All news articles – Page 678
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NewsModern Milkman to crowdfund after £22m raise
Customers subscribe on the brand’s app to regular doorstep deliveries and collections up to three times a week
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NewsCity snapshot: Collect+ growth boosts PayPoint sales
Retail technology firm PayPoint has posted a rise in first half revenues and comparable profits despite a “challenging and unpredictable economic environment”
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NewsMedia Bites 24 November: Pets at Home, Britvic, cost-of-living crisis
Half-year results for Pets at Home and annual figures from Britvic are picked up by this morning’s papers.
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NewsMass arrests of human trafficking suspects on Portuguese farms
Employees of local farms have been found to be working under ‘exploitative conditions’
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NewsBestway extends Costcutter fuel levy refund scheme into new year
The reimbursement, which is a benefit of Costcutter’s Platinum Club membership, was originally set out to cover June, July, and August
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NewsHeineken-owned Beerwulf launches marketplace model
Beerwulf – an online shop since 2017 in 10 European countries including the UK – launched its new marketplace model in the Netherlands this week
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NewsNational Lottery sales fall 4.7% to £2.2bn across UK retailers
Camelot put the fall in sales down to ‘ongoing difficult conditions in retail’
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NewsUK food companies set out actions to deliver on UK Soy Manifesto
The group has agreed to produce a quarterly soy deforestation risk register for UK soy imports, tracking the UK’s progress in the importation of deforestation and conversion-free soy
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NewsPilgrim’s Food Masters plans Southall factory closure, putting 220 jobs at risk
The food company has proposed the closure of the site in reaction to ‘challenging market conditions’
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NewsHolland & Barrett apologises over late payments as owner concludes £700m debt deal
Holland & Barrett has vowed to improve supplier relations amid growing protests from small suppliers over late payments extending past 120 days, with new government data showing the business paid almost 60% of invoices outside its agreed terms
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NewsTesco selects winner of checkout voice TikTok competition
The voice of 27-year-old veterinary surgeon Izzy – who goes by @DogtorIzzy and @Dogtor_Who – is now live on self-checkouts across nearly all Tesco stores
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NewsBakkavor shares sink as volumes come under pressure
Shares in Bakkavor have plunged as the prepared foods group warned annual profits would be at the lower end of forecasts as volumes took a hit from the squeeze on consumer spending power.
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NewsEgg producers ‘trapped’ in system call for supply chain overhaul
Producers have told The Grocer conditions are ‘the worst it has been in 20 years’ and have called for ‘price restructuring’ across the supply chain
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NewsFestive bakery treats rise in price by up to a third in 2022
A raft of branded and own-label mince pies, Christmas cake, stollen, yule logs and panettone are more expensive in the supermarkets than they were in 2021
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NewsOcado launches ‘world first’ digital DRS tech trial
For the first time, on-pack technology will be introduced to product packaging for one of the UK’s leading online grocery retailers
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NewsEx-Unilever boss Sebastian Munden becomes new Wrap chair
Munden replaces Julie Hill, who had been with the food waste charity since 2014
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NewsRoyal Albert Hall is new venue for Grocer Gold Awards 2023
‘With this new venue an exciting new chapter opens for the Gold Awards, in which many more guests can celebrate their success. And in a setting equally stunning and historic’
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NewsBakkavor Spalding strike suspended following new pay offer
The action would have affected production of own-label soups, sauces and deli products for Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and M&S
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NewsABP announces £1.5m investment in red meat sustainability programme
The detailed programme will include assessment of carbon footprint, soil health and water use, and support biodiversity creation and resource efficiency
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NewsBart Ingredients launches refill herb and spice cartons into Morrisons
The cardboard packs would ‘help reduce the emissions associated with transporting the ingredients by more than three times’, Bart Ingredients claimed