Retail archive – Page 124
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ArticleCrussh CEO Kavanagh to step down
Credited with driving the healthy food and drink chain to new heights, Shane Kavanagh is leaving to pursue new opportunities
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ArticleFresh food boosts Spar UK
Convenience group reports promising set of figures as it hopes to convert impulse shoppers into regular customers
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ArticleWaitrose launches veg soup for gut health
New products, also featuring fruit-flavoured kefir, aimed at promoting "microbiome"
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ArticleRecord prices for kiwifruit in NZL
A 32 per cent increase in kiwifruit prices helped lift overall fruit and vegetable prices up 2.1 per cent in December 2019
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ArticleAsda trials “sustainable” store
In a bid to reduce single-use plastics in its stores, Asda is trialling a new “sustainability” concept, offering refill stations and loose produce
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ArticleAgriculture Bill "will strengthen farm gate"
New legislation seeks to employ big data and improved transparency to help farmers seek fairer returns at the farm gate
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ArticleThe Fruitery to become standalone berry brand
Chambers' prepared fruit pots will go into "wider distribution channels" as the first prepared berry brand to hit the UK market
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ArticleGreenyard's surplus carrots to create 80,000 meals
New packing line exclusively for FareShare was built thanks to FareShare's "Surplus with Purpose Fund"
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ArticleFresh produce gets January lift
Sales in soft fruits, cucumbers and lettuce all up compared to the same week last year as shoppers seek health, say Waitrose
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ArticleJamie Oliver to serve up watercress show
New episode of "Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast" to focus on benefits of watercress, featuring The Watercress Company
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ArticleChristmas cheer for Co-op Midcounties
UK's largest independent co-operative credits increased seasonal range and local sourcing for 28 per cent sales uplift
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ArticleE-commerce supports Chinese growers
China’s major online retailers are working with small, rural growers to help them sell their produce and reduce poverty
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Article"Insect damage can boost nutrition of crops"
Scientists in the US find strawberry crops subjected to leaf wounding before harvest had higher levels of antioxidants
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Article'Best-ever' UK sales day for Lidl
Record day of sales comes during Christmas period where the discounter enjoyed double-digit growth
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ArticleJapanese retailers embrace US tariff cuts
Prices of US fresh produce in Japan have already dropped with after the implementation of a new FTA
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ArticleNational Food Strategy will create a citizens' assembly
Head of the National Food Strategy, Henry Dimbleby, promises a "random and representative" group to steer UK's food industry
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ArticleStrong Christmas boosts M&S
Upmarket retailer's Food division drives positive growth for the business as transformation strategy starts to pay off
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Article£1m "Brexit fund" for FareShare Scotland
New funding from Scottish government to ease Brexit pressures, with food charity able to supply thousands more meals
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ArticleVilliers assures sceptical industry over food standards
Audience at Oxford Farming Conference showed little faith that government will protect standards in post-Brexit negotiations
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ArticleFuture Retail goes online with Amazon
Two of the major players in India’s retail space join forces to enhance their respective online and offline capabilities