Retail archive – Page 371
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ArticleSearch begins for top supermarket cop
The search for a groceries code adjudicator has begun with the Department for Business Innovation & Skills advertising the new post last week.
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ArticleSupervalu eyes company buyer
Grocery retailer looking for a buyer for its entire business, according to reports in the US
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ArticleMexican mangoes recalled in Canada
The fruit, which has been on sale in Canada’s western provinces and territories, may be tainted with salmonella
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ArticleCarrefour could cut jobs
Reports in France suggest that the retailer will announce several hundred job cuts as it looks to reduce costs
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ArticleInternational retail chains circle Vietnamese traders
Increasing operational costs are driving domestic retailers out of the Vietnamese market where foreign retail chains are picking up the shortfall
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ArticleTesco to close stores in China
Difficult operating conditions in China are forcing Tesco to close a number of stores and slow its regional expansion
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ArticleM&S quality man moves to Morrisons
Hugh Mowat, member of PMA global development committee in the US, set to head up fresh produce technical team
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ArticleRough time for Russian retailer
X5 Retail Group sees net profits tumble through the opening six months of 2012
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ArticleFrench retailers react to margin debate
Following Modef's public stand against "unfair" margins, the FCD has argued that they are in fact "extremely low"
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ArticleTesco to make traffic light label change
Retailer is to launch a 'hybrid' labelling method combining traffic light coding with Guideline Daily Amounts
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ArticleCustomer investment pays off for Ahold
Second quarter sales and net income increase as Dutch retailer fends off challenging economic environment
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ArticleTesco faces fine over 'illegal' use of workers
Tesco has become embroiled in a row over the use of foreign students at its dotcom facility in Croydon, south London.
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Rain subdues high-street spend
Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show high-street spending battered by rain as question marks remain over the Olympic effect.
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Profit falls at Belgium's Delhaize
Growth initiatives continue to impact on underlying operating profit, according to chief executive Pierre-Olivier Beckers
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ArticleBerry Gardens helps open Sainsbury's new store
Soft-fruit supplier Berry Gardens was one of Sainsbury’s special guests at a store opening in Hereford.
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ArticleMelons in Moscow contain too many nitrates
Russian retailer X5 has reported that almost four in every ten melons and watermelons it is sent contain excessive levels of nitrates
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ArticleCompass unveils apprentice scheme
Foodservice company Compass is launching a professional apprenticeship programme for 16-18 year olds called The Chef’s Academy.
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ArticleEdeka underlines its green credentials
Germany's leading retailer teams up with conservation group WWF to raise interest in sustainable consumption
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ArticleIrish figures reveal Tesco growth
Country's leading grocery retailer stretches its market share to 28.8 per cent during 12-week period ended 5 August
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ArticleModef protests "unfair" margins
The "unacceptable" margins taken by French supermarkets will come under fire this week when Modef stages its protest sale of produce