Archive of all supplier articles – Page 56
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Comment & Opinion
Stop bashing retailers for shortages. Consumers must understand the price of food
In France, we pay 25% more for food than in the UK, says Karen Green, author of Buyer-ology
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News
Cornwall’s Ocean Fish secures eight-figure funding package
The package is made up of working capital and lending, alongside HSBC Equipment Finance’s largest marine mortgage for UK fishing vessels
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Analysis & Features
Explained: Does Tesco’s fulfilment fee fiasco break any rules?
The trade is in uproar over Tesco’s hardball tactics to secure a new fulfilment fee. Is it breaching GSCOP? And what’s the endgame?
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Comment & Opinion
Seven ways Tesco’s fulfilment fee plans are wrong
The plans feel ill thought through in terms of strategy and execution
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News
KTC snaps up Scottish margarine manufacturer Cardowan Creameries
The deal strengthened the private equity-backed group’s value-added processing capabilities and broadened the product offering, KTC said.
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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