All articles by Anthony Garvey – Page 3
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Dunnes to expand in bid to fight off Tesco
Dunnes Stores, the main rival to Tesco in the Irish Republic, is planning to open 42 new stores over the next two years, taking the family-owned chain's total estate to 160. Twelve stores will open next year, with a further 30 scheduled...
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Galtee hit by protests over pigmeat imports
Retailers in Ireland are facing a wave of damaging protests by pig farmers as the spotlight on low meat prices shifted away from Britain. Campaigners in the Republic have called for a consumer boycott of pork and bacon made by Galtee...
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FSA concern over polluted guar gum
High levels of a poisonous dioxin could have found its way into food products such as desserts, soup powders and baby formula in the UK. The European Commission contacted the FSA about the contamination of a thickening agent called guar gum (E412),...
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Profiles and QandAs
Phillips picked for the job of reviving Loblaw
After just two years as chief executive of the upmarket Dublin store Brown Thomas, Irishman Dalton Phillips is to become chief operating officer of its sister company, Loblaw. Loblaw is Canada's biggest grocery group with a turnover of...
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Turkey import levels spark survival fears
Forty per cent of the two million-plus turkeys eaten in the Irish Republic over Christmas came from abroad, raising fears about the survival of the sector. Cheap imports and high production costs - twin problems that are threatening the...
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€400m BWG management buyout set to be tied up soon
Managers at BWG, owner of the Spar and Mace franchises, are set to buy the company from its biggest shareholder, Electra Partners, in a deal that values the business at €400m. The management team, led by BWG chief executive Leo Crawford...
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Tesco promises to cut more prices in Ireland
Tesco is promising consumers in the Irish Republic that by early next year it will have cut the price of 10,000 food items previously covered by the groceries order. In a major advertising blitz, titled The Promise - The Proof, it claims...
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Ireland aims to raise its game in organics
The Irish Department of Agriculture is cracking down on sales of bogus organic produce in farmers' markets across the Republic. An additional inspector has been appointed with special responsibility for policing the rapidly...
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Fury as Irish GM trials allowed
The Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has triggered a furious response in the Republic with its decision to permit field trials of genetically modified potatoes. Court action may now be taken by food producers and...
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