city & finance

Andy Clarke, Asda chief executive

Clarke: clarity on pricing key to sales success Subscription

21 Feb 2012 | By James Halliwell

Like-for-like sales at Asda grew by 0.5% in 2011, excluding VAT and fuel.

OREOS KRAFT

Kraft hails robust growth in swansong as single company Subscription

21 Feb 2012 | By Charlie Wright

Kraft Foods has unveiled a robust hike in sales in the final set of annual results before the group’s split in two later this year.

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Record profits of €500m for Kerry Subscription

21 Feb 2012 | By Richard Ford

Kerry Group has defied the tough trading environment to post “milestone” profits of half a billion euros.

Malcolm Walker

Iceland break up avoided by Walker's bid

18 Feb 2012 | Updated: 20 Feb 2012 | By James Halliwell

Malcolm Walker stepped in with a £1.45bn winning bid for Iceland Foods because he didn’t want the company he founded to be broken up, a source close to the deal has told The Grocer.

analysis & features

David Sands

Shifting Sands: what The Co-op's acquisition means

14 Jan 2012 | By Beth Phillips

The Co-operative Group’s purchase of a 200-year-old independent has taken the trade aback. What happened - and what comes next?

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opinion

In a final twist, Walker has stepped in and blown his rivals out of the water

18 Feb 2012 | Updated: 20 Feb 2012 | By James Halliwell

In the race for Iceland Foods, there was only ever going to be one winner.

Pessimistic consumers will keep trade slow Subscription

07 Jan 2012 | By Nigel Wixcey

Deloitte research shows consumers cutting back - and it doesn’t look like they’re going to stop.

Ocado clears the fridge when it should be basting the turkey Subscription

20 Dec 2011 | By Adam Leyland

The timing of Ocado’s profits warning couldn’t have been worse, laying out for all to see the extent of its capacity constraints and problematic upgrades.

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