All The Grocer articles in 27 September 2014 – Page 4
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Tesco store openings on hold as part of plans to cut capital expenditure
Tesco has started boarding up new stores under development, as part of its drive to slash capital expenditure.
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UK regulator drops Napier Brown’s British Sugar pricing complaint
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority will not take forward Napier Brown’s complaint against British Sugar that the Associated British Foods-owned company was abusing its dominant market position.
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Diageo unveils £15m Smirnoff campaign
Diageo has this week launched a £15m push for its Smirnoff vodka brand.
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Analysis and Features
Kantar figures turn market gaze to Sainsbury's
Today’s Kantar grocery market share figures won’t have improved any moods at Tesco, but it was Sainsbury’s that investors made suffer.
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Grocery market growth at record low as Tesco and Sainsbury's take a hit
Overall grocery market growth has slowed to a record low of just 0.3% as inflation fell to zero according to the latest Kantar Worldpanel market share figures for the 12 weeks to 14 September.
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Comment and Opinion
The Times – they are a changing
The Times isn’t keen on the discounters… but did Rachel Johnson’s critique hit the mark?
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PZ Cussons shrugs off Nigerian market disruption
St Tropez brand ambassador Kate Moss helped give PZ Cussons a healthy glow in its most recent quarter despite tough UK trading conditions and disruption in its African markets.
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AG Barr signs Snapple distribution deal after strong first half
Irn-Bru manufacturer AG Barr has posted a near 15% jump in first half pre-tax profits and announced a 10-year deal to distribute the Snapple brand in the UK.
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Tesco's new CFO Alan Stewart joins crisis-hit retailer a month early
Tesco’s new chief financial officer Alan Stewart has been parachuted in more than a month ahead of schedule in the wake of yesterday’s shock announcement of a £250m overstatement of profits.
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Analysis and Features
Tesco: the key questions surrounding its £250m profit shock
The Grocer looks at the big questions facing Tesco after its £250m profit overstatement and what happens next for the beleaguered supermarket.
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Comment and Opinion
How could Tesco lose £250m?
Tesco is coming dangerously close to a management meltdown, just weeks into new CEO Dave Lewis’ reign
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Put your questions to P&G boss Irwin Lee
This week Irwin Lee, head of Procter & Gamble UK & Ireland, will be the latest industry heavyweight to step in as guest editor of The Grocer.
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Tesco chairman Sir Richard Broadbent under fire over accounting mess
The position of Tesco chairman Sir Richard Broadbent is coming under fierce scrutiny after the latest events to hit the retailer rocked the City.
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Tesco shock profit warning: the City reacts
Tesco shocked the City today by announcing it had discovered it had overstated its profits by £250m. Here’s our round-up of how leading City and industry analysts reacted to the news.
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UK chief Inge Plochaet to leave ABInBev
ABInBev UK and Ireland President Inge Plochaet is to leave the business at the end of the year.
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Tesco admits a £250m overstatement of profits
Tesco has stunned the city this morning by admitting that it may have overstated its profits for the half year by as much as £250m.
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Robin Terrell to lead Tesco UK as investigation into £250m profit hole kicks off
Tesco head of online operations Robin Terrell is to lead the retailer’s UK business as it kicks off an urgent investigation into how its half-year profit guidance ended up being overstated by £250m.
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End of an era: Dairy Crest prepares to wave goodbye to milk in glass bottles
Dairy Crest is set to phase out milk in glass bottles, with all milk delivered by its doorstep delivery men and women to be switched to plastic bottles over the next two years.
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Dairy Crest to close two sites amid 'challenging' market conditions but profits on track
Dairy Crest has announced plans to close two of its sites – with the potential loss of 260 jobs – as it warned about growing pressure from falling retail milk prices and “extremely volatile” dairy commodities markets.
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Analysis and Features
Cash talks louder than strong words in Chiquita fight
Without a new bid from Cutrale-Safra the Fyffes merger still looks favourite at this stage