Retail news from FPJ – Page 226
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Morrisons unveils autumn rebrand
Morrisons is to launch a large-scale rebrand as part of a huge revamp in the autumn.
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Tesco drops chilli bombshell
Tesco is stocking the world’s hottest commercially grown chilli. Bhut Jolokia has been used by the Indian army in developing crowd control grenades.
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Retailers sign up to health targets
Major retailers have signed up to a new commitment to help consumers more easily hit the 5 A DAY target in Scotland as part of the battle against obesity.
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Retail market further polarised
Morrisons is the only one of the big four retailers to grow ahead of the market in the last quarter, latest Kantar Worldpanel figures reveal.
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Londis in £4m fresh investment
Convenience retailer Londis is investing £4 million in its fresh food expansion this year.
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Sainsbury's happy to wait on English apples
Sainsbury’s insists being first to market with English apples and pears this season is not its top priority, despite exceptionally early fruit set.
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Further consolidation forecast for foodservice
The foodservice industry is set for further consolidation while the restaurant trade is facing a “crisis of confidence” as promotional risks backfire.
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Unite launches campaign against Sainsbury's
Unite has launched a campaign calling on Sainsbury’s to “make low pay taste better”.
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Morrisons to undercut rivals with M local
Morrisons is set to undercut its rivals by up to 11 per cent on fresh produce as it enters the high street with its M local format.
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Foodservice giant sets apprenticeship target
While London mayor Boris Johnson announced his target to reach 20,000 apprentices this year, Compass Group UK & Ireland made its own offering 1,600 apprenticeship places to its employees in 2011-12.
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M&S increases food market share
Marks & Spencer has seen a surge in UK sales and a gain in food market share.
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Sainsbury’s and Jamie Oliver part company
Sainsbury’s 2011 Christmas advert will draw down the curtain on the 11-year association between TV chef Jamie Oliver and the supermarket by mutual consent.
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Sainsbury's buyers out in force
Sainsbury’s buyers met with more than 400 suppliers at the Royal Highland Show this year, a record for the supermarket’s presence there over the last 10 years.
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UK apricots kick off at Waitrose
Stonefruit supplier British and Brazilian (B&B) delivered the first of this season’s UK apricots into Waitrose this week.
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Co-op Highland Court deal yields first fruit
The Co-operative Farms (TCF) has harvested its first stonefruit from the latest addition to its fruit-growing operation - Highland Court Farm in Kent.
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Tesco slapped with rotten produce fine
Tesco has been hit with a fine and costs totalling £16,401 for contraventions of marketing standards for fresh produce over a three-year period at one of its Essex stores.
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Tesco and Sainsbury's slug it out on top fruit
Sainsbury’s and Tesco are locked head-to-head on English apples and pears in one of the most competitive top-fruit seasons on record.
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Supermarket backs horticulture win
An retailer-union combination has scooped a hat-trick of gold horticultural medals for its Best of British display of fresh flowers, plants and produce.
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Waitrose unveils expansion plans
Waitrose has unveiled plans to open a record number of branches within the M25 next year, which will create up to 1,000 jobs.
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McKenna named as new Asda chief
Judith McKenna, Asda’s current finance director, is to take the reins as the retailer’s chief operating officer.