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Shoppers are showing increasing bravery in the world food aisle
And the category is set for even more growth
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🗳️#Poll 🗳️
What do you make of Oscar Mayer and Asda’s ‘Pizzagne’?
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A meaty treat
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Inherently wrong
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Add a pineapple one!
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NEW 🎄 Christmas
Mr Kipling to launch two new festive novelty tarts and two limited-edition cake bite tubs
Available in supermarkets ahead of Christmas
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Waitrose has confirmed the location of four new proposed stores as its £1bn store expansion continues
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The Tofoo Co to double its production capacity after breaking ground on its new factory
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Nestlé’s unexpectedly strong volume growth in the third quarter will help it “build credibility” with investors
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Iceland Foods’ free benefits checking service has helped older shoppers uncover around £17m in annual unclaimed benefits in its first year
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Unilever has sold off US children’s first-aid brand Welly Health to private equity
It continues to reshape its portfolio around high-margin personal care products
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NEW 🍛 Curry
Princes to expand its canned ready meal range with four Asian-inspired curries
Thai Red Chicken Curry, Thai Green Chicken Curry, Chicken Katsu Curry and Korean Sweet Chilli Chicken Curry for rsp: £2.50/392g
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Co-op has almost doubled the number of retail crime cases solved across 20 stores in Devon and Cornwall
Thanks to it trialling a new crime reporting tool
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Sainsbury’s has removed SmartShop from all its convenience stores
It comes more than six years after the scan & shop service was first introduced to its Local shops
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Waitrose owner the John Lewis Partnership has struck a landmark collective agreement with a trade union for the first time in its near 100-year history
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NEW 🥣 Granola
Alpen to launch new HFSS-compliant granola range made with wholegrain oats and fruit
Clusters: Fruit & Nut and Dark Chocolate & Berry available in supermarkets now for rsp: £3.75/400g
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Only 26 sites currently on the market across the UK are suitable for a providing a new store location for Aldi or Lidl
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Sainsbury’s boss Simon Roberts has backed PM Andy Burnham to turn years of talking about the food industry’s problems into a concrete plan for action
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Sainsbury’s has raised its profit guidance for the year after winning market share and volume gains in the first half
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
CMA rules that Aldi and Lidl will be subject to same land rules as major supermarkets
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Quality Street and Monopoly team up with an on-pack promotion for Christmas
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