04/07/2008
The Booths chain of stores is to terminate its membership of wholesale group Nisa-Today's from the beginning of 2009.
“Over recent years Nisa’s continued development of central distribution to its retail members has differentiated it from Booths’ plans to develop its unique grocery offering,” said Booths chairman Edwin Booth.
The northwest-based chain was a founding member of the Northern Independent Supermarket Association, which was set up in 1978...
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04/07/2008
Biofuels have caused world food prices to rise by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a secret World Bank report...
04/07/2008
More than 200 senior industry figures have signed a petition calling for the work of Food From Britain to continue...
04/07/2008
Icelandic retail predator Baugur is to relocate to the UK.
The move is the first step to becoming a limited company, and will see Baugur report in sterling for the first time, according to the Financial Times...
04/07/2008
International dairy group Glanbia has reported a “good” first-half performance with all of its divisions performing in line with expectations...
03/07/2008
More than £1bn was wiped off the value of Marks & Spencer's shares yesterday as the retailer revealed a shock 5...
03/07/2008
Greene King has reported a 2% increase in pre-tax profit to £142m on sales up 5% at £960.5m for the year to 4 May...
03/07/2008
Icelandic retail group Baugur has received more than five bids for health food retailer Julian Graves...
03/07/2008
Robert Wiseman Dairies has reported a 2% increase in sales volumes for the first three months of its financial year despite admitting the last few months had been “among the most difficult we have ever faced as a business”...
02/07/2008
Cake manufacturer Finsbury Food Group has reported full-year sales increases in all of its subsidiaries but warns commodity costs are continuing to hit the business...
02/07/2008
Steven Esom, director of food at Marks & Spencer, has left the company as the retailer reports a 4.5% drop in like-for-like first-quarter food sales...
02/07/2008
Prepared and packaged salads producer Vitacress Salads has been bought by Portuguese conglomerate RAR Group in a deal reportedly worth £50m...
02/07/2008
Drinks giant InBev has said it will “pursue all available avenues” to acquire Anheuser-Busch, prompting speculation that its $46...
01/07/2008
Own-label household and personal care manufacturer McBride has said it expects operating profit for the year to 30 June of £26m-£27m, down from £34...
01/07/2008
Tesco is to stop sourcing products from Zimbabwe "until there is an end to the current political crisis"...
01/07/2008
New 24-hour drinking laws have failed to reduce alcohol-related violence and have cost councils £100m, the Local Government Association has claimed...
01/07/2008
Tesco is to appeal against one of the remedies recommended by the Competition Commission in its groceries inquiry...
30/06/2008
Last summer’s smoking ban has helped 400,000 people to quit smoking, according to official figures.
The Smoking Toolkit study found that in the nine months before the ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces there was a 1...
30/06/2008
Asda has warned it would consider defying plans by the Scottish government to crack down on cheap alcohol...
30/06/2008
Catering giant Brakes has bought wholesaler Woodward Foodservice from Baugur for an undisclosed sum.
Woodward Foodservice has eight distribution centres in the Midlands, Northern England, Wales and Scotland and as part of the deal Woodward’s management will continue to manage the brand under the ownership of Brakes...
27/06/2008
Asda has slashed the price of its top-selling items to just 50p.
For this weekend only, products including bananas, sausages, mince, bread, eggs and potatoes, have been priced at 50p...
27/06/2008
Anheuser-Busch has rejected InBev's $46.3bn (£23.7bn) offer for the company as “financially inadequate and not in the best interests of Anheuser-Busch shareholders”...
27/06/2008
Animal welfare and workers' rights campaigners are expected to give Tesco's board of directors an uneasy ride at the supermarket giant's agm to be held in Birmingham later this morning...
26/06/2008
InBev has secured financing for its attempted takeover of Anheuser-Busch.
The brewer, which made a $46...
26/06/2008
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has written to Tesco CEO Sir Terry Leahy to urge the retailer to recognise workers unions in the US...
26/06/2008
Shares in Sainsbury's rose 13.25p to close on 328p yesterday after the Qatar Investment Authority increased its stake in the supermarket chain to 25...