All articles by Anthony Garvey – Page 2
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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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Minister tells mults to explain Irish price gap
An Irish Government minister has bluntly told the Republic's multiples they have "a duty to explain" why their prices are so much higher than those in Northern Ireland and the UK, when sterling is falling in value against the euro. Mary...
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Pork suppliers facing compensation claims
Irish meat suppliers face a wave of compensation claims from retailers in the wake of the contaminated pork scare - but suppliers may struggle to recoup those losses, experts have warned. Irish pork began to reappear on supermarket shelves...
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Cheesemaker sues over 'soapy taste' ingredient
An Irish cheese manufacturer that supplies Tesco and Asda among others, has claimed it is facing losses of more than €10m because of an allegedly defective ingredient that gave its product "a soapy aftertaste and an off-flavour".Carbery, of...
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Union may go to court for truth about Dunnes
Irish retail union Mandate is threatening to take Dunnes Stores to court over its refusal to say if the company is being sold to Asda.
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Investor group in 11th-hour Cappoquin deal
Beleaguered Irish poultry processor Cappoquin Chickens has been hauled out of liquidation in an 11th- hour buyout by an Anglo-Irish group of investors. Cappoquin, which looked certain to close last month following the collapse of takeover talks,...
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Cappoquin falls victim to cheap imported chicken
One of the Irish Republic’s largest poultry businesses, Cappoquin Chickens, is to close with 200 job losses. Talks to secure a buy-out of the plant, which would have involved a substantial investment by Derby Poultry, a British company, collapsed...
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Irish blast EU criticism of bovine TB controls
Fears have been raised over the safety of Irish beef for human consumption following the publication of a damning EU report on bovine TB. The report, prepared by the EU Food and Veterinary Office (FVO), claimed that while the eradication campaign...
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Asda favourite to buy Superquinn
Asda’s much-rumoured move into Ireland could become a reality, with the owners of Superquinn, the 23-store Irish chain, poised to sell up. Asda emerged as the favourite to snap up the chain although rumours also abound regarding interest from...
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Lidl and Tesco hiss and spit over ‘Trash Savers’
Tesco’s low-price offensive against discounters in the Irish Republic has turned nasty, with it and Lidl trading blows in public over product quality. Cash Savers, Tesco’s new amber and black, low price proposition, was launched with a media...
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Credit crunch brings Irish into discounters
Rising prices are forcing consumers in the Irish Republic to dramatically change their shopping habits, according to a survey by the National Consumer Agency. The NCA, a statutory body, found that more than a quarter of those surveyed were...
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Republic faces a ban on kids' food adverts
The food and drink industry is to fight a proposal to ban radio and TV advertising of certain children's foods in the Irish Republic. The proposal is contained in a new Broadcasting Bill published by communications minister Eamon Ryan, a...
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World News - 21st June 2008
X5 ups stake in Russian retail chain. MOSCOW: X5 Retail Group NV has increased its stake in Russian chain Pyaterochka and signed a franchise agreement to roll out 30 new stores. Russia's largest retailer said it has acquired a...
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Tesco Ireland asks UK suppliers to cut prices
Tesco Ireland has been pressing its UK suppliers for price cuts to take account of the fall in the value of sterling against the euro, according to company spokesman Dermot Breen. A number of meetings had been held on the issue and about...
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Retailers urged to give UK lamb more support
The NFU has launched a scheme to name and praise retailers that support British lamb - and name and shame those that don't. This week, the union unveiled 'Lamb Storewatch', a scheme to check the provenance and price of lamb products in...
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Farmers' wives police pork labelled as Irish
Farmers' wives have been roped in to policing supermarket meat counters in the Republic of Ireland in a campaign to stop imported pork products being passed off as Irish. The women have been recruited as unofficial auditors by the Irish...
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Mole Valley Farmers retail sales hit £66m
Greater promotion and emphasis on regional foods has helped rural retailer Mole Valley Farmers to increase sales by 6.3%. The south west farmer-owned co-operative announced a £4m sales increase in its retail division to £66m last year...
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Kilkenny fury over Tesco store refusal
Kilkenny, the only one of the Irish Republic’s 26 counties without a Tesco store, is set to remain that way for the foreseeable future following the Planning Appeals Board’s rejection of a proposed 26,000 sq ft outlet.
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Irish plan tough action to control booze abuse
The age at which young people can buy alcoholic drinks in supermarkets and off-licences in the Republic of Ireland could be raised from 18 to 21 under new legislation to be brought before parliament by Easter, justice minister Brian Lenihan...
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River Cottage chain to grow
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall does not plan to expand his new grocery chain beyond the West Country. The TV chef opened his first branch of River Cottage Stores in Axminster, Devon, two months ago, and is planning more. But the business was...
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