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Coca-Cola’s European bottler lands $9.68 billion target 0
- Features, Latest News
- April 16, 2021
Coca-Cola’s Australian and European distributors will merge into a single entity after the Sydney based Coca-Cola Amatil voted in favour of the European bottler’s $9.68 billion takeover bid. Coca-Cola Amatil confirmed on Friday its independent shareholders had unanimously approved the buyout by Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP). The deal is a significant triumph for CCEP which
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Morrisons to banish plastic 0
- Features, Latest News
- April 8, 2021
Supermarket giant Morrisons has pledged to remove all plastic carrier bags from its 500 stores over the next year. The chain will switch from its plastic “bags for life” to a paper alternative, making it the first supermarket in the UK to banish plastic carrier bag use completely. The phased removal starts in Scotland this
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Mondelez grabs Grenade in £200 million deal 0
- Features, Latest News
- March 25, 2021
Mondelez, the US owner of Cadbury, is finalising a £200m deal to buy the British protein bar brand Grenade. The snack giant has secured approval of Grenade’s majority shareholder to buy the sports/gym nutrition firm. The move is Mondelez’s first UK acquisition since purchasing Cadbury in 2010 and is line with comments made by CEO
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Johnson & Johnson single dose Covid vaccine cleared by United States 0
- Features, Latest News
- March 3, 2021
US regulators have approved Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose Covid jab, boosting America’s vaccine effort and taking it one step closer towards further approvals around the world. The J&J vaccine is the third authorised in the US following Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, both of which require two doses. The jab was developed using the same technology approach
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