Archive of all supplier articles – Page 108
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NewsBirds Eye announces Team GB tie-in for meat-free Green Cuisine range
The plant-based brand will sport a new union flag look and carry Team GB’s logo
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NewsSainsbury’s signs up to GCA commitment to limit forensic auditing of suppliers
Sainsbury’s commitment will be effective from March 2022
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Analysis & FeaturesEight Fifty Food Group: how CapVest built and sold a £2bn protein business
CapVest has sold Eight Fifty Food to Canadian giant Sofina for about £1.2bn, less than two years after creating the group. How has it managed it?
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NewsNo-alcohol Gordon’s racks up £1m sales in one month on the market
The 0% drink, which hit retail in late December ahead of ‘Dry January’, had added a cool £910k by the time the month drew to a close
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NewsCathedral City expands snacking cheese range
The product aimed to capitalise on the dynamic growth of in-home snacking behaviour during the pandemic
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NewsKendamil secures national Tesco listing for infant formula
Kendamil is the only major infant formula brand to both source its milk and manufacture in the UK
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NewsVibrant Foods acquires Fudco as South Asian food portfolio grows
The family run London business complements Vibrant’s existing portfolio of ethnic brands, expanding its plant-based offering and strengthening its consumer reach.
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NewsRitter Sport launches DTC ‘Choco Shop’
It will offer exclusive NPD and SKUs previously not sold in the UK
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Comment & OpinionWhy have suppliers overtaken retailers on animal welfare?
The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare report scores the world’s top 150 food companies on their welfare practices, processes and performance based on publicly available information, along with a survey
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NewsHilton sees revenues surge to £2.8bn amid Covid-19 home cooking boom
Hilton said it had seen progress in Europe across all its red meat, fish, vegetarian & vegan and fresh food lines
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NewsFry’s ditches plastic wrappers across range in packaging revamp
The vegan brand’s move will ensure 96% of its products are fully recyclable by the end of 2021
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Comment & OpinionThree ways to navigate retailer pressure as hospitality opens back up
Suppliers need to handle the potential crash of hefty demands from both mults and hospitality businesses, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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NewsLaughing Cow expands spreadable cheese range with new blended variant
The Laughing Cow Blends is made using chickpeas and herbs and tapped into the healthy snack trend, said the brand
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Analysis & FeaturesWeetabix Beanz and Pringles lip balm: how fmcg celebrated April Fools’ Day 2021
Here’s our pick of the best pranks from brands and retailers this April Fools’ Day
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NewsWyke joins fight over ‘ruinous’ AD plants rates hike
AD plant operators were being treated ’unduly harshly’ by the hike, said Wyke Farms MD Rich Clothier
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NewsWhite Peak Distillery drinks to £900k crowdfunding round
Derbyshire whisky producer White Peak Distillery has comfortably beaten its £500,000 crowdfunding target as it aims to build the premium brand in the UK and overseas.
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NewsJohn West to bypass UK for Irish imports
The move had become the “least worst option” following the UK’s departure from the EU
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NewsShoppers ‘misled’ by retailer egg ingredient sourcing, British Lion claims
Prepared foods like quiches were being made using ‘a significant number’ of imported eggs, BEIC said
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NewsRetailers and suppliers to foot ‘sky-rocketing’ packaging waste bill, new documents reveal
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is due to come into force from 2024 and the official estimate of the cost in its first full year has shot up
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NewsWeezy secures fresh herb supply with vertical farmers Infarm
Infarm produce grown in Tottenham will be delivered multiple times a week to four Weezy distribution hubs