Archive of all supplier articles – Page 49
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Analysis & Features
Why was beef fraud investigation not disclosed earlier?
“Who else has Loscoe supplied with falsely labelled beef” asks Chris Elliott
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News
Ella’s Kitchen growth soars as babyfood sector bounces back
Revenues soared 17.9% to £85.8m in the year ended 30 June 2022, according to newly filed accounts.
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Comment & Opinion
Nestlé’s axe of Wunda and Garden Gourmet points to plant-based saturation
The UK plant-based market is mature, and the cost of living crisis is slowing the migration to plant-based eating
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News
Loo roll shortages loom as tissue industry ‘not ready’ for deforestation laws
Cheeky Panda boss says tissue makers will struggle to shift operations overnight
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News
Nestlé to pull ‘not viable’ plant-based brands Wunda and Garden Gourmet
The two brands, plus Nestlé’s Middle East-inspired Mezeast range, will disappear from supermarket shelves in Q2
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Promotional Features
How businesses can help consumers cut food waste
With inflation continuing to boom across the market, stretching shoppers’ spending limits, how can retailers inspire shoppers to reduce their household food waste and save money with simple and easy recipes?
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News
Oatly shares surge on profitability promises and better end to 2022 than expected
Shares in Oatly have surged thanks to better-than-expected annual figures, promises of a future profit and $425m of new financing. CEO Toni Petersson said the group was ”well-positioned to start playing offence in 2023”.
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News
Booker retailers fear impact of Tesco’s new fulfilment fees for suppliers
Tesco wrote to suppliers last week announcing new charges for those selling on its online platform or through its Booker wholesale operations
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News
Loscoe Chilled Foods confirms it is part of beef fraud investigation
The supplier stressed the incident was isolated with ’no suggestion that any other customers are affected’
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News
Ocean Saver plots ambitious grocery growth plan as it cleans up second crowd round
Sustainable cleaning challenger brand Ocean Saver has returned to the crowd as it seeks to double the size of its grocery business.
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News
Tesco promises no delists if suppliers refuse fulfilment fee request
The Groceries Code Adjudicator Mark White called for suppliers to come forward if they had evidence that Tesco may have been in breach of GSCOP
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Comment & Opinion
The key questions to be answered in the Tesco fulfilment fee fiasco
Audacious move by Tesco is even featuring in school debates over monopsony
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News
Dunbia picks up Jasper family lamb abattoir in Cornwall
Red meat processor Dunbia has expanded its West Country presence with the acquisition of a lamb processing site in Cornwall
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News
Scrumbles wins BGF backing to grow natural pet food brand
Natural pet food brand Scrumbles has secured a £6m investment from the BGF to continue its omni-channel growth strategy.
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Analysis & Features
It’s Amazon vs the ROCC, a legal coalition with an axe to grind
Coalition is offering to support suppliers for as little as a monthly Prime subscription
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News
Yeo Valley sees profits wiped out by cost inflation
Yeo Valley Organic’s production arm has fallen into the red for the first time since the credit crunch in 2008
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News
Compleat Food picks up assets from collapsed Vale of Mowbray
The historic Yorkshire-based business, which started making pork pies in 1928, appointed administrators from FRP in September last year after struggling to cope with soaring input cost inflation and higher energy bills.
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News
Big Prawn creditors owed £23m-plus when shellfish supplier collapsed
The majority of the money owed isn’t expected to be repaid, the report by administrator Kroll revealed
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News
Tesco threatens range reviews unless suppliers pay new fulfilment fee
Fulfilment fees will be applied on a pence per unit basis, with branded suppliers paying a significant premium
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News
Amazon faces class action lawsuit threat from suppliers
Powerful coalition of UK, US and European lawyers will work on behalf of suppliers to challenge anti-competitive behaviour