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Sainsbury’s has extended its partnership with Uber Eats Allowing UK customers to collect Nectar points on rapid grocery deliveries
Sainsbury’s and Uber Eats extend Nectar loyalty points to grocery ordersShoppers can collect one Nectar point for every £1 spent when ordering Sainsbury's groceries via the Uber Eats app or onlinewww.thegrocer.co.ukLidl pays out £25,000 to a shopper after wrongly accusing him of breaking the rules of a 5p Christmas veg offer
Lidl pays £25,000 claim after refusing shopper 5p Christmas vegThe shopper was accused of attempting to buy more than the permitted quota of packs of 5p shallots at Lidl's Whalley Banks store in Blackburn in December last yearwww.thegrocer.co.ukThe UK’s food redistribution sector has reached an historic agreement Planning to collaborate and share resources in a bid to treble the amount of surplus going to tackle #foodpoverty
Redistribution charities announce ‘historic’ food surplus collaborationThe seven main redistribution organisations have signed a 'covenant' that will look to turn their separate organisations into a joined-up networkwww.thegrocer.co.ukCoca-Cola smashes market expectations in its second quarter thanks to a marketing blitz ahead of the recent World Cup Powerade sponsored the controversial hydration break in every match
Coca-Cola World Cup marketing effort scores bigger-than-expected rewardsCoca-Cola has smashed market expectations in its second quarter thanks to a marketing blitz ahead of the recent World Cup, where Powerade sponsored the contriversial hydration break in every match.www.thegrocer.co.ukUnilever upgrades annual growth forecasts after logging its best quarter of volume growth in more than a decade
Unilever records decade-high volume growthUnilever has upgraded annual growth forecasts after the CPG giant logged its best quarter of volume growth in more than a decadewww.thegrocer.co.ukWaitrose sees shock rise in demand for winter comfort food despite the ongoing #heatwave in the UK
Waitrose reports demand for wintry comfort food despite heatwavesThe supermarket suggested customers were experiencing 'feta fatigue' as summer salads lost their appeal while the heatwaves continue.www.thegrocer.co.ukFamilies in the north are £60 a week worse off than those in the south
Asda finds northern families are £60 a week worse offThe supermarket's latest Income Tracker shows that families in northern regions continue to have less money left in their pockets after essential spending, despite average UK household budgets improvi...www.thegrocer.co.ukPM Andy Burnham urged to step in to prevent millions of products switching back to single-use plastic Because of “perverse consequences” of the extended producer responsibility packaging tax
Packaging tax may force mass return to plastic, PM warnedThe Alliance for Fibre-Based Packaging, which speaks for the manufacturers of fibre and fibre/paper composite used by tens of thousands of coffee shops and takeaway businesses, delivered a paper calli...www.thegrocer.co.ukPrinces, Waitrose, Felix and Alliance Food Sourcing join forces to produce one million tins of baked beans for people facing food insecurity
A million tins of Branston beans produced for food insecure householdsCans of Branston Baked Beans will be distributed through Felix's network of over 8,000 community organisations, schools, food banks and community kitchenswww.thegrocer.co.ukJack Daniel’s owner Brown-Forman has rejected a renewed takeover offer from Sazerac Reports suggest it tabled an unsolicited offer worth $32 a share that valued Brown-Forman at around $15bn
Brown-Forman rejects unsolicited $15bn takeover approach from SazeracA statement from Brown-Forman last night confirmed it had received an unsolicited approach from Sazerac but had concluded the offer was 'not actionable'www.thegrocer.co.ukValue sales of tinnies are rocketing So why are more Brits supping RTDs? And what are brands and retailers doing to maintain growth in the coming year?
How RTD brands are pushing the boundaries with NPDWhy are more Brits supping RTDs? And what are brands and retailers doing to maintain growth in the coming year?www.thegrocer.co.ukNorthern Pasta Co warns of “unprecedented start” to this year’s harvest among its farmers Extreme heat and dry weather are expected to have implications “stretching well beyond this year’s crop”
Extreme heat affecting grain harvest, Northern Pasta Co warnsThe extreme heat and dry weather are expected to have implications 'stretching well beyond this year's crop'www.thegrocer.co.ukGreencore won back investor confidence this week The sandwich maker upgraded its annual profit guidance following better-than-expected trading
Greencore wins back investor confidenceGreencore won back investor confidence this week as the sandwich maker upgraded its annual profit guidance following better-than-expected trading inspired by the World Cup and recent heatwaves, as wel...www.thegrocer.co.uk
