Retail news from FPJ – Page 100
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TGA gears up for British Tomato Week
Promotional campaign will run for a fortnight this year, featuring tastings, cookery demonstrations and a tomato-themed supper club
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Sainsbury's toiled in past three months
Britain's second largest retailer had the lowest gain in market share out of the big four ahead of "pivotal" merger
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Sainsbury’s-Asda tie-up ‘could squeeze small suppliers’
Federation of Small Businesses concerned increased buying power could be used to ‘milk small suppliers for all they’re worth’
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Merger 'risks store closures and job losses’, Unite warns
Union warns £15 billion deal has implications for tens of thousands of jobs, but Mike Coupe insists stores and their workers will be retained
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Sainsbury's results released amid Asda merger
Profits fell by 18 per cent for Britain's second largest retailer following Argos takeover and restructuring efforts
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Sainsbury’s confirms Asda merger
Sainsbury’s shares jump 20 per cent but deal raises major concerns among suppliers
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UK supermarkets join national plastic pledge
Retailers have agreed to voluntary plastic reduction targets in a bid to tackle plastic pollution
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Jazz box promo launches in Asda
Limited-edition nine-boxes of the apple variety go on sale, with consumers also offered the chance to win slicers
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Veg purchases down last year, again
Government survey for 2016/2017 shows that British households are buying less veg, albeit more fruit
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Branston's cheesy new offering for Tesco
Supplier develops cheesy chips and sweet potato fries, meeting demand for taste and convenience
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"Bomb shelter" micro-greens on sale in Waitrose
Growing Underground is selling two salad leaf ranges at the retailer and are setting their sights on new underground sites
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'Tennis ball' fruit tubes taking off in Europe
Spanish start-up Fru&tube is helping Europeans eat healthier with snackable fruit, but they are yet to make it to the UK
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Salad and soft-fruit sales up in Waitrose
Warm weather boosts a wide range of products associated with the barbecue season
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Local for local
Shoppers are hungry for very local produce, sometimes dubbed “hyperlocal”, but can retailers integrate those demands into their supply chain
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Late onion planting causes concern
British Onions trade association questions crop’s potential after wet and cold weather in March and early April
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Committee warns against Brexit ‘no deal’
Free trade deal with EU ‘crucial’ for food and drink industry, says committee, warning of retail price rises and decreased choice
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British asparagus on track despite delays
Newly protected Vale of Evesham asparagus was loaded onto a steam train to mark the start of the British season
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Co-op/Nisa merger approved by government
The £143 million move was granted after the CMA decided the deal would not risk worse value and service for shoppers
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Wet weather delays veg plantings
Difficult conditions have delayed the season for carrots, beetroot and purple sprouting broccoli, as higher prices drive value sales growth
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Tesco braces itself for soft fruit spike as mercury soars
Retailer expects to sell more than two million punnets of strawberries and 200,000 pineapples in week to Sunday 22 April