Retail news from FPJ – Page 138
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Sainsbury’s wins stonefruit retailer of the year
Annual prize from South Africa’s stonefruit industry awarded to Sainsbury’s after it more than doubled sales
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Banana prices rise as Brexit bites
Unfavourable exchange rates force four major supermarkets to increase banana prices in past two weeks
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Nisa brings experience to its board
Retail veterans join convenience retailer as Independent Non-Executive Directors as Nisa looks to expand
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Bakkavor announces major recruitment push
Prepared supplier is hiring over 300 new staff in “significant” recruitment drive due to increasing demand from customers
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Tesco shoppers scramble for 20p fruit and veg
Customers filmed pushing and shoving as they try to grab bargain fresh produce reduced from £2 to 20p
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Sainsbury’s 'to review 125 categories'
CEO Mike Coupe has given a business update at retailer's farming conference and confirmed further investment in price
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Co-op sets 80 per cent recyclable packaging target
Supermarket wants four fifths of its packaging to by recyclable within four years and is calling on other retailers to follow suit
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Easy peelers are the easy choice
Easy peelers are going from strength to strength, while oranges are still suffering from a lack of convenience
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Retail prices ‘could rise by five per cent’ – Justin King
Former Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King has said retail prices could rise by at least five per cent to reflect the rising cost of imports
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View the world as your market, suppliers urged
There is growing demand for British exports including in Germany, Spain and China, according to speakers at Food Matters Live
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Delivering shopper missions 'key to food-to-go success'
Food-to-go products must fulfil customers' food-to-go ‘missions’, the most important being lunch, advise grocery analysts
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Fruit and veg is 'best way for retailers to boost public health'
A good-value fresh produce aisle is the best public health benefit a retailer can provide, a senior buyer at Tesco has said
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Eating-out sector ‘must join obesity fight’
Foodservice 'sets trends for portion sizes and food fashions' and must engage better with obesity crisis, conference hears
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IGD forecasts food-to-go boom
Grocery researcher predicts overall food-to-go market will grow by 35 per cent growth in next five years
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Leading doctor responds to 5 A DAY comments
Dr Helen Stokes-Lampard has said the healthy eating scheme is ‘excellent’ but tailors advice to the patient’s circumstances
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Asda’s sales slide continues
Retailer’s nightmare year goes on as sales drop 5.8 per cent in the third quarter
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Sainsbury’s launches ‘anti-greening’ potato packaging
Retailer rolls out opaque packaging for two potato varieties to stop light reaching produce, postpone greening and tackle food waste
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Fruit campaign offers 50p off all M&S topfruit
Industry campaign Adventures in Fruit is offering 50p off all M&S topfruit if consumers scan voucher barcode at till
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Booths profits slide after 2015 floods
Profit at northern retailer fell from £3.1m to £2.6m but company hailed resilient sales despite last year’s ‘catastrophic’ flooding
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Nisa helps develop Center Parcs supermarket
Convenience retailer helps family holiday provider revamp park supermarket, extending the pair’s long-term working relationship