Day: November 14, 2024
City snapshot: Premier Foods boosted as shoppers switch back to brands
Premier Foods has grown first-half sales supported by double-digit volume growth as consumers switched back to brands. Plus, annual results at WH Smith and interims at B&M Bargains
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Media Bites 14 November: Homebase, Just Eat, Asda market share
The demise of struggling retailer Homebase is one of the main topics of coverage for the nationals this morning
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Lynas Foodservice unveils AI-based order-placing system
The Northern Irish wholesaler introduced the new system to ‘make customers’ lives easier’
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Supermarket bosses announce food redistribution body that will ‘transform’ fight against hunger
Retailers, producers and other companies across the food supply chain have formed a new national organisation to redistribute thousands more tonnes of edible surplus to people suffering from food poverty
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John Lewis’ Christmas ad features stores in moving campaign
John Lewis has finally dropped its highly anticipated Christmas ad aiming to capture the nation’s hearts and boost festive sales
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Children bombarded with ‘relentless’ pre-watershed HFSS ads, claims report
The report, published today by The Food Foundation, claims Haribo, Mars, Mondelez, PepsiCo and Kellogg’s dominated the TV ads shown
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Just Eat finally finds buyer for Grubhub
It has sold Grubhub for $650 million, just four years after buying the US food delivery app for $7 billion.
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Turmeric Co disputes FSA’s ashwagandha novel food query
The outcome could set a ‘significant precedent’ for food and drink companies using ashwagandha in products
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Budget tax raid ‘not significant for us’, says Premier Foods CEO
Premier has estimated the cost of the changes and says ‘it’s not a huge number’
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Sauce Shop calls out Dr Will’s over suspicious Ocado reviews
Sauce Shop co-founder James Digva drew his LinkedIn followers’ attention to a series of five-star reviews all posted by the same account
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Hilton Foods to bring forward net zero ambitions by two years
The protein giant has unveiled five key areas to reach its goal by 2048, including working to lower methane in livestock production
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Christmas flower poinsettia among festive gifts to cost more due to Brexit border checks
The popular red flower imported from Europe will for the first time face controls at Britain’s borders
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Asda launches new premature baby clothing range and care support for staff
The supermarket said from this week any staff with a baby in neonatal care treatment for seven days or more would be able to take up to a maximum of 12 weeks of paid leave
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Asda launches Chatty Cafe initiative to help tackle loneliness among over 60s
It comes with the supermarket bringing back its Asda’s Winter Warmer initiative, which will run across all its cafés until the end of 2024
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Morrisons vows to help end-of-life care in partnership with Marie Curie
The new three-year partnership aims to raise £15m
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Tesco scraps plastic from Finest pasta range
The move was announced today and will involve 10 lines in the range, including the likes of spaghetti, fusilli and rigatoni
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Dave’s Hot Chicken makes first appearance in the UK with ‘secret’ pop-up
The chain will open its first UK site in December
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CMA launches consultation to set next steps for new road fuel monitoring function
It is calling on fuel retailers, consumer groups, and other interested stakeholders to share their views by 5 December on who the CMA will request information from, how information is provided and how often
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Co-op rolls out savings scheme for staff to boost financial security
In partnership with Nest Insight, the opt-out scheme automatically enrols colleagues to save a default amount each month
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Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs add to olive oil sector’s woes
European olive oil suppliers are prioritising exports to the US in a bid to avoid potential 20% tariffs proposed by Trump
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