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Asda to open 110 convenience stores in February
Supermarket chain Asda has announced that it will open 110 Asda Express convenience stores this month (February 2024).
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Two Unilever leaders join Mars Wrigley
Two new recruits will join the senior leadership team at Mars Wrigley Global Emerging Markets (GEM) as the snacking business looks to strengthen its global position and innovation offering.
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Researchers uncover potential underappreciated threat to food safety
Yersinia enterocolitica bacteria may be an underappreciated threat to food safety and a potential unreported cause of foodborne disease in humans.
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Workers on strike at Suntory Beverage & Food factory
Workers at the Suntory Beverage & Food factory in Coleford, Gloucestershire are on strike in a dispute over pay.
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Vickers Oils to open purpose-built facility for food grade lubes and greases
The new food grade lubricant and grease site will open later this month and is just two miles from Vickers Oils’ main Airedale Mills factory in Hunslet, Leeds.
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Lack of electric vehicles creates supply chain challenges
Supply chain operators face an uphill struggle decarbonising their fleets as only 1% of vans and lorries in the UK are electric vehicles (EVs), according to research by management consultancy Inverto.
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Kraft Heinz agrees to £40m hydrogen project at Wigan plant
Kraft Heinz has signed an agreement with Carlton Power to study the development of a renewable green hydrogen plant at its Kitt Green site in Wigan.
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3 technologies to help improve visibility across your food factory
Everyone knows technology is the future, but with buzzwords thrown around left, right and centre, what does it all mean? Here, Aptean offers a simplified breakdown of three popular software technologies and explains how each one can be used in your food...