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CMA gives Boparan green light for Banham Poultry acquisition
After taking a closer look at the transaction and launching a phase 1 inquiry in January, the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) cleared the deal.
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KoRo closes €50m funding round to continue rapid growth across Europe
The business – started in Berlin in 2014 – sells a range of more than 1,000 SKUs across food categories and kitchen appliances direct to consumers.
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Sainsbury’s hit with shareholder resolution to become a Living Wage employer
In January this year, Sainsbury’s announced it was upping hourly pay for staff to at least £10 per hour
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City News: MP Evans profits surge on soaring prices
Surging commodity prices are not bad news for all food industry players, as UK-listed palm oil producer MP Evans proved this week with soaring annual profits
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Sainsbury’s expands world foods offering to become ‘more inclusive’
The move will also see over 500 stores dedicate more space to world foods
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Steve Murrells to leave Co-op as Shirine Khoury-Haq becomes its first female CEO
Murrells joined the Co-op in 2012, heading up its food business. He was named group CEO in March 2017
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Cheeky Panda smashes £1m crowdfunding target as it looks ahead to IPO
Eco household brand Cheeky Panda has welcomed thousands of new shareholders after closing its latest round of crowdfunding ahead of a planned IPO.
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Retailers urged to follow Morrisons in increasing payments for pigs
Morrisons subsidiary Woodhead Bros announced this week it would increase its weekly contribution price by 30p/kg to 180p/kg
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Rapid grocer Gopuff strikes multi-year supply deal with Morrisons
Source: Gopuff/Morrisons Rapid grocer Gopuff has struck a multi-year supply deal with Morrisons. From this week “thousands” of Morrisons grocery items will be available on the Gopuff platform, and supplied to its network of dark stores. The “instant commerce platform” – which launched in the UK in ...
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Lidl becomes latest supermarket to contact government over jobs for Ukrainian refugees
The discounter said it had 3,000 live vacancies across the business, with 1,200 more jobs in warehouses to be created by the end of 2025
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Arla boss calls for greater financial support for dairy farmers
Struggling dairy farmers need retailers to put “an arm around them” says Ash Amirahmadi, or they could look to sell their products elsewhere
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Aunt Bessie’s launches ‘gigantic’ Yorkshire pudding and veg sides into Sainsbury’s
The brand said it was “now seeing a renewed focus on show-stopping roast dinners” following two years of restricted celebrations
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Period products up in price as inflation hits menstrual care sector
As a result, low income households were ‘having to leave behind these necessities’, said period poverty charity Freedom4Girls
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Pesto suppliers in hunt for sunflower oil alternatives as Ukraine war threatens supply
A large portion of the global supply of sunflower oil comes from Ukraine and Russia
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Little Moons hires Mike Hedges as CEO after L Catterton invests
Hedges joins the business as CEO on 4 April to support further distribution expansion in the UK and overseas.
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Powerhouses of caffeinated soft drinks rake in extra £255.6m
Monster, Red Bull and Coca-Cola have made the biggest gains in The Grocer’s Britain’s Biggest Brands 2022
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City snapshot: UK retail sales unexpectedly fall in February
UK retail sales fell back unexpectedly in February as increased eating out hit the grocery sector and online sales fell back
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Media Bites 25 March: Boots, Holland & Barrett, Ocado, Morrisons, McColl's
Apollo Global Management, the New York-based buyout giant, is lining up banks to fund a £6bn tilt to buy Boots, according to reports this morning.
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Vita Coco launches CBD-infused cola drink into Sainsbury’s
The drink combined coconut water health benefits alongside CBD, which had been claimed to reduce anxiety, said Vita Coco
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Scottish Wholesale Association partners with Volvo to host electric vehicle event
The organisation is pursuing an ambitious project to decarbonise the Scottish wholesale industry