Archive of all news articles – Page 817
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City snapshot: Hotel Chocolat suffers trading hit from Easter closures
Hotel Chocolat has suffered a “material” impact on trading after being forced to close all retail stores ahead of Easter, the second largest seasonal peak for the business.
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Media Bites 4 May: Business confidence, Government aid, McDonald’s
Business leaders have suffered a record drop in confidence during the pandemic and fear the economic recovery will be slow.
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Mindful Chef seeks £25m in fundraise as sales soar
Mindful Chef is seeking £25m in a new fundraising round as private equity investors, blue-chip conglomerates and retailers clamour to own a piece of the fast-growing farm-to-fork recipe box brand.
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Six ways coronavirus is threatening progress on single-use plastic
Not long ago, single-use plastic was public enemy number one. But now we’re fighting a new threat, which could scupper our progress on single-use plastic
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High streets to benefit from new £6m government fund for coronavirus support
The money is for local projects to help high streets ‘through the uncertainty’ of the pandemic…
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Sainsbury’s not yet ‘in the money’ despite coronavirus sales uplift
Mike Coupe’s final results as Sainsbury’s boss firmly dispelled any notion the supermarket is finally “in the money” as a result of the coronavirus-induced grocery sales surge.
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Central England Co-op offers face visors to staff who want them
The socierty has already brought in a raft of measures to keep staff and customers safe
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Vegan ice cream brand Perfect World turns to the crowd to fund expansion
The startup hit Seedrs this week looking to raise a minimum of £75k
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Provence-based distillery QVT launches first gin into the UK
The gin was made with local botanicals for “an aroma that captures the essence of Provence”
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Brown Forman UK kicks off operations
Source: Brown Forman UK The new business kicked off this week Brown Forman’s newly founded standalone UK spirits business has begun operations this week. Jeremy Shepherd Jeremy Shepherd, UK GM for the Jack Daniel’s and Woodford Reserve owner, which previously distributed its brands in ...
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Lidl veteran Erwin Meijer joins Meatless Farm Co board
Meijer has become the Leeds-based brand’s MD for Europe, the Middle East and Africa
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US meat shortage unlikely to affect British prices
‘The food supply chain is breaking’, according to Tyson Foods
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EU trade deal ‘essential’ for UK food security, parliamentary committee told
The coronavirus pandemic has shone a light on our reliance on imports from the EU, a parliamentary committee heard
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Co-op speeds up plans for online expansion
Between its Deliveroo partnership and its own shop.coop.co.uk operation, the society is offering online groceries in 1,000 catchment areas
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Supermarkets begin offering staff face masks
The wearing of masks by supermarket staff looks set to become common practice
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Delistings have hit a third of suppliers since crisis hit UK
Asked if any retailer had behaved in a way contrary to GSCOP in the past five weeks, 31% of the 40 suppliers to respond said yes
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Carcase balance issue set to hit sheepmeat sector within weeks
Problems with carcase balance in the beef sector look set to hit other meat categories
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Aldi becomes second supermarket to join the Slave-Free Alliance
The alliance was launched in 2018 with the aim of permanently eradicating slavery globally
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Usdaw calls for ‘new deal’ for retail workers after crisis is over
The union is marking International Workers’ Day (1 May) by calling for what it said were millions of ’low-paid and undervalued’ workers to be treated more fairly
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Asda shoppers donate 140,000 meals to the Trussell Trust
The donations add to the 418,871 meals already provided by Asda’s food donation programme