The Takeaway - November 2024
Welcome to the November edition of The Takeaway! It crept up on us but the festive season has begun - and there’s already plenty going on, so before we get into full party mode let’s catch up on the biggest industry stories making the rounds this month…
Households warned to stockpile '3 days of food and medicine' as new snow warning issued
In the UK we can’t resist a story about the weather, and the recent cold snap certainly provided a lot of copy - including reports that households are being told to stockpile both medicines and 3 days worth of food after a snow warning. The Express has the full story...
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Unhealthy food is costing UK more than £260bn per year, report says
According to MSN, a new Food Farming and Countryside Commission (FFCC) report has calculated the direct and indirect impact of diet-related ill health, and the results are eye-opening...
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UK food & drink must prepare now for Trump’s presidency
The recent election in the United States saw the Republicans prepare to take office again next year - something that will affect even those not in America. So naturally The Grocer are exploring how the election results will affect the British food and drink industry...
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Confex and Fairway merge to create new wholesale buying group
Better Retailing was among those announcing the formation of The Wholesale Group, a new buying group providing retail and foodservice support for independent Wholesalers - the result of a merger between Fairway Foodservice and Confex…
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The Christmas food and drink trends supermarkets are backing in 2024
The festive period always sees a deluge of new food products in supermarkets and shops across the country, and now that many of them have been unveiled for 2024, the Grocery Gazette are rounding up some key trends within them - from food-to-go to nostalgia...
Read the whole story here.
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