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      <title><![CDATA[How GLP-1s are changing breakfast habits]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Aldi targets overlooked communities in £900M expansion drive]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[McCormick-Unilever deal clears US antitrust hurdle as UK review deadline looms             ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[McCormick’s $44.8bn Unilever food deal clears a US antitrust hurdle as the UK CMA review continues and Elizabeth Warren calls for scrutiny.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
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        <media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The price of oil has many knock-on effects but it's rarely the commodity doing the most damage to a food business’s margins, writes Tom Tapp, griculture and commodity hedging specialist.]]></media:description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Can we trust what AI tells us about food?]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[The minification of beverages]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mini drinks are booming, from fibre shots to cocktails, driven by convenience, wellness and premiumisation]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
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        <media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mini drinks are on the rise.]]></media:description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Marston’s brewery to close as cask volumes nosedive ]]></title>
      <link>https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2026/10/08/carlsberg-britvic-to-close-marstons-burton-upon-trent-brewery/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Carlsberg Britvic has announced it is proposing to close the Marston’s Brewery in Burton-upon-Trent amid dwindling cask ale volumes.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[PepsiCo under fire from investors amid North America slowdown ]]></title>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas West]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bethan Grylls]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poultry growth offsets pork challenges for Pilgrim’s Europe]]></title>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas West]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Diageo Cameronbridge strike escalates as job cuts loom]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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        <media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The site produces some of Diageo's best-known whiskies, including Johnnie Walker and J&B.]]></media:description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Turmeric Co. brings HPP in-house with £3.6M investment]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2026/10/07/the-turmeric-co-brings-high-pressure-processing-hpp-machinery-in-house-with-36-million-investment/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS</link>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bethan Grylls]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
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        <media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Food Manufacture recently visited The Turmeric Co. in Cambridgeshire. Pictured L-R: Thomas Robson-Kanu, founder and CEO of The Turmeric Co.; Bethan Grylls, editor of Food Manufacture; and Ross O'Hara, operations director at The Turmeric Co.]]></media:description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morrisons x Sainsbury’s: The deal that could redraw the UK supermarket map]]></title>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas West]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>Investments</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mars predicts a future of automated and immersive retail ]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2026/10/06/mars-predicts-a-future-of-automated-and-immersive-retail/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS</link>
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