As the peak shopping season approaches, retailers are putting the finishing touches to their seasonal strategies, to ensure shelves and online channels are well stocked to meet consumer demand. Last year’s UK Black Friday and Christmas sales showed a mixed performance. Despite a strong Black Friday, the entire 2024 festive period was somewhat lacklustre for retailers, […]
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Sysco GB, the UK’s largest foodservice supplier, has introduced a programme to support night workers across its British business. Following research that highlighted the challenges night shift workers face around poor nutrition and sleep disorders, as well as reports of mental health issues, Sysco has created a comprehensive programme to support colleagues working through the […]
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LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) has launched the latest version of its LEAF Marque Standard version 17.0, representing a significant evolution in the assurance of more sustainable farming. The update reaffirms LEAF’s commitment to providing a globally relevant and practical framework to build more resilient farming and food systems. The comprehensive review was undertaken with […]
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One year on from launch, the high-protein, high-calcium cow’s milk brand SuperNutrio is celebrating an outstanding first year in business, marked by significant retail expansion, strong sales, and growing consumer demand. Building on this success, the brand has now secured a listing in 160 Waitrose stores nationwide, further strengthening its UK retail footprint. Since launching […]
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Domino’s new high-power laser enables manufacturers to code larger, more complex designs clearly and quickly on plastics, glass, and other challenging beverage substrates. Domino Printing Sciences (Domino), a global expert in advanced variable data printing solutions, has expanded its laser coding portfolio with the launch of the Dx1060i CO² Laser Coder. The new 100-watt CO² […]
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Lerwick Brewery, the UK’s most northerly brewery, has announced that its range of award-winning craft beers is now available for trade customers across the UK through the online marketplace EebriaTrade. This new listing provides a direct route for pubs, bars, and hotels the length of the UK from Shetland to Cornwall to purchase Lerwick’s beers. […]
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Bisto, the nation’s favourite gravy, has introduced a fully-recyclable packaging format across its foodservice range, saving almost 1,000kg of cardboard and 5.6 tonnes of plastic from entering the value chain each year. The FSC-certified cardboard cases for Bisto’s Original, Poultry, Reduced Salt and Vegetarian Gravy Granules have each been reduced in height by 20mm. The […]
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The Wholesale Group, the UK’s largest delivered wholesale buying group, is leading the industry with its latest technology innovation which will be transformational for its members, supplier partners and team. At its conference in Tenerife earlier this month, the group revealed how its groundbreaking Jake by ShopAI, believed to be world’s first email-native business intelligence […]
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The BCMPA, the Association for Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Fulfilment and Logistics, has had a strong response to the launch of Pitch the Co-Packers, a Dragons’ Den style competition encouraging entrepreneurs to take their product to market. Launched at the London Packaging Week exhibition, the Association has been fielding enquires from participants keen to enter from […]
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Mondelēz International, one of the world’s largest snacking companies, are partnering with DS Smith, an International Paper company and leading global provider of sustainable fibre-based packaging solutions, to trial 300,000 Cadbury Heroes paper tubs across Tesco stores nationwide from October. The paper tubs are part of a test-and-learn initiative that will inform Mondelez’s efforts to […]
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