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The annual Sporting Lunch made a return for GroceryAid at Grosvenor House, London on Friday 12th November 2021. Over 1,200 colleagues from 198 companies raised over £633k on the day, through tickets sales, generous donations and 24 sponsors: a record
Dyson today unveiled the latest chapter in its fast-expanding direct to consumer retail approach, introducing advanced virtual reality technology to enable its customers to experience and test Dyson technology hands-on from their own homes using a VR headset.
Accolade Wines has launched Accolade Advantage, a POS platform designed specifically to help independent retailers capitalise on impulse wine purchases, as well as provide category insights and updates on new lines.
Lyre’s, the world’s leading non-alcoholic spirits brand, has completed a £20 million funding round, valuing the business at £270 million (post money), extending its position as the most valuable brand in the no/low alcohol category worldwide. Founded in 2019, this
Mutti, the Italian’s favourite tomato brand, is proud to announce Hannah Such from Kilburn, London, as the winner of its exciting nationwide cooking competition. Mutti’s mission is to raise the tomato to its highest expression and this contest challenged consumers
Iceland Manufacturing has announced a huge expansion of its business as it looks to recruitment almost 100 new colleagues across its three shifts. The recruitment drive comes as production continues to increase with the development and growth of Iceland’s own-label
DCK Group, the leading independent fashion jewellery business, is pleased to announce the launch of Flitzy, its new children’s accessories brand. Embracing all things ‘fun’ and ‘glitzy’, Flitzy offers an innovative new range of fashion, hair and jewellery accessories to
Homeware and gifting retailer, Portmeirion Group, has appointed performance marketing agency, Journey Further, to serve up its first video campaign for Christmas.
Fresh Del Monte® Produce Inc, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated producers, distributors, and marketers of fresh and fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, today announces its participation at this year’s World Biodiversity Summit, in Glasgow, UK on November, 10th 2021.
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has today launched its handbook to help food and drink manufacturers on their journeys to Net Zero.
If everyone in the UK switched to washing their hands in cold water, which is just as hygienic as warm water, the country could reduce annual CO2 emissions on a par with taking 285,000 cars off the road, according to
Mash Direct (www.mashdirect.com), the award-winning ‘field to fork’ vegetable accompaniments brand, is expanding its innovative range and distribution at Morrisons with the launch of its Mashed Turnip, Carrot & Parsnip, Curry Chips and Mashed Potato in-store and online.
Leading home appliance brand Ninja has secured its first major TV sponsorship deal, with the food segment of This Morning.
Knorr, Unilever’s largest food brand, commits to grow 80% of key ingredients (vegetables, herbs, spices, grains), globally, following Unilever’s Regenerative Agriculture Principles by 2026.
Amber Beverage Group (ABG), a leading producer and distributor of alcoholic beverages, has announced its expansion into Germany, Europe's largest market for alcoholic beverages. The new company, Amber Beverage Germany, will be led by Günther R. Rauner who will assume
Just like Marty McFly is treated to a Pepsi Perfect made fresh on the spot when he travels to the future, you can live out your futuristic fantasies this ‘Back to the Future Day’, as SodaStream is launching the iconic
JustWears, the direct-to-consumer brand transforming menswear with ergonomic designs and biodegradable fabrics, has raised £2.6 million in seed funding from Pembroke VCT, Ignite XL and Sunshine Ventures. Angel investors including Hustle Fund general manager Elizabeth Yin and Pasta Evangelists co-founder
Following today’s news that Unilever’s Q3 results reported underlying sales growth of 2.5%, with 4.1% price and (1.5)% volume; Carmen Bryan, consumer analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view: “Unilever’s focus on investments and divestments
Gnarly Sports Nutrition, the makers of clean, effective, and great tasting sports nutrition supplements, is proud to announce that they will be transitioning all of their product packaging from plastic tubs to highly recyclable tin coated steel cans. As the
Premium British luggage brand, Rock, today revealed its new corporate brand identity, which includes new logo, brand collateral, unique social assets, and holistically redesigned website. As the British travel industry looks optimistically towards an easing of global restrictions, Rock is
Qlik has announced leading healthier snack manufacturer, Whitworths, has made a crucial next step in its business transformation towards a cloud model by scaling and rolling out Qlik’s cloud-based data analytics platform to improve access to real-time analytics. The
Fever-Tree, the UK’s leading mixer brand, has announced that all of its mixers sold in the UK are now carbon neutral. This represents the first step in becoming carbon neutral across all Fever-Tree’s regions by 2025.
Turtle Doves, the British design and manufacturing company specialising in recycled cashmere clothes and accessories, is to add 70 new jobs, making a total of 100 new jobs in 2021.
From Solihull to Rugby, Leeds to Hemel Hempstead, Britvic has filled 30 Kickstarter jobs since it backed the Government’s youth unemployment scheme earlier this year. Roles including Finance, IT, Research & Development, through to placements at Britvic’s Leeds and Rugby
The UK’s number one pulses and grains brand, Merchant Gourmet, has released a range of individually quick frozen (IQF) packs to the foodservice and wholesale sectors.
