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Dash adds wonky mango-flavoured sparkling water to its lineup
The brand had saved the “rejected knobbly, bobbly mangoes, fusing the wonderfully unwanted wonky fruit into freshly-sprung, sparkling water”, it said
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Peperami looks to bring adults to meat snacking with chorizo launch
After making a high-profile debut in the plant-based category with its Vegerami bites in June 2021, the meat snack staple returned to pork for its latest NPD
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Hand sanitiser sales up fourfold against pre-pandemic figures
Consumers bought £38.7m worth of hand sanitiser in the year to 26 December 2021
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City Snapshot: Arora family sells £234m stake in B&M
SSA Investments, the investment vehicle of the Arora family, has sold reduced its shareholding in B&M Bargains owner BME European Value Retail from 11% to 7% after placing £234m of shares last night. Plus, McColl’s CCO heads to Sainsbury’s and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Media Bites 14 January: Tesco, M&S, Caffè Nero, Ocado
Christmas results from Tesco and M&S get blanket coverage in this morning’s papers.
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Fruit lager Jubel seals £2.7m funding to back growth
Magners producer C&C Group, which already owns a minority stake in the brand, provided follow-on funding.
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Alpro rolls out ‘closest match to dairy milk’
Not M*lk is made from European-grown oats and is said to have a “creamy and smooth” texture
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Bramble Foods undergoes MBO backed by private equity firm LDC
The minority investment from the PE firm will help accelerate organic growth and build scale through bolt-on acquisitions.
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Beef commodity prices set to stay high due to tight supply
Asda came under fire last week after it emerged it had u-turned on a commitment to switch to 100% British beef sourcing
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Co-op Honest Value range extended to all Nisa retailers
Nisa said the move can bring budget-conscious shoppers a competitive offer in “increasingly challenging times”.
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UK-India Free trade deal talks start
Scotch whisky distillers are likely to push for tariff cuts as part of negotiations
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Wholesaler T Quality to open new depot in Portsmouth
It aims to increase the company’s delivery capacity to cope with growing demand, enhance customer service levels, and free up resources at other depots
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Tesco to roll out Whoosh one-hour delivery service to 600 stores
The service – which offers fast delivery for a flat £5 fee – was quietly launched in May, from a single store in Wolverhampton
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Pig private storage scheme extended to tackle animal backlog
Defra this week said it would extend the private storage aid scheme until 31 March
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Groceries Code Adjudicator to probe supermarket inflation delistings
GCA Mark White has asked suppliers to come forward with their experience of asking supermarkets to agree price increases
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Heinz launches Made for Veggiez sauces to accompany plant-based meals
The innovation would “drive a category growth by attracting new consumers to sauces who currently don’t have an option for their food preferences”, said Heinz
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Tissues shortage as illness and supply woes combine
At the time of writing, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose had flagged the issue with availability notices on their websites
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Irish food exports to UK declined in 2021, says Bord Bia
Post-Brexit trade sees small fall in value terms but volumes see big decline
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Omicron: thousands of supermarket temps kept on to tackle staffing crisis
The extension to temporary contracts is the latest move by the industry to head off a workforce crisis caused by Covid
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Budweiser unveils Stella Unfiltered and takes Corona into non-alcoholic and hard seltzer
The new unfiltered version of Stella – news of which was first revealed by The Grocer in October, when BBG applied to register it as a trademark – is set to hit shelves in March