Retail archive – Page 302
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ArticleQ1 price freeze for Auchan Russia
The group reveals that prices of key products, including fruit and vegetables, will not change until March 2015 at the earliest
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ArticleSainsbury's suffers like-for-like sales drop over Xmas
The retailer's sales at stores open at least a year fell by 1.7 per cent excluding fuel in the 14 weeks to 3 January
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ArticleTraders donate produce to homeless charity
Donations from New Covent Garden Market to homeless charity Crisis meant it could supply 4,000 Christmas meals to those in need
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ArticleEx-Tesco and Aldi man named new Nisa CEO
Nick Read joins the c-store chain from Thomas Cook, and will officially take over from Neil Turton next month
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ArticleIllegal immigrants 'could cause fruit and veg shortage'
Truckloads of imported fruit and veg are being destroyed if a migrant is found inside a transportation vehicle, MPs have heard
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ArticleSpar poaches Iceland head of buying
Brigid Davidson has joined Spar wholesaler A.F.Blakemore & Son as trading director
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ArticleChile courts Scandinavian consumers
Chilean blueberries set for major promotional push in January and February
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ArticleGecko found in Sainsbury’s broccoli
Family allowed to keep ‘Broc’ as family pet while retailer stresses broccoli is ‘thoroughly inspected’ at point of harvest
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ArticleSales surge for cavolo nero
Waitrose sees sales of the veg also known as 'Tuscan kale' rise by nearly 350 per cent, and tips it for even greater heights in 2015
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ArticleO’live stars in Whole Foods window
G’s Fresh brand O'Live Organic features in premium London retailer’s first-ever produce window in January marketing push
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ArticleMurcian export industry “under threat”
Long-running problems being compounded by retail pressure and Russian ban, says Proexport
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ArticleJuice firm's exports rise 60 per cent
Belvoir Fruit Farms doubled US customers during 2014 while UK-produced apple and orange juice exports rake in £35m
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ArticleOliver persuades Asda to launch wonky veg range
Retailer launches first standalone range of misshapen produce after Jamie Oliver flags it up as part of new series
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ArticleNFU Scotland names food policy manager
John Armour will meet Christine Tacon as one of his first duties as representative of farmers in the supply chain
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ArticleTesco axes sweets and chocolates from all checkouts
Dried fruit among the items set to replace 'unhealthy' foods as retailer works to help customers lead healthier lives
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ArticlePomegranates enjoy Xmas sales spike
Sales of exotic fruit up 15 per cent, with a number of celebrity chefs featuring pomegranates as part of festive recipes
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ArticleNo Xmas 'veg promotion schemes' for Irish retailers
Follows 2013 holidays, when Lidl, Aldi and Dunnes Stores were selling some produce items for as little as 5 cent a kilo
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ArticleNisa to amend labels to comply with new regulations
All of retailer's rebranded new-world Heritage products will be in line with new Food Information Regulation (FIR) guidelines
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ArticleKing Edward is UK's favourite Xmas roast potato
Sales of the potatoes reach an all-time high during the two-week run up to the festive period, according to key supplier Branston
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ArticleFirst UK Envy exports sent to Singapore
Worldwide Fruit confirms first-ever container of British-grown Envy apples exported to NTUC supermarket in Singapore