing boom of new pet parents since the onset of the pandemic’
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Sainsbury’s boosts number of stores on Deliveroo
An additional 65 Sainsbury’s stores have been brought onto the platform, bringing the total to 336 across the UK
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Indonesia to end palm oil exports ban next week
The move could bring some relief to tight edible oils markets
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Fuel costs ‘jeopardising’ UK fishing fleet, warns industry body
The NFFO has warned that the industry is in an “inherently unstable and fragile balance” which could result in vessels being taken out of the water
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Ginsters adds Four Cheese & Chive and Meatball Marinara pastries
Ginsters MD Sam Mitchell said the brand wanted to “keep savoury pastry at the top of consumers’ minds through innovative options in a flexible and affordable format, while introducing a younger market to the category”
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Nisa offering new deals on healthy options to help ‘cash-strapped consumers’
Nisa has also recently partnered with the NHS Better Health campaign
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HFSS u-turn: public health directors from north of England slam government
The letter, signed by a dozen authority bosses, described the backtrack as “shocking”
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Asda extends staff benefits and brings back Blue Light discount
Asda said it was also removing the 12-week qualifying period for colleague discount in stores and online until October
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Shoplifting on the rise as mounting cost of living bites
Concerns are mounting over a major increase in shoplifting rates
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M&S hits out at Chancellor’s plans to introduce online sales tax
The letter sees M&S break ranks with other big supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons who are supportive of the idea
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Cadbury launches limited-edition Caramel Twirl
To mark the launch, the brand hid a series of adverts around the UK, such as the side of the River Thames, so they would only be viewable at low tide
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Bestway extends fuel levy refund to Costcutter retailers spending £7,500 a week
Bestway announced earlier this month it would reimburse the £4.88 fuel levy to retailers if they met an average weekly spend per store of £17,500
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City snapshot: UK retail sales rebound in April on grocery growth
UK retail sales recording a surprise bounce in April, growing 1.4% as higher spending on fuel, alcohol and tobacco booster overall figures
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This plots biggest-ever meat-free crowd round to supercharge growth
This – launched in 2019 by Andy Shovel and Pete Sharman – is aiming to raise at least £4m from the round but expects to overfund and beat the €5.4m (£4.6m) raised by Spanish brand Heura last month