Retail news from FPJ – Page 159
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Nisa boss tips 'more consolidation' in c-store sector
Nick Read thinks the intense price war in the grocery market and changing shopping behaviours will fuel further deal-making
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G's Group CEO Alan Christie set to leave
G's has decided to split the role of Group CEO into three leadership positions in G’s Fresh, G’s Added-Value, and G’s Farming
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Florette MD steps down after five years
Neil Sanderson is leaving the bagged-salad leader and will be replaced by Floreale operations director Doug Robertson
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Albert Bartlett feels 'brunt of deflation' as pre-tax profit falls
Potato and veg giant’s turnover fell from £174.5m to £144.6m, and pre-tax profit fell from £11.5m to £8.5m in 2014-15
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Tesco like-for-like Xmas sales rise by 1.3 per cent
Retailer reports ‘strong’ Christmas trading although saw sales fall by 1.5 per cent during the third quarter
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Woman 'finds baby weasel' in Asda salad
Rifat Asghar was eating a carrot and sweetcorn meal from the supermarket when a colleague allegedly spotted a 'furry lump'
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M&S launches mini Hass avocados
Premium retailer says it is first to stock baby avos, which are half the size of a regular fruit and grown in Spain
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Sainsbury's reports 0.4 per cent fall in sales
Sainsbury's chief executive Mike Coupe said the supermarket had traded well in "a highly competitive market"
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Morrisons reports better than expected Christmas sales
Analysts had expected a fall in sales at Morrisons, which has been under intense pressure from rivals
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Shopper 'finds live wasp' in bag of Tesco spinach
Londoner who claims to have made the find is also allergic to wasps, and was told to bring the spinach - and the wasp - back to the store
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Strong berry sales over new year period for Waitrose
Beetroot and radish sales also shot up over the festive period at the John Lewis Partnership retailer
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UK grape market reaches saturation point
The overall UK table grape market is nearing saturation point after decades of sales growth
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Asda invests £500m into new price cuts
Retailer’s announcement relaunches price war into 2016 while CEO Andy Clarke says ‘radical action’ is needed
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Muñoz delivers new season-extending satsuma
Discovered by a Spanish grower while walking through his farm in Valencia, and developed in conjunction with Citrus Genesis
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Major new DC in the south-west for Lidl
Retailer has agreed to buy the site from Sainsbury's, who originally planned to build a centre there before putting its plans on hold in 2013
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TV farming star suggests boycott of supermarkets
Jimmy Doherty laments fact that 'people will go out and buy an iPhone for a couple of hundred quid' but begrudge paying extra for good food
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Hain Celestial acquires Orchard House Foods
US organics giant has bought juice and prepared fruit specialist Orchard House and plans to expand product portfolio in Europe
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'Excellent' food sales at M&S, but CEO Bolland quits
Marc Bolland will be succeeded by Steve Rowe, executive director of general merchandise
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Amazon to add 'a lot more' food products to UK grocery arm
UK boss of the online retailer said that Amazon plans to grow its Pantry service rapidly in the new year
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Grocery prices 'hit new low' in December
The products that dropped the most from November to December were onions, down 7 per cent, and mushrooms, down 18 per cent