Retail news from FPJ – Page 191
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Tesco admits profit forecast error
Retailer has launched an independent investigation after finding its half-year profit forecast was overstated by £250m
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Tesco aims to please with purple carrots
Retailer launches second colourful vegetable of the week with purple carrots from grower Alan Bartlett
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Morrisons convenience chief lands property role
Gordon Mowat will be responsible for retailer’s DCs and food production facilities and will focus on expanding convenience
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UK veg co-op to launch new brand
Bedfordshire Growers' 'BG's Great British' brand will feature a range of onion lines, including a mixed pack of red and brown
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‘Massive’ Bramleys see sales hike
Industry PR campaign for Bramley apples has seen sales rise by 35 per cent, while growers report ‘largest-ever’ fruit size
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Retailer adds Red Tractor logo to canned vegetables
Asda will roll-out Red Tractor logo to eight own-brand canned vegetables in a first for processed produce in UK
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Tesco launches pink flesh apple
English pink flesh apple ‘turns heads’ with unusual yellow skin, launching as pack of four in Tesco tomorrow
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Supermarket chiefs' price warning to Scots
Asda CEO Andy Clarke among those to say trading across a new border in the event of Scottish independence could push up costs
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Morrisons profit tumbles by £105m
Drop of more than 30 per cent in retailer's pre-tax profits for six months to 3 August as supermarket price war continues to wreak havoc
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Landmark figure for tube grocery service
More than 10,000 orders placed for London Underground grocery click and collect services, as retailers expand offerings
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Copa-Cogeca urges EU to help boost potatoes' reach
To benefit from increased trade opportunities outside Europe, trade body urges EU Commission to minimise impediments
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Retailers held to account for tomato workers' pay
Tesco, Sainsburys and Albert Heijn 'have responsibility’ to ensure living wage for workers in Moroccan tomato industry, says report
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Flower Sprouts renamed for US
Tozer Seeds launch sprout kale hybrid in the US under new name Kalettes to reach kale-loving American consumers
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GBBO starring role sees pear sales rise
38 per cent hike in sales at Waitrose following appearance on TV smash hit, as retailer starts stocking the first of the UK harvest
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Size matters, claims daffodil specialist
Rowe Farming's Robert Stacey calls for retailers to stop selling bulbs by numbers, as smaller bulbs don't guarantee flowers
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RSA citrus industry suspends EU exports
'Major issues' forecast for UK consumers in the next few weeks as South African ban on exports to the EU takes effect
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M&S launches laser labels for oranges
Retailer has ditched ‘fiddly’ and non-sustainable paper labels with launch of citrus tattooed with a laser label this week
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Dutch campaign 'could become' national brand
A campaign launched by Dutch growers to boost domestic consumption of Russia surplus has reached 10 per cent of the population
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Comber sales rocket at Tesco's NI stores
Local potato variety from Wilson's Country proving very popular with the retailer's Northern Irish customers
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Asda unveils click and collect pods
Supermarket expands click and collect services and launches new stand-alone pods in bid to 'lead online' retailing