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City Snapshot: Finsbury Food Group sales fall on coronavirus impact
The listed bakery manufacturer has guided for revenues in the year ended 27 June to be £306.3m, down from £315.3m last year
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Media Bites 15 July: Ocado, Oatly, Loop/Tesco
The boss of Ocado has declared that shoppers “won’t be going back” after the crisis spurred a rapid shift to online shopping and pushed its half-year sales above £1 billion for the first time.
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Grocery retail ranked top sector for customer experience despite pandemic
The latest KPMG Nunwood Customer Experience Excellence Index, based on interviews of 13,000 UK consumers, gives grocery retail a 4% score improvement on last year
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Loop packaging platform makes UK debut in partnership with Tesco
Loop sorts and cleans the empty containers “to stringent health and safety standards” for reuse, before they are refilled by suppliers
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Fever-Tree buys German distributor Global Drinks Partnership
Global drinks mixer firm Fever-Tree has announced the acquisition of Global Drinks Partnership, the group’s sales agent in Germany, in a package worth €9.5m.
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Iceland claims 74% carbon footprint reduction since 2011
The retailer claims its footprint has fallen from almost 250,000 tonnes of CO2 in 2011 to 46,000 tonnes in 2020
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British Honey Company adds hard seltzer to Keepr’s lineup
Each can contains a hint of honey from British Honey Company hives
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Müller quits Dairy UK over high cost of membership
The dairy giant said it had been ‘unable to reconcile the cost with the benefit received’ from membership of the industry body
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Waitrose sees further online order surge as shoppers stock up holiday homes
Waitrose reported a boost for customer orders for deliveries to holiday spots such as Truro and Weston-super-Mare
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Wrap urges development of recycling system for flexible plastic packaging
Only 4% of flexible plastic, which constitutes a quarter of all UK consumer plastic packaging by weight, is currently recycled
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Coronavirus sends UK berry sales soaring
Kantar data shows strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries all recorded double-digit value sales growth last month
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Aldi doubles size home delivery trial with Deliveroo
They include branches in Greater Manchester and Cambridge, along with five more stores in London
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Wilko appoints Karen Mackay as group chief financial officer
Mackay joins the home and garden chain from Optegra International, where she has been group chief financial officer for five years
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Primula set to return to shelves after recall sparked by botulism fears
The brand was forced to issue a recall in June after discovering clostridium botulinum in a tube of its cheese
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CMA drops convenience stores from pandemic price gouging investigation
A pharmacy is now at the centre of the CMA’s only remaining investigation into excessive pricing during the pandemic
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Face masks to be made mandatory in shops in England from 24 July
Failure to follow the new rules will lead to a fine of up to £100, which will reduce to £50 if paid promptly
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UK unveils post-Brexit cross-border trade plan
The 206-page document details a range of measures businesses must take in order to keep trading with the EU
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Lidl renews estate growth target despite disruption caused by pandemic
The discounter plans to open 25 stores in the next six months, creating up to 1,000 jobs by the end of the year
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Pale rosé, strawberry lager and single pot whisky: what’s new in booze for July?
The Grocer takes a look at the hottest booze launches heading to UK retailers’ shelves
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Iceland joint MD Nigel Broadhurst resigns
It comes a month after Iceland founder and executive chairman Malcolm Walker and CEO Tarsem Dhaliwal took full ownership of the frozen food chain