Retail news from FPJ – Page 168
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Morrisons LFL sales fall 2.7 per cent
Retailer’s pre-tax profit falls by almost half in H2 as it prepares to close 11 supermarkets and finalise sale of M Local
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Customer service push sees Monaghan back in profit
Mushroom giant's UK business has also grown its turnover to a nine-figure sum
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Google 'to roadtest' fresh produce delivery service
Internet giant ramps up competition with AmazonFresh through reported roll out of grocery delivery service in small-scale pilot
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Rail freight up by 80 trains per week
Asparagus and figs demand helping to drive increase in rail freight in the UK as Network Rail responds by improving service
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S&A Produce sends Mexican avos to China
UK berry and asparagus specialist has entered the avocado trade with new route between Latin America and Asia
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European apples could be in China ‘within a year’
Promotional body for European topfruit said Chinese importers are interested in quality and taste of bicoloured apples
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Best British cherry season 'in 30 years'
Since the start of the British cherry season in May, growers have produced 2,682 tonnes - an uplift of 80 per cent on 2014's 1,488t
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Popular fruit and veg shop 'forced to close' to return
Gloucestershire grocer has been given a new lease of life after originally being 'forced' to close due to a new property development
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Sainsbury's urges young adults to consider farming
Retailer claims that research has reveals over a third of 16 to 24-year-olds match the criteria for a modern day career in farming
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Booker cleared to snap up Budgens and Londis
UK's largest cash and carry chain now reportedly expects the acquisition to be completed by September 14
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G’s unveils major push for brands overseas
New business unit Shropshire Brands to be headed up by Mark Haynes and will expand G’s brands in Asia, Europe and Middle East
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New retail listings for growing smoothie brand
Savse, recently heralded by the UK government, will now see its products stocked in The Co-op and Sainsbury's
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Ex-Tesco boss 'to be quizzed' over accounts black hole
Philip Clarke is expected to be interviewed by the Serious Fraud Office over Tesco's £326m accounting black hole
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Avocado supplier on verge of being £100m business
Greencell has increased its turnover for the year ending 27 December 2014 to £99.5m, up from the revised 2013 figure of £75.7m
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Sainsbury's staff get 'highest pay rise in more than a decade'
137,000 of retail giant's workers will see their pay rise from £7.08 an hour to £7.36 from the end of this month.
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Sainsbury's enjoys first growth in sales since March
The latest Kantar Worldpanel data on grocery market share shows continued sluggish growth in the British grocery market
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Queen congratulates Blue Skies staff at award reception
Andre Veldsman and Mary Cudjoe of Northamptonshire-based fresh-cut fruit giant met Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh
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New products for 'best tasting' veg soup range
Yorkshire Provender Mushroom Soup with Wholegrain Black Rice and Super Broccoli & Lancashire Cheese Soup launched
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First British figs of the season on sale at Sainsbury's
The product, grown by Vince Cicchirillo in partnership with Abbey View Produce, will initially be sold in stores in the south-east
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Tesco talks up 'special' new raspberry variety
Demand has grown by nearly 45 per cent on the same period last year, and retailer claims Berry Jewel variety has helped with this