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Lockdown inflation falls back as grocers head for a price war
The lockdown-driven spike in supermarket inflation dramatically fell back in July as the major grocers fired the first shots of a post-Covid price war.
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Lucozade Ribena Suntory shifts to its drink-later portfolio to offset Covid-19 trading hit
The dramatic collapse in footfall on the high street depressed demand for impulse soft drink purchases with consumers stuck at home
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Business rates appeals rocket as Covid-hit firms claim ‘material change of circumstance’
The number of cases lodged in the first stage of the process was nearly as high in the three months to 30 June as in the previous three years
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Muzai launches with range of 'mindful' craft cocktail mixers
Muzai’s drinks are crafted from a blend of organic tea, kombucha, organic agave and botanicals
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CJ Lang to donate £30k with its first community cashback campaign
Customers, store staff and CJ Lang employees will be able to nominate community groups and charities across the country to receive a cash sum
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Natalie Mitchell takes up new Waitrose technical and quality director role
Mitchell has been head of brand development and product innovation since 2015
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Government rent support still needed to save ‘hundreds of thousands of retail jobs’
A government ‘code of practice’ introduced in June to aid negotiations between landlords and tenants has not helped where businesses simply don’t have the money to pay, according to the BRC
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Sales of eggs still surging as consumers opt for British
Year-on-year retail value sales for shell eggs in the mults rose by 37% to £294m during the 12 weeks to 12 July
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Tulip invests £15m in reopening Bromborough site
Tulip said the investment would go towards the creation of 120 new jobs
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M&S products now live on Ocado ahead of Waitrose switchover
Most Waitrose lines had been replaced with an M&S product of “near-identical specification” Ocado said
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App-based supermarket Weezy launches with 15-minute delivery promise
The operation sources groceries from a handful of wholesalers as well independent bakers and butchers
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Rapid ranges expand as consumers pay premium for swift delivery
Supermarkets are adding scores of products to rapid delivery services as customers prove willing to pay more
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Unilever set on UK name-change for skin lightening creams
Unilever had faced criticism over prompting racial stereotypes
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Retailer deals with courier firms signed ‘in a panic’ and ‘won’t last’ claims Buymie boss
Devan Hughes told The Grocer the recent flurry of supermarket deals with courier companies suffer from a ‘massive conflict of interest’
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Most consumers nervous of return to restaurant dining, says IGD
Among those who were nervous about eating out, 71% said they would wait a few weeks before going to a restaurant
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Lidl targeting ’supermarket convenience’ with new-format London stores
The revelation came as the retailer opened its 100th London store, in Beckton, and announced plans for 30 more in the capital by the end of 2025
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Media Bites 6 August: M&S/Ocado, WH Smith, Morrisons
Marks & Spencer is undertaking a huge operation aimed at hanging on to Ocado customers when it replaces Waitrose as the online grocery company’s supplier next month.
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City snapshot: Out of home closures hit first half trading at Coca-Cola European Partners
Great Britain Coke bottler Coca-Cola European Partners has reported a 26% revenue slump in second quarter as the closures of food to go outlets hit trading across Europe. Plus , McColl’s falls to first half loss, trading updates from Naked Wines and Hammerson and all the rest of the news from the City.
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JW Filshill eyes click & collect expansion with new hires
Click and collect has grown from 5% to 7% of Filshill’s overall business during the coronavirus crisis
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Convenience chain One O One partners with home delivery app
Appy Shop enables customers to order goods within 30 to 60-minute time slots or weeks ahead