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Acorn Dairy, an organic dairy farm in northeast England, has reported a 700% surge in applications for doorstep milk deliveries - https://ow.ly/FQ7U50Up2L0 #WholesaleDistribution #Wholesale #FoodService

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Premier Foods reports Q1 growth 👏 The British food manufacturer has announced a 5.3% rise in sales for the thirteen weeks ending 29th June 2024. Branded sales were also up at 7.3% with the company seeing continued growth and demand for its grocery business, with more shoppers buying its products. CEO Alex Whitehouse, commented: "We’ve delivered another quarter of strong branded sales growth, yet again demonstrating the strength of our portfolio and the effectiveness of our branded growth model." "During the quarter, we have gained both value and volume market share in Grocery and Sweet Treats, as more shoppers bought more of our leading brands, delivering good volume growth across our categories." “As we look forward to the rest of the year, we have a strong set of marketing and product innovation plans for our brands in the UK and Ireland, while we continue to build distribution internationally." #News #Food #Drink #Q1 #Sales #Revenue #Growth

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New to Snackfully: The Savourists Crunchits The Savourists Crunchits are rugged clusters of rice, edamame & black beans... Available in 3 delicious flavours: Thai Chilli Smokey BBQ Sticky Teriyaki. Which flavour would get your vote?

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🚀 The plan, according to Mars, is to grow Kellanova's brands further... M&M's and Snickers maker Mars said on Wednesday that it would be acquiring snack food business Kellanova. 📌 Highlights: This would mark a multibillion-dollar agreement set to result in a new industry giant. The announcement comes at a time when consumers already feel the squeeze from rising costs of living. "In welcoming Kellanova's portfolio of growing global brands, we have a substantial opportunity for Mars to further develop a sustainable snacking business that is fit for the future," said Mars chief executive Poul Weihrauch in a statement. This acquisition of Kellanova unlocks a significant opportunity for Mars to meaningfully compete with iconic brands in the growing category of salty snacks. The combined portfolio would also be suited to meet demand in fast-growing markets such as Africa and Latin America. The deal, is anticipated to close in the first half of 2025. It still needs the green light from Kellanova shareholders and also require regulatory approvals. --- 🚀 Follow Foodkida to get FSSAI-related posts in your LinkedIn feed. 🔄 Repost if you find this post valuable. 📲 You will get food technology updates in this WhatsApp group: https://lnkd.in/gVWJv6QR #MarsAcquisition #KellanovaDeal #SnackingGiant #FoodIndustry #MarsGrowth #SustainableSnacking #GlobalBrands #SnackIndustry #MarketExpansion #CorporateNews #SaltySnacks #ConsumerGoods #BusinessMerger #2025Deal

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SmartView Data has rolled! Data now available up to & including 8th September 2024 in GB independent convenience stores (exc Spar). What is SmartView Convenience saying about the alcohol category? 1. London is the top-performing region for beer/ale/lager/cider (performing a huge +7% percentage points over GB average). One of the reasons for this is that London is under-performing in on-trade outlets. 2. While the alcohol category is struggling a bit overall, some brands are in growth (total aggregated sales value of growth brands = £134m). However, 42% of this value growth (+£56m) comes from just 10 brands. 3. 77 brands account for 80% of total alcohol sales in independent convenience stores. The 20% is made up of.... a staggering 2,688 brands. 4. 49% of growth from NPD comes in Cider, 27% in ARTDs. SmartView Convenience is the most representative market read of independent convenience stores in GB. There are now over 35,000 independent convenience stores in the UK, up 1200 over 2023 (Source: ACS Local Shop Report 2024). If you need the right data to make the right recommendations or data-led decisions, then contact Sarah Coleman here at TWC Group. Thanks to Elaine Baker for identifying these headlines within the mountain of category/sub category/brand/sku data available in SVC. Any SKU which is stocked in 100+ indie c-stores is tracked in SVC. This information is available to any brand owner or wholesaler - Booker Group & Unitas Wholesale are now subscribers. SVC is on-track to become the data common-language in indie c-retail/wholesaler supplied indies in GB.

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Strive to have the best data and it will make you look good. Best informed is almost always best full-stop. The data Uncrowd pumps out is that best in class and the pioneer retailers, and now investors and analysts subscribing to it are moving ahead of you and your peers. This empirical, objective, observed data we surface keep on calling it right, way ahead of everyone else. Reading this from Ryan, and I got to the F1 quote about and thought 'that is bang on the money, whoever wrote that is worth following'. Then realised, dear reader, it was me. #data #experienceanalytics #retail

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3 in 4 On Premise consumers in Britain drink hot beverages in the out-of-home, including their iced varieties ☕ 🧊 Andy Hodgson reveals that consumers are looking beyond cost and cup size when making buying decisions. It's no longer enough for suppliers to simply provide a product, it's essential to work with operators to meet consumers' evolving needs. Explore the latest in hot beverages - https://lnkd.in/g9nmXni5 #OutOfHome #HotBeverages #ConsumerTrends #Coffee #PurchasingDecisions

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Why is no one talking about the End of the family business?   The recent budget's impact extends beyond just farmers, its impacts us as retailers.   We currently have a large proportion of depressed and tired family shopkeepers across Britain, all staying quiet and plodding on because that is what we do best.  But what is really going on in our minds? We are all facing mounting pressures in the current flat market, with no light in sight, forcing many to consider selling their businesses. The latest changes with higher National Minimum Wage, increased National Insurance contributions, and reduced inheritance tax allowances, on top of all that we have more red tape coming our way with vaping changes, mixed recycling law, the burden is never ending. With these changes alone, it makes passing the family business to the next generation financially too risky. Is this the straw that breaks the camel’s back? As many owners now fear their children will need to sell just to cover the inheritance tax bill.   Speaking with many shop owners recently they shared their stark choice: sell now and share the proceeds with their children, or risk leaving them with an unmanageable tax burden. For many, selling immediately appears the safer option.   Is this the end for the nation of shopkeepers? #FamilyOwnedBusiness #FamilyBusinessChallenges #SmallBusinessStruggles #InheritanceTaxImpact #RetailIndustryCrisis #NationalMinimumWageEffects #EndOfFamilyShops #BusinessSuccessionPlanning #EconomicPressure #SmallBusinessTaxBurden #LegislativeChanges #FutureOfRetail

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In this week's highlights from companies on the Aquis Stock Exchange: ☕ Cooks Coffee Company provided information on store openings and a trading update for the first ten weeks of the financial year for the Company's Esquires Coffee UK brand. Overall Esquires store sales for the period increased by 23.7%.   🔋 Invinity Energy Systems announced a 4 MWh sale to PowerFlex, part of EDF Renewables North America. The batteries will be used in a California Energy Commission-funded solar microgrid project.   🌎 Tap announced the launch of its US service offering via the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary Tap Americas LLC.     ⚕ EDX Medical Group announced a strategic expansion of its cancer testing capability, with the company to launch comprehensive hereditary germline cancer testing products and services designed to accurately predict if family members of cancer patients are at increased risk from the disease. https://lnkd.in/gUP6_mgw

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Read about SWA’s work to ensure a thriving net zero Scottish wholesale sector in this month’s Better Wholesaling Sustainability feature. 🌍🌲 Our sustainability & decarbonisation programme provides support, information, and practical guidance to help every member, whether they are just starting out, or are further along on their journey to net zero and environmental sustainability. Among the support available is action on food waste, highlighted in the feature by our recent collaborative work with Mark Murphy Dole plc and Zero Waste Scotland, which resulted in a 33% reduction in food waste for the company. 🍽️ To find out more about reducing food waste, read the case study below, or contact us for more information. 🔗https://lnkd.in/euNCpKx3 Paul Hill, Ernie Miller, Scotland Food & Drink Partnership Net Zero Commitment #netzero #foodwaste #scottishwholesale

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In this recent article for MCA Insight - Leaders in Eating & Drinking Out Market Insight, I headed out into the marketplace, looking for breakfast value, armed with a £5 budget. What did I find?

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🔴 Raw Dog Food Is A Circus 🔴 The disparity in quality is beyond a joke. Some even add 20% rice, or peas or whatever they like, calling it complete. Some include 4% bone, calling it complete. Some up to 15%! (also calling it complete 😂 ). We have companies adding no veg, whilst others add 50% veg. We have companies offering 40% on boarding discounts, others giving stuff away for free, undercutting the very retailers they supply. All companies undercut each other, driving profits down. Realising they are just another commodity, fighting to minimise churn and for the same pool of customers. No raw dog food company has a realistic moat around it, because they all rely on price and discounts and deal with churn. Don't get me wrong, there are some good actors in there. With regards to quality and labelling, maybe Pet Industry Federation (PIF) or FEDIAF - The European Pet Food Industry could offer some insights/regulation. As companies won't regulate themselves. And the new consumer is totally lost with all these disparities, one only has to check out the amount of questions people have on FB groups. I'm a huge raw food advocate, but to say there aren't problems is simply silly. Raw dog food is meant to be better than kibble - well, it isn't at present in a lot of cases. Natures Menu Ltd ProDog Raw Jollyes-The Pet People Pets at Home Nutriment Durham Animal Feeds Paleo Ridge Naturaw | B Corp Bella & Duke LUNA & me Poppy's Picnic - the home of raw dog and cat food Raw Feeding Veterinary Society

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Why Do Some Brands Hate Pedigree Wholesale Limited? It seems to us that as soon as certain brands realise they can go direct to the end consumer, they start undermining Pedigree. Every day, we get emails and calls with people saying ''I know you order direct with Pedigree, but by ordering through us, if you spend X, you get Y'' Yes, by cutting the middle man, you can potentially make more, but from a Pet Shop's POV, there are many pros of sticking with Pedigree: - They have a massive network. - They are lovely to deal with, are very helpful and they do indeed support independents. This point really needs to be double clicked on. Independent pet shops simply want returning customers, and DESPISE being undermined by some companies that say they want to help when all they want is to cut you out. - By ordering multiple items from them, you don't have to put many different orders with many different suppliers. I wonder if businesses undermine relationships with other suppliers to make just a few more pounds when, in the end, we're all here for the long term. We spend a great deal of money with them & are big fans. Tom Neale Steve Brown Gerard O'Mahony https://lnkd.in/e7ejtZzT

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Another year of double digit growth for Kent wine producer 🍷📈 Gusbourne, the premium English sparkling wine producer, has announced another year of good progress, reporting a 16.5 per cent increase in UK wine sales growth, net revenue up by 13 per cent compared to the previous period, gross profit up by 30 per cent to £4.1 million and gross margin improving to more than 68 per cent. With the ongoing expansion of the Appledore, Kent's international presence and global appetite for English fine wine increasing, Gusbourne is now in 35 international markets, and expects the year ahead to see it benefit from increased supply and inventory, following the harvesting of its biggest yield to date last year. Gusbourne has also seen ongoing success in international and UK wine competitions with an impressive number of awards for its wines, including gold medals and trophies. Since the year end, Gusbourne has been awarded the Kings Award for Enterprise for International Trade Export. Continue reading... https://lnkd.in/engd5a38 #winery #vineyard #wine #drinks #growth #businessgrowth #finance #funding #investing #announcement #businessnews #businessintelligence

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