Retail news from FPJ – Page 184
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Waitrose new depot to create 450 jobs
Retailer's new south London distribution centre will help expand online business and is set to replace Acton facility
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Christmas sales up by 7 per cent at Waitrose
Like-for-like sales also increased by 2.8 per cent at the retailer for the five weeks ending 3 January 2015
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Coregeo boosts marketing team
Pink Lady and Tenderstem licensor has appointed Maxime Delacour as assistant marketing manager
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NFU is ‘in bed with supermarkets’, claims Monbiot
Guardian journalist George Monbiot has slammed NFU for being too close to ‘the big guys’, and claims CAP is 'unjustifiable'
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M&S sees ‘record’ food sales over Christmas
Premium retailer said food sales in Christmas week were up a record 17 per cent, and like-for-like sales grew by 0.1 per cent
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'Drastic Dave' to shut Tesco's Cheshunt HQ and 43 stores
"Important steps in the right direction" revealed alongside news that the retailer's Xmas like-for-like sales fell 0.3 per cent
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Shorter supply chains ‘benefit growers’
Talk by Laurence Olins at Oxford Farming Conference evaluates role of the middleman in the supply chain
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Sainsbury's suffers like-for-like sales drop over Xmas
The retailer's sales at stores open at least a year fell by 1.7 per cent excluding fuel in the 14 weeks to 3 January
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Traders donate produce to homeless charity
Donations from New Covent Garden Market to homeless charity Crisis meant it could supply 4,000 Christmas meals to those in need
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Ex-Tesco and Aldi man named new Nisa CEO
Nick Read joins the c-store chain from Thomas Cook, and will officially take over from Neil Turton next month
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Illegal immigrants 'could cause fruit and veg shortage'
Truckloads of imported fruit and veg are being destroyed if a migrant is found inside a transportation vehicle, MPs have heard
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Spar poaches Iceland head of buying
Brigid Davidson has joined Spar wholesaler A.F.Blakemore & Son as trading director
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Gecko found in Sainsbury’s broccoli
Family allowed to keep ‘Broc’ as family pet while retailer stresses broccoli is ‘thoroughly inspected’ at point of harvest
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Sales surge for cavolo nero
Waitrose sees sales of the veg also known as 'Tuscan kale' rise by nearly 350 per cent, and tips it for even greater heights in 2015
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O’live stars in Whole Foods window
G’s Fresh brand O'Live Organic features in premium London retailer’s first-ever produce window in January marketing push
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Juice firm's exports rise 60 per cent
Belvoir Fruit Farms doubled US customers during 2014 while UK-produced apple and orange juice exports rake in £35m
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Oliver persuades Asda to launch wonky veg range
Retailer launches first standalone range of misshapen produce after Jamie Oliver flags it up as part of new series
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NFU Scotland names food policy manager
John Armour will meet Christine Tacon as one of his first duties as representative of farmers in the supply chain
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Tesco axes sweets and chocolates from all checkouts
Dried fruit among the items set to replace 'unhealthy' foods as retailer works to help customers lead healthier lives
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Pomegranates enjoy Xmas sales spike
Sales of exotic fruit up 15 per cent, with a number of celebrity chefs featuring pomegranates as part of festive recipes