All Retail articles – Page 599
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ArticleMorePeople land Durose coup
Peter Durose, who left his role as at Tesco last week, has joined recruitment and training specialist MorePeople as associate director.
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Tesco criticised for local claims
A Tesco advert that labels food sourced up to 174 miles away as ‘local’ has this week been criticised by advertising watchdogs.
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ArticleSainsbury's chief hails "unique" role
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King has spoken out about the "unique role" of supermarkets in the battle against obesity.
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UK fast-food chains losing healthy incentive
Fast food chains across Britain are quickly losing incentive to stock healthy alternatives for diners, with lack of demand seeing thousands of salads thrown away each day, according to a Times survey.
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ArticleSainsbury's launches green packaging
Sainsbury’s is the latest supermarket to try to improve its green credentials with the launch of compostable packaging on 500 own-label products.
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Sainsbury’s to bring in Tesco man
Ex-Tesco director Neil Sachdev has landed the newly created role of commercial director at Sainsbury’s.
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ArticleSize of foodservice market over-egged
The government has “massively overstated” the size of the UK eating-out market, according to sector analyst Horizons.
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Healthy Start rolls out over UK
Following the success of a pilot in Cornwall and Devon last year, the Government’s Healthy Start scheme is to be rolled out nationwide from November.
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ArticleWaitrose hosts online organic debate
To mark this year’s Organic Fortnight - September 2-17 - Waitrose aims to settle consumer concerns about the real value of organics with an online debate.
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ArticleCo-op in swingeing change
The Co-operative Group is returning to its roots with a re-branding exercise and new membership scheme that is likely to see increased emphasis on Fairtrade produce.
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ArticleFarmers accuse retailers of abuse of power
The NFU has told the Competition Commission inquiry into the grocery market of “an abuse of power within the supply chain”.
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Co-op and Spar forge buying alliance
The Co-op and Spar have announced the formation of a new buying alliance.
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Scottish expansion for Tesco
Tesco is set to take a third of the market share in Scotland - and the supermarket giant has reportedly applied for planning permission for 19 new superstores north of the border.
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ArticleSomerfield stages price bonanza
Somerfield is staging a two-week price bonanza on a wide range of its fruit and vegetables in a bid to increase consumption in the run up to the start of the autumn school term.
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ArticleGiant leap for Tesco
Tesco’s new “giant satsuma”, launched in-store this week is the chain’s latest fruit offering to tap into its customer’s desire for larger fruit.
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ArticleTesco still leads in strong growth period
Tesco still leads the retail pack in the strongest period of grocery market growth for two years, the latest TNS figures have shown.
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ArticleTesco way ahead in online battle
Tesco.com takes 66 per cent of all online grocery orders placed in the UK, according to research results published by comScore Networks. But Sainsbury’s online delivery charges came out cheapest.
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Tesco launches star-studded TV campaign
Tesco has launched a primetime TV campaign - starring household names including Ronnie Corbett, Martine McCutcheon and Alan Titchmarsh - to help save on plastic bags.
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ArticleAsda sales beat expectations
Asda has enjoyed "above plan" second-quarter sales, according to owner Wal-Mart Stores.
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ArticleCoopers scoops BHS salads business
Bolton-based food-service supplier Coopers Produce has secured a new contract to supply salads into High Street department store, British Home Stores (BHS).