Archive of all news articles – Page 707
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Grocer Gold Store Manager of the Year 2020: the shortlist
Our Store Manager of the Year Award recognises outstanding hard graft and commitment from the nation’s best store managers
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Lidl raises hourly pay to £10.85 in London and £9.50 elsewhere
It’s set to make Lidl the best-paying supermarket outside London, at 10p more than rival Aldi, while inside the capital Aldi remains the top payer, at £10.90
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PAI Partners swoops for Addo Food Group and Winterbotham Darby
Addo Food Group and olives and antipasti supplier Winterbotham Darby have been snapped up in a joint chilled foods acquisition for an undisclosed sum
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Great Britain bird flu risk raised to ‘high’ after Cheshire farm outbreak
The UK’s chief veterinary officers have urged bird keepers to prevent any contact between their flocks and wild birds
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Dash Water achieves B Corp status
The brand, whose drinks are made with surplus fruit & vegetables that would otherwise have gone to waste, has joined the likes of Charlie Bigham’s, Vita Coco and Abel & Cole in winning the certification
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Morrisons gets festive with Dua Lipa for new advert
The Morrisons ad will also feature before the pop star’s online streaming event Studio 2054
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Government bows to pressure from Marcus Rashford child hunger campaign
Boris Johnson telephoned the England forward over the weekend to share the news
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Heineken revamps Sol lager to reflect beer's solar energy credentials
The brewer has installed 4,000 panels at its UK site and 9,212 at its Dutch base
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Southern Co-op sets up fund for food banks with £5,000 donation
Sourthern said the grants would enable local groups to purchase essential equipment or cover running costs
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English supermarkets face backlash over non-essential items ban
Retailers were told to shut down mezzanine floors, standalone neighbouring buildings and concessions selling homeware, clothing and electronics
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Planet Organic launches nationwide fresh deliveries
Orders are picked by staff from the organic chain’s Westbourne Grove store in Notting Hill, with deliveries made by courier DPD
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Aldi rolling out click & collect to 200 stores by Christmas
It means customers across the UK will be able to order online from Aldi’s full grocery range and have their shopping brought out to their car
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Nestlé buys Mindful Chef to bulk up direct-to-consumer portfolio
Nestlé has acquired a majority stake in recipe kit business for an undisclosed sum to beef up its direct-to-consumer offering in the UK
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City snapshot: MPM snapped up by 3i Group in £125m deal
Premium pet food manufacturer MPM has been sold by ECI Partners to private equity investor 3i Group as the flurry of deals in the petcare space continues. Plus, Nestlé has acquired a majority stake in recipe kit business Mindful Chef for an undisclosed sum. And the FTSE 100 rallies after news of a victory for President-Elect Joe Biden.
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Media Bites 9 November: Brexit, Nestlé, Hovis, Tesco, M&S
The papers are fit to burst with news that Joe Biden was declared as the next President of the US after a protracted election. But there was still plenty going on in food and drink over the weekend.
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St Austell Brewery records £10m first-half loss
St Austell Brewery has plunged to a loss of £10m in the first half of 2020, despite record supermarket sales during the coronavirus pandemic. Total turnover collapsed by 90% when all 178 of its pubs and hotels were forced to close in March as the country went ...
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Scotmid Co-op opens butcher’s counter in new partnership
Family butcher S Collins & Son will open the counter in the Uddingston store
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Kilo yoghurt pot sales offset decline at Lancashire Farm
The Rochdale-headquartered dairy said retail volumes were up as much as 40% in March and April
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Price cuts drive Morrisons in to price deflation in latest Grocer Price Index survey
Morrisons’ latest price cuts have helped the supermarket into annual deflation
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Booker under fire again for ‘misleading’ frozen beef labelling
Booker put the labelling down to ‘human error’