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London hospitality businesses invited to join FoodSave scheme
Boris Johnson is inviting restaurants, pubs, canteens, quick-serve outlets, retailers, wholesalers and hotels to join a food waste reduction scheme that could save businesses an estimated £10,000 a year
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AG Barr moves drinks packaging to Milton Keynes
AG Barr the soft drink group is relocating its packaging plant facilities from Tredegar, Wales, to Milton Keynes following a £4m investment in its facilities
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Molson Coors invests £28m in brewing technology
Molson Coors is investing a further £28m in its brewing technology as part of a wider investment of £75m, which is the highest capital investment in British brewing in several decades
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Dunsmore becomes Chapel Down chairman
Chapel Down Group, the English winemaker and brewer, has today announced that former Scottish & Newcastle chief executive John Dunsmore is to become its chairman with immediate effect
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FreeFrom awards to coincide with mandatory allergen labelling
FreeFrom Food is launching a new award category for the eating out sector to recognise the growing demand for allergen-free choices to be available on menus and the forthcoming legislation to display allergen information
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AG Barr chair to retire; revenues grow 5.2%
AG Barr, the soft drinks company, has reported a 5.2% rise in revenue for the 15 weeks to 11 May and announced that its chairman Ronnie Hanna will retire from the board on 31 December 2014
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Healthy & natural foods to be top trends
A focus on health and ‘freshness’ of food as well as tailoring a food order to an individual customer’s taste topped the trends at this year’s National Restaurant Association show in Chicago
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Booker plans to grow sales to £6.6bn
Food and drink wholesaler Booker’s CEO Charles Wilson wants to grow sales to £6.6bn from £4.4bn by continuing the implementation of customer satisfaction strategies such as ensuring availability of products, driving down prices and increasing online sales
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Booker FY PBT grows 25% after Makro acquisition
Booker, the food and drink wholesaler, has reported a 2.1% rise in like-for-like sales (excluding its Makro business) in the year to 28 March as it saw profits before tax and exceptionals rise 25% to £118.7m following its acquisition of Makro
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NewsBritvic GB revenues grow 5%
Britvic saw revenues from its GB carbonates business grow 6.8% to £284.6m in the 28 weeks to 13 April, with still GB revenues up 2.3% to £167.4m despite a volume fall in that segment driven by Robinsons and J20
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Matthew Clark buys stake in marketing agency
Matthew Clark, the drinks wholesaler part-owned by Punch Taverns, has bought a 51% stake in London-based marketing agency Elastic for an undisclosed sum
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Second generic pro-beer campaign to launch
Major brewers have funded a second generic TV advertising campaign for beer under the strapline, “There’s More to Beer”, according to Marketing Week
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Warning over 'digital cynicism'
F&B operators need to ensure that the benefit of new technology for customers is clear to them in an era of “digital cynicism”, a leading brand design expert has told the Allegra Restaurant Leaders Summit 2014
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Bacardi names interim CEO
Bacardi has announced the appointment of Michael Dolan, who was most recently chairman and chief executive of sports, fashion and media firm IMG Worldwide, as its interim chief executive
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NewsDiageo on-trade sales director van Buuren to retire
Diageo has announced that its on-trade sales director Martijn van Buuren will retire from the business at the end of the summer
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BT signs up 19,000 commercial premises
BT Sport has signed up 19,000 commercial premises in the year since its launch, the “majority” of which are pubs, the broadcaster has revealed
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CPL and BII agree £1m partnership deal
CPL Training Group has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with the BII to deliver all BIIAB qualifications across the UK for the next five years
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NewsZonal collects family business of the year award
Zonal Retail Data Systems, the Edinburgh-based leading EPoS provider to the hospitality industry, won Family Business of the Year at this year’s Scottish Business Awards
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Analysis & Insight
Consumers seek out gluten-free options
Over a third (37%) of consumers would visit foodservice outlets more often if they offered gluten-free options
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OpinionThe changing face of foodservice
Rob Sexton, chief executive of the Soil Association, looks at how foodservice operators are reacting to changing consumer attitudes to what they eat, and why, despite some good progress being made, there is still more work to be done by major high street dining brands