Day: October 15, 2024
Co-op ramps up retail media offering with rollout of hundreds of front of store screens
The Co-op Media Network (CMN) said new screens will appear at 300 of Co-op’s busiest, urban stores, at a rate of 24 stores a month until January next year
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City snapshot: Agronomics invests $2m in Liberation Labs
London listed lab-grown meat investor Agronomics has invested a further $2m (£1.5m) in Liberation Labs
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Media Bites 15 October: Menzies, Gail’s, Greggs, Wine Society, 7-Eleven
Gail’s CEO Tom Molnar recalls how 20 years ago, the idea of having more than five branches would have seemed fanciful
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Morrisons boosts immediacy offering with expanded Uber Eats deal
The supermarket has been working with Uber Eats for the past two years, offering delivery from its estate of Morrisons Daily convenience stores
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Tamnavulin debuts Port Cask Edition in major mults
The tipple has undergone a process of double cask maturation
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Eden Mill partners with Scottish biotech firm to produce microalgae from whisky distillation
The microalgae is an alternative, sustainable source of omega-3
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Wilko launches its first rapid delivery service with Deliveroo
It marks the first time Wilko has offered an on-demand, rapid delivery service. The available range covers garden, home, kitchen, DIY, cleaning, petcare and storage
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Social enterprise School Kitchen opens second site in London
The business uses school kitchen facilities to prepare meals for the public
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Good & Proper Tea appoints former Sainsbury’s Future Brands head as MD
Tom Forsythe previously spent a decade at Sainsbury’s, including leading its Future Brands incubator scheme for challenger brands
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Applied Nutrition hopes for £400m valuation as Mohsin Issa commits to IPO
Applied Nutrition has revealed Asda owner Mohsin Issa is committed to the group’s upcoming London IPO, which will see the sports supplements brand valued at up to £400m
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Guinness Covent Garden brewery delayed until 2025
The £73m project has stalled after its main contractor’s collapse in the summer
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John West suffers first loss since 2010 after reversing pricing call
John West had tried raising prices but suffered a consequent fall in volumes
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Campaign groups call for stronger legislation for farmed fish
A survey showed 85% of people polled in the UK believe the welfare of fish should be protected to the same or greater extent as other farmed animals
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Paul Gillow to succeed Arthur Richmond as SHS Group CEO
Richmond was appointed CEO last year, replacing Elaine Birchall
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Boots’ digital performance fuels quarterly growth of 6.2%
It was Boots’ 14th consecutive quarter of market share growth
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Sainsbury’s opens eighth wind farm site in renewable energy push
It is the latest to open under an agreement signed with asset management company Capital Dynamics in July 2022
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CJ Lang boasts 14.2% rise in turnover to £253m
The Dundee-based wholesaler, which also grew pre-tax profits by 8% to £4m, acquired 12 new company-owned stores over the past year, bringing it to 115 overall
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Independent retailers and big chains at war over business rates call
The BRC has been accused of making proposals that only benefit ‘the largest retailers’ while being ‘really detrimental to a large majority of independents’
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Heinz ‘racist’ ads indicative of DEI failing, say marketing experts
’It’s clear that diversity was lacking in the room where it mattered,’ says Quiet Storm creative director Trevor Robinson
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Motor Fuel Group picks up top prize at Forecourt Trader Awards
MFG, which operates more than 1,200 forecourts, also won best in region awards for its sites in Eastbourne, Faversham and Musselburgh
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