All The Grocer articles in 25 February 2012
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NewsTesco blames ‘misunderstanding’ amid anger over workfare placement scheme
Tesco has urged the government to change its policy over unpaid workers, after finding itself at the centre of a row over complaints of low wages and allegations of “slave labour”.
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Asda in cheesecake allergy alert
Asda is recalling twin packs of its frozen Extra Special White Chocolate & Raspberry cheesecake as the label doesn’t warn allergy suffers the products contain egg and sulphur dioxide.
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NewsDrought set to spark new spike in food prices
Shoppers have been warned to expect a new wave of price rises on food, as areas of Britain face the prospect of their worst drought in decades.
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NewsRussian woes take toll on Carlsberg profits
Carlsberg has reported a fall in profits for 2011, as the Danish brewer wrestled with rising costs and falling share in the key market of Russia.
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NewsSainsbury’s spends £2m on green energy start-up
Sainsbury’s is investing £2m in a start-up company that produces energy from organic waste.
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NewsNew Covent Garden in hot water with shoppers over elusive farm prize
Shoppers have blasted New Covent Garden after the soup maker announced that nobody had claimed the top prize in its ‘Win a Farm’ competition.
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NewsNew look for water brand Highland Spring
Bottled water brand Highland Spring has unveiled a new look for its product packaging in time for spring.
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NewsSainsbury’s signs up for seven more years of Nectar
Sainsbury’s has extended its contract with Nectar for a further seven years.
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NewsHealth Lottery is million-pound-a-week sickener for Camelot
National Lottery operator Camelot has claimed that it has lost £1m sales every week since the launch of the Health Lottery in October.
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NewsMillions more animals benefit from Freedom Food
The number of animals farmed under the RSPCA’s Freedom Food scheme has increased by more than 50% in the past five years.
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NewsNow Poundland pulls out of controversial work scheme
Poundland has become the latest retailer to withdraw from the government’s controversial work programme, which placed job seekers in mandatory unpaid positions in a number of retailers across the UK.
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NewsBlack market accounts for a quarter of tobacco
More than a quarter of all tobacco smoked in the UK is either fake or smuggled - costing the country billions of pounds in lost tax revenue.
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NewsFairtrade Foundation rejects call for single rsp on bananas
The Fairtrade Foundation has rejected the idea of an across-the-board recommended retail price for Fairtrade bananas, claiming it would be open to legal challenge.
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NewsSunday Times names Iceland as UK's best big employer
Iceland Foods has been named the UK’s best big company to work for by the Sunday Times.
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NewsP&G to axe thousands of jobs in $10bn cost-cutting drive
Procter & Gamble is to axe 5,700 jobs as part of a harsh new cost-cutting drive.
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NewsWalkers price-marks single packs for first time
Walkers has launched its first price-marked packs on standard bags to help indies boost sales.
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Grocer 33Morrisons, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.
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World news: 25 February 2012
Walmart has posted a 5.9% increase in full-year sales to $443.9bn.
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Vegan egg 'Vegg' to get fryable for 2013
The world’s first fryable vegan egg could be on the market as early as next year if a US inventor, who has already created a vegan egg yolk, has his way.
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Indies upbeat despite 46% posting sales falls
A staggering 46% of small shop owners have reported a downturn in sales over the past three months.