Retail news from FPJ – Page 166
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ScotHerbs to close after losing major contract
Langmeads-owned herb grower set to close with 62 proposed job losses after losing a contract worth half its turnover
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Morrisons ditches discounter price promise
Retailer will no longer price match against Aldi and Lidl as it backpedals on new loyalty scheme Match & More a year after launch
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Tesco posts further fall in profits
Underlying profits for the first half of its financial year were £354 million, 55 per cent down on the same period last year
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Tesco 'to make life easier for suppliers', as Lewis says sorry
The UK's leading supermarket is to introduce a new standard approach in an attempt to help small and medium-sized businesses
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Sainsbury's boss: Online is 'profitable' and 'important'
Mike Coupe tells delegates at The Big Debate that supermarkets need to ensure that grocery shopping is 'personalised'
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Supermarkets need to get ready for 'radical' changes
IGD chief executive Joanne Denney-Finch pointed to changing consumer habits, and the need to change store layouts
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Retailers partner up to help dementia research
Asda, Iceland, Morrisons and Waitrose will donate money from new plastic bag levy to help fund new dementia research centre
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Pepper, grape and apple supermarket prices fall
Comes as the cost of a basket of grocery essentials fell in September to the lowest amount so far in 2015, according to MySupermarket
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Sainsbury's suffers yet more falling sales
Like for like sales fell by 1.1 per cent in Q2 2015, but Sainsbury's said it is working to change things, citing improvements on its avocado range
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Apples at the core of brand-new Waitrose TV ad campaign
The advert will be the first on TV for the supermarket in over 12 months, and includes Bramley and Cox apples
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Morrisons to extend apple season 'by two months'
Retailer said it expects to up English apple sales by 10 per cent this season and will stock homegrown fruit until May
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Waitrose to sell weather-blemished UK pears
The pears, which have marks on the skin from hail and other adverse weather conditions, will be on sale in stores from October
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Morrisons joins Lidl in raising wages
Shop floor staff at Morrisons will now be paid £8.20 an hour, above the new national living wage of £7.20
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New MD for banana giant SH Pratt
David Bateman, formerly the business' operations director, steps up to the new role, while Robert Wells becomes CEO
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Aldi to start online sales for first time
Discounter will enter e-commerce market with wine and non-food products as it announces record sales for 2014
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Melon market in flux
Direct sourcing, market share and varietal development means the melon category is seeing its fair share of fluctuation, according to one key supplier
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LJ Betts aims for own-brand growth
Own-brand baby leaf success, a growing imports business and a new £2.5m packing facility are at the heart of LJ Betts’ future plans
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Mixed bag for UK salad season
Commodity lines in lettuce and salad veg continue to feel the squeeze from the retail price war, while growers have faced troublesome aphid issues
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Bristol retailer fined £5,620 for selling rotten fruit
Rotting Cripps Pink apples and mouldy lemons was among produce being sold at Rehan’s Foodstore
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Two Tesco stores to cease 24hr trading
Retailer said this was localised decision and it will continue to trade 24 hours a day elsewhere