Archive of all news articles – Page 666
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Media Bites 26 January: High Street, Morrisons, Greenpeace
The papers focus on the troubles on the high street after Boohoo acquired Debenhams online business and Asos circles Topshop.
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Iceland at war with Greenpeace after it comes bottom of plastic reduction league table
Waitrose topped the table for a second successive year
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Vet’s Kitchen plays up veterinary credentials with new look and marketing push
The Swindon business claims to be the UK’s only petfood maker with its own in-house veterinary practice
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Absolut to trial paper vodka bottles in the UK and Sweden
The outer bottle is made entirely of paper, with the plastic used only for a thin layer on the inside
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Central England Co-op reports 9.2% growth in festive sales
New Year’s Eve saw the biggest jump with an 11% sales hike
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Iceland expands Uber Eats trial to more London stores
The trial is just one of the ways Iceland has dramatically expanded its online services during the pandemic
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Salmonella risk sees four retailers recall seafood products
Chilled and frozen products from Sainsbury’s, Asda, the Co-op and Waitrose have been affected
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Oatly challenges Philadelphia with plant-based 'cream cheese' spreads
The brand said the NPD ‘opens up the potential for a variety of new plant-based recipes and meals for our conumers’
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Square Root and Cloudwater join forces for limited-edition grapefruit soda
The collaborative drink is touted as combining Square Root’s “love of season fruits” with the brewer’s hop expertise
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Companies urged to sign up to mass Covid testing to ‘keep food supplies running’
Defra is calling on companies to come forward to receive hundreds of thousands of free testing kits for staff
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Tony’s claims rival chocolate makers pressured Sainsbury’s over new range
The retailer will no longer stock the Tony’s Sweet Solution line-up, which mimics some of the leading confectionery brands
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UCC Coffee to bring Japanese coffee brand Ueshima to the UK
The brand, which is from Kobe, is billed as offering a range of “unique, sustainable and premium coffees”
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City snapshot: Sainsbury’s and Waitrose sites bought for £65m
Supermarket Income REIT has snapped up a Sainsbury’s and a Waitrose store for £64.8m. Plus, Tesco sets general meeting date to vote on £5bn special dividend from Asia sale.
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Media Bites 25 Jan: John Lewis Partnership, Business rates, Sainsbury’s
The John Lewis Partnership is under increasing pressure to hand back millions of pounds of business rates relief after revealing that it performed better than expected at the end of last year
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City News: Premier Foods share price resurgence levels out
The resurgence in Premier Foods share prices stalled somewhat this week, despite yet more stellar branded growth, as the City began to question how long its sales boom can continue.
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Yo Sushi reports blow to supermarket sales as well as restaurants
Yo Sushi’s supermarket push has been hit by the pandemic in a further blow for the retailer, whose restaurant arm has undergone a CVA.
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Marigold slides into red after fire but lockdown cooking demand provides boost
The business was hit with exceptional costs of £1.3m related to the fire, including redundancy payouts for more than 100 staff, and saw stock worth £2m destroyed.
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Chika’s gets online boost with Ocado and Amazon listings
A total of 10 SKUs have been listed at Ocado
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Hotel Chocolat permitted to open Huntingdon factory for 24 hours a day
The chocolatier made the application for extended hours in a bid to mitigate the impact of implementing Covid-19 safety controls while meeting increased demand
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Pollen & Grace slams M&S over ‘copycat’ salad box
Pollen & Grace’s salad box and M&S’s Buddha Bowl contain nearly all the same ingredients