Archive of all news articles – Page 856
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Unitas combines Landmark and Today’s sales figures in new data service
UDS currently brings together wholesale shipment data for 19 ex-Landmark and ex-Today’s members into single solution
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Waitrose trials coffee truck outside Cheltenham store
The coffee truck, nicknamed Rosie, is a converted 1973 Citroen purchased from a French farmer
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City snapshot: DS Smith delivers ‘robust’ Christmas performance
FTSE 100 packaging giant DS Smith said it had delivered robust performance since 1 November despite macro-economic uncertainty. Plus, Devro falls to loss amid factory writedowns and all the latest news from the City.
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Media Bites 4 March: Greggs, Grocery market share, Reckitt Benckiser
The popularity of vegan sausage rolls has resulted in record profits for Greggs, but the bakery chain said yesterday that stormy weather had depressed sales last month as it raised concerns about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Mars warns of confectionery shortages after ‘breakdown’ at factory
The Galaxy and Maltesers owner said in a tweet it was ‘really sorry’ that it was not ‘able to make as many treats as we would like’
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Tesco reissues 600,000 Clubcards following online scam
The supermarket said it had discovered attempts by fraudsters to use usernames and passwords stolen from other platforms
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Asda to launch oriental street food concessions with Panku
The first trials of 20 Panku concessions will start at Asda Trafford Park and Asda Aintree on Wednesday 4 March
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AF Blakemore planning to grow foodservice arm by £100m
Group operations MD Geoff Hallam made the announcement at the wholesaler’s supplier conference in Coventry this month
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Just Eat to trial delivery via drones at university
The food delivery giant has partnered with drone delivery firm Manna to offer the service at University College Dublin
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Naked swaps to 100% recycled plastic bottles
The juice and smoothie brand is set to ditch virgin plastic from its bottles
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Henderson Foodservice reports 23% surge in sales
MD Cathal Geoghegan attributed the rise to acquisitions and organic growth
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Tesco opens first high street cashless store in London
The new store features 14 tills, with only two manned and none accepting notes or coins
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Mackie’s of Scotland hits £16.7m turnover after chocolate sales boost
The record annual revenues mark a 20% increase on the previous financial year
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Greggs hails ‘exceptional’ year but New Year sales slow
Greggs has posted a jump in annual sales and profits following an ‘exceptional’ year for the food to go chain, but admitted it has seen a ‘significant’ slowdown in sales in February due to stormy weather.
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City snapshot: Supermarkets enjoy green shoots of recovery in February
UK supermarkets saw the ‘green shoots’ of recovery in February, with small but positive growth in as total till sales improve to 0.7% in the last four weeks, according to Nielsen, and the strongest growth since November in the Kantar figures.
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Media Bites 3 March: Coronavirus, Tesco, Just Eat Takeaway.com
British supermarkets have drawn up “feed the nation” contingency plans that would help the country cope with any panic-buying brought on by a sudden escalation of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Market crash creates 'buying opportunity' for UK supermarket stocks
Heavy share price falls across global stock markets have created a buying opportunity for undervalued UK supermarket stocks, according to broker Bernstein.
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M&S to expand packaging-free refill trial
The initiative was launched at the newly refitted M&S Food Hall in Hedge End, Hampshire, in December…
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Lincolnshire Co-op launches reward scheme for reusable cup owners
The society hopes the incentive will encourage people to switch to reusable cups
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Southern Co-op store donates to repair local school’s boiler
A £1,000 donation from The Co-operative Food Camberley enabled Little Oaks Pre-School Frimley to repair its boiler