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NewsSainsbury’s sold vapes and tobacco via Deliveroo without age checks
Sainsbury’s ‘temporary technical issue’ which saw it selling vapes via Deliveroo with no age checks has now been resolved
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RankingsThe winners and losers of 2024 by brand and category
The Grocer’s Top Products Survey 2024 in association with NIQ found these products to be the most significant in terms of value and volume lost and gained over the past year
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NewsTop Products survey 2024: Scratch cooking boom boosts fresh meat and fresh veg sales
The Grocer’s Top Products survey 2024 reveals how this year’s focus on home cooking has benefited a whole host of kitchen cupboard staples.
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RankingsVaping & tobacco 2024: time ticking as disposable vapes ban looms
Ahead of next year’s disposables ban, the vaping category has shed £43.6m and sold 2.7 million fewer units
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NewsBritain’s biggest vape brand SKE in legal battle over ‘Crystal Bar’ trademark
The Chinese company is heading to the High Court to appeal a decision by the Intellectual Property Office
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NewsMorrisons launches in-store vape shops with VPZ
Seven vape outlets are opening within seven stores: Leeds Hunslet, Birmingham Stirchley, Glenrothes, Peterhead, Darlington, Stratford and Grantham
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NewsVape maker Supreme completes £10.2m rescue of Typhoo Tea
It comes after Typhoo was placed into administration last week
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NewsMedia Bites 22 November: retail sales, energy bills and farming row continues
Retail sales have “plunged” in October, with a spike in consumer confidence meaning retailers can expect to see a strong golden quarter ahead
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Analysis & FeaturesSingle-use vapes ban: what next for the top two brands?
Both ElfBar and Lost Mary built their success on disposable lines
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NewsAsda trials vape and cigarette vending machine
The move is expected to “help prevent antisocial behaviour” an Asda spokesman said
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NewsDisposable vapes: retailers given until June to clear stocks
From June, the only vaping products available for sale legally in the UK must be refillable and rechargeable, intended for repeat uses
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NewsMedia Bites 24 October: Disposable vape ban, inflation, online retail tax, the budget
The government has confirmed a ban on disposable vapes will come into force on 1 June
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NewsFormer Defra secretary George Eustice joins ElfBar and Lost Mary advisory board
The board has been assembled by Hong Kong company HG Innovation to “provide strategic advice” as the vape brand owner looks to maintain growth in the UK market
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Guide ToThe Grocer Guide To Tobacco, Vaping & Accessories
As the industry awaits the outcome of the proposed Tobacco & Vapes Bill, suppliers are focusing on strategies that will continue to spur growth, such as next-gen products.
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InterviewsAsh CEO Deborah Arnott’s 21-year battle with Big Tobacco
Deborah Arnott is stepping down after 21 years. She looks back on her battle with the tobacco lobby… and ahead to the vaping challenge
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Comment & Opinion‘If you don’t smoke, don’t vape’ message is getting lost. Does it matter?
Medical experts and health authorities heralded vaping as something of a miracle, in their effort to stop the UK population from smoking tobacco
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NewsNumber of vapers in England who didn’t previously smoke rockets to one million
Around one million adults in England who had never regularly smoked before now vape, most of them on a daily basis, finds UCL study
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NewsOne in four cigarettes smoked in UK now illicit
Findings are according to new data from Marlboro maker Philip Morris International (PMI)
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NewsRecycling firm launches to diffuse ‘global recycling timebomb’ of vapes
The company’s first machine can handle 10 tonnes of vapes per week (around 400,000 vapes), but it plans to expand and “scale at pace” across Europe
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NewsASH backs vapes as three million Brits use them to quit smoking
Anti-tobacco charity Action on Smoking & Health has urged legislators to “not undermine the value of vapes” as a quitting tool in coming regulations