All The Grocer articles in 3 January 2009
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Iceland returns to Ireland with franchise deal
Iceland, the frozen food retailer, is back in the Irish market, almost four years after closing down its stores in the Republic and walking away due to mounting losses.
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Sainsbury’s celebrates best-ever Christmas
Sainsbury’s is celebrating its best-ever Christmas performance after announcing a rise in third-quarter sales of 4.5%.
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Takeaways defy downturn as Domino’s and Greggs boost sales
Domino’s Pizza continues to defy the downturn after forecasting that its full-year profits would be better than previously expected.
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Simply Food, not fashion, is biggest casualty as M&S closes stores
Marks & Spencer will cull 1,200 jobs and close 27 stores – including 25 Simply Food stores – after announcing its worst quarterly performance for more than a decade.
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Promotions the key for Price as Waitrose braced for tough start to ‘09
Waitrose managing director Mark Price has pledged to step up the supermarket’s promotional activity in the opening months of 2009 in response to the continuing economic slump.
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Coors eyes women drinkers with Project Eve
Drinks giant Coors is set to target women drinkers in 2009 after the brewer of Carling set up a group dubbed Project Eve to increase awareness of its brands among female consumers.