All Retail articles – Page 583
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Industry still pushing for less packaging
The industry does not believe that enough is being done to remove unnecessary packaging, the freshinfo poll showed last week.
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ArticlePomegranates outperform produce rivals
The pomegranate market is outperforming the total fruit and vegetable market by far, with growth being driven by more shoppers buying the fruit, which is now dubbed a superfood.
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ArticleApple popularity surge
Apples are enjoying a resurgence in popularity on the UK market, pulling ahead of overall supermarket sales levels and notching up price inflation for the first time in three years.
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Show over for Sainsbury's bidder
The private equity consortium that had been preparing to buy Sainsbury’s has officially pulled out of the running for the retail chain.
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ArticleFarma drama: Farmers' markets attacked
The National Farmers’ Retail and Markets Association (Farma) has criticised The Sunday Times for taking a “pot shot” at farmers’ markets.
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Sainsbury's private-equity deal unravels
CVC, the private equity firm heading up a bid for retailer Sainsbury’s, has reportedly called in the help of Goldman Sachs’ private equity division in an attempt to save its fast-collapsing proposal.
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Competition Commission extends enquiry
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed a decision by the Competition Commission to extend the timetable of investigation into the grocery market by three months.
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ArticleSainsbury's bidding consortium dealt further blow
Shares in Sainsbury’s tumbled by 15p to 546p this morning, a 2.5 per cent drop, amid reports that Texas Pacific Group (TPG) has withdrawn from the CVC-led private equity consortium heading up a bidding war for the supermarket chain.
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ArticleChilled cabinets could be on way out
The major UK retailers have combined to challenge manufacturers of chilled and frozen display cabinets to find natural alternatives to environmentally-damaging HFC refrigerants.
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ArticleIncreasing drive for home procured food
The rising importance of procuring home grown produce for public institutions was reflected by an enthusiastic audience at a recent conference in the north east.
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Waitrose's Williamson moves up
Mark Williamson has been appointed to the Waitrose management board and the post of supply chain director by John Lewis Partnership.
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ArticleSainsbury's bid finally tabled
A bid for Sainsbury’s has reportedly been tabled by private equity groups, but according to the national media, family shareholders are not in favour.
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Somerfield has Easter egg on face
Somerfield was left with Easter egg all over its face when its PR department mistakenly told the world that handing out chocolate eggs symbolises "the birth of Jesus."
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ArticleTNS: top three in fine fettle
Latest TNS figures show top three supermarkets performing well above retail industry average.
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Sainsbury's trustees unaware of imminent bid
A spokesman for Sainsbury's pension trustees said yesterday that the trustees are unaware of any imminent bid for the supermarket chain, after traders cited market talk that a private equity offer is in the pipeline.
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ArticleTesco defines "local" as 30-minute drive
Tesco made a bid to alter the Competition Commission’s definition of “local” yesterday by arguing that it constitutes a 30-minute drive from home to a store.
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New mushroom guide from The Greenery
The Greenery has launched The Mushroom Guide to help retailers choose the best products from its extensive range of mushrooms.
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ArticleTesco to deny watchdog accusations
Retail giant Tesco is expected to hit back at allegations that it exerts a stranglehold over the UK’s grocery market.
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ArticleIt's a WRAP, as M&S repackages salad range
Following a WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) funded project trialing a new way to seal flexible film bags and pouches, the product is being rolled out across the Marks & Spencer (M&S) salad category.
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Research on show at PLMA event
The spotlight will be turned on private labels at the Private Label Manufacturers Association’s (PLMA) World of Private Label International Show, to be held on 22-23 May in Amsterdam’s RAI Exhibition Centre.