Retail archive – Page 582
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Sainsbury's top dog at retail awards
Sainsbury’s picked up a number of accolades at last week’s Retail Industry Awards, held at London's Grosvenor House hotel.
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ArticleGrowers launch English top fruit at Sainsbury's
Kent top-fruit growers put in an appearance at a Sainsbury’s store in Tunbridge Wells on Friday to launch its English apple and pear season.
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Tesco results defy wet summer
Tesco has unveiled a rise in first-half profits, despite the poor summer weather and an increasing sense of caution from UK shoppers.
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ArticleSpanish villa to be won with Jaffa
The largest ever on-pack promotion by Jaffa was launched yesterday, with a Spanish villa up for grabs.
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ArticleTesco to report slowest growth since 2000
Tesco is expected to report its slowest quarter of domestic sales growth since 2000 this week.
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ArticleWaitrose pips the rest
The first tree ripened Cox, which arrived at Waitrose stores on September 12 and was followed by Royal Gala on September 17, has allowed it to claim to be the retailer stocking the largest percentage of English apples and pears .
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Organic data call
The HDRA and the Soil Association are looking for more growers to sign up to supply data to their organic fruit and vegetables price information service.
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ArticleKids welcome English top fruit at Budgens
Budgens launched its autumn campaign for seasonal British food last week, with the arrival of English apples and pears in store.
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Dorset Food Week to kick off in October
The seventh annual Dorset Food Week is to coincide with autumn half term in October.
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Tesco being investigated again by OFT
Tesco is reportedly “at loggerheads” with regulators over the decision to investigate its acquisition of five Somerfield stores.
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ArticleWaitrose unveils expansion plans
An multi-million pound investment programme for new store openings is being put together by Waitrose.
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M&S to build Bradford distribution centre
Marks & Spencer has made public its plans for a new distribution centre in Bradford.
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ArticleSainsbury's to rebrand c-store network
Sainsbury's has unveiled plans to change the public perception of its convenience store business, from Local stores as small supermarkets to neighbourhood grocery stores.
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ArticleSupermarkets failing consumers
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) claimed this week that supermarkets are failing a quarter of UK consumers.
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Morrisons recovery "on track"
Morrisons has confirmed that its profit recovery is on track, with the release of its interim results today.
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ArticleSainsbury's opens books to Delta Two
Reports suggest that Sainsbury's has opened its books to Qatar-based investment firm Delta Two, which is proposing a bid of £10.6 billion for the UK’s number-three supermarket chain.
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OFT accuses supermarkets of collusion
The Office of Fair Trading has accused the UK's big four supermarkets of collusion with suppliers to keep prices of dairy goods artificially high.
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ArticleILIP showcases first click-shut punnets
Plastic punnets with a click-shut lid were introduced by packaging manufacturer ILIP at Asia Fruit Logistica.
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ArticleSocial standards next for GlobalGAP?
Standards for corporate social responsibility in the food supply chain could soon be added to existing models for audits and certification to prevent the issue becoming a “mine field” for the industry, the GlobalGAP conference heard last week.
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ArticleTNS: encouraging grocery retail growth
The latest TNS Worldpanel grocery market share figures show that the spending slowdown in the UK grocery market may not be as sharp as first feared.