Retail archive – Page 625
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ArticleAsda to create more than 4,000 new jobs
Asda is create a further 4,300 jobs through a £400m store opening programme.
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ArticleMorrisons sells stores to Sainsbury's
Morrisons has sold 14 stores to rival Sainsbury's, as part of its compliance with Competition Commission requirements.
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ArticleSAP urges trade to step up on RFID
Alexander Renz of SAP AG has urged the produce industry to monitor IT developments and to prepare for an increasing role for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in the near future.
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Londis considers hostile BFG bid
A group of Londis shareholders is considering supporting a possible hostile bid by the Big Food Group (BFG) for a minority stake in the mutually-owned wholesale distributor.
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April consumer spending up slightly
Retail sales figures for April show an increase of 1.9 per cent on a like-for-like basis compared to April 2003.
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ArticleSomerfield supports British Tomato Week
Somerfield supermarket is supporting British Tomato Week to be held from 17 to 23 May.
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ArticleProduce on top in ECR / IGD shelf survey
Only three out of 200 products score top marks in ECR UK on-shelf availability study - but two are fresh produce lines and produce scored joint highest of the 12 categories surveyed.
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Chapman's named Re:Fresh Independent Retailer of the Year
The Re:Fresh Independent Retailer of the Year award went to Northern Ireland’s Chapman’s Farm Fresh Fruit and Veg.
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Waitrose takes Re:Fresh Multiple Retailer of the Year award
Waitrose took the prestigious Multiple Retailer of the Year title at the Re:Fresh awards.
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ArticleRed captures Re:Fresh marketing award
The FPC Marketing Campaign of the Year award went to Red Communications, on behalf of Foods from Spain, for its Picota Cherries Campaign.
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ArticleSomerfield's sales creep up
Somerfield announced an increase in sales for the year ending April 24, 2004.
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ArticleKwik Save to shut in Scotland threatening 400 jobs
Somerfield announced the closure of 22 Scottish-based Kwik Save supermarkets, and the risk of over 400 job losses, in an attempt to reduce costs.
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ArticleTesco launches out-size berry
Tesco is launching what it has dubbed the world’s largest strawberries nation-wide on the UK market this week.
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Retailers and government unite to plan for the future
A Retail Policy Forum will be established so that retailers have an early warning system about new regulations affecting the
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Retail figures give no reason for rate rise
High street prices fell in April 2004 compared to March according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
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ArticleC-store sector set for boom
Convenience-store retailing is expected to take off in the next four years, a leading market analyst has said as suppliers devote more energy to c-stores.
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Commission slates children's juice drinks
Some children’s fruit drinks contain so little pure juice that parents pay the equivalent of £34 a litre for the real thing, according to a report from the Food Commission.
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ArticleSainsbury's begins organic plum tomato trial
Sainsbury's is conducting a trial of a new organic plum tomato, which will enter its Hedge End store in Hampshire
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ArticleM&S lauds code of practice
Marks & Spencer's Field to Fork code of practice launched last autumn has proved to be an outstanding success, according to Andrew Sharp, technical manager for produce.
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ArticleNispero begins push
Growers in south-eastern Spain have began picking the nispero crop as Foods From Spain gears up for a second concerted promotional push with the UK multiples.