Retail archive – Page 14
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NewsSainsbury’s enjoys bumper Christmas thanks to price push
Retailer posts strong year-on-year grocery growth as it continues to take on Aldi and Lidl on price
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ArticleM&S sales rise 10 per cent in Christmas trading
Strong set of figures reflects strategy to put retailer into consistent growth
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ArticleGrowers offer MPs seven-point plan to save UK food producers
British grower representatives urge EFRA Committee to help redress grower-retailer power imbalance and save sector from collapse
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ArticleDiscounted berries in Tesco’s latest price drive
Supermarket kicks off new year with a fresh round of price reductions
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NewsRSPB report reveals rising demand for ‘nature-friendly’ farming
Research shows how RSPB’s Fair to Nature certification can help growers, food businesses and consumers to “restore the balance of nature in farming” – and benefit from that
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ArticleAsda opens new front in price war against Aldi and Lidl
Supermarket has reduced prices on nearly 300 lines to match whichever discounter is cheapest
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ArticleFrance’s Interfel confirms support for ditching plastic packaging
Despite the concerns of some environmental groups that France’s decree to ban plastic packaging on fruit and vegetables doesn’t go far enough, Interfel’s Laurent Grandin backs the sector’s efforts
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NewsFlamingo co-founder Richard Evans knighted
Former boss of Flamingo Horticulture recognised by King Charles for contributions to business, sport and charity in Kenya and the UK
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NewsOFC report explores how ‘broken’ food supply chains can be fixed
Recent global and climatic events have caused a risk-versus-reward imbalance that is forcing farmers out of production. Retailers need to share more of the burden, report argues
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ArticleSupermarket sales reached pre-Covid levels in December
New Kantar figures show brisk business as consumers opened their wallets over Christmas
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ArticleFruit and veg play key role in Asda’s new Health Menu range
Supermarket launches 45-strong range of convenient solutions for new year healthy eating
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ArticleAldi donates 1.5 million meals over Christmas and New Year
The supermarket teamed up with charities to supply its unsold food to those in need over the festive period
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NewsFairtrade initiative to help UK retailers collaborate on sustainability
Sustainability initiative created by the Fairtrade Foundation has become the first of its kind in the UK to go through the Competition and Markets Authority’s new open-door policy for green agreements between businesses
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ArticleFresh produce features in £15m Morrisons price drive
Supermarket kicks off new year with a wide range of price cuts and locks
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Article‘Kissabel expects to double UK sales in 2023’
Worldwide Fruit’s commercial director Hannah McIlfatrick reflects on the journey so far for the red-fleshed apple brand in Britain
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ArticleAldi slashes food waste and sets new 2030 target
The UK’s fourth largest supermarket announces 57 per cent reduction in food waste since 2017
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ArticleAsda sold veg for just 15p over Christmas
Supermarket offered its lowest-ever prices as it went head to head with the discounters
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ArticleRecord Christmas for Lidl GB as potatoes and carrots fly off the shelves
Discounter says demand for premium lines helped drive its best-ever festive performance
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NewsNew farm shop ‘creates a destination’ for West Midlands shoppers
Birmingham Market traders Mark and Paul Tate want to capitalise on post-Covid changes to shopping behaviour among the over-65s
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ArticleLatAm banana sector slams proposed new price cut by European retailers
Industry says the strategy of downward purchase prices should not be resumed