All Daily Bread articles – Page 126

  • Comment & Opinion

    Ocado's summer od discontent

    2012-06-26T10:25:00Z

    Ocado has confirmed its new finance chief, with former Fitness First beancounter-in-chief Duncan Tatton-Brown taking up the position, as widely reported yesterday.

  • Comment & Opinion

    A Penny for your thoughts, Dalton?

    2012-06-25T13:10:00Z

    Questions are sure to resurface over Morrisons’ top table with the news that Richard Pennycook is heading for…

  • Comment & Opinion

    Penny for your thoughts, Dalton?

    2012-06-25T10:31:00Z

    At Morrisons’ Q1 results in May chief executive Dalton Philips described as “baloney” any suggestion that there were any issues with Morrisons senior team…

  • Comment & Opinion

    The best that Mac can get?

    2012-06-20T15:33:00Z

    Procter & Gamble today issued its second profits warning in as many months, cutting sales and earnings for the coming quarter and the year as a whole.

  • Comment & Opinion

    The best that Mac can get

    2012-06-20T10:37:00Z

    Procter & Gamble today issued its second profits warning in as many months. The consumer goods giant, whose portfolio includes Gillette, Head & Shoulders and Duracell, cut forecasts for sales and earnings for the coming quarter and the year as a whole…

  • Comment & Opinion

    Sayonara, Tsurakame

    2012-06-19T15:29:00Z

    So much for a clean break. Tesco yesterday revealed the details of its long-awaited exit from Japan, first announced last summer.

  • Comment & Opinion

    Sayonara, Tsurakame

    2012-06-19T10:41:00Z

    So much for a clean break. Tesco yesterday revealed the details of its long-awaited exit from Japan, first announced last summer…

  • Comment & Opinion

    In my day, lad...

    2012-06-18T15:24:00Z

    Sir Ken Morrison last week used the AGM of the supermarket he founded to reflect on the good old days when Morrisons didn’t concern itself with fads like the internet.

  • Comment & Opinion

    In my day, lad...

    2012-06-18T10:48:00Z

    We all know the past looks rosier the further you get from it. Sir Ken Morrison last week used the AGM of the supermarket he founded to cast an admiring eye back to the good old days when Morrisons didn’t concern itself with fads like convenience retailing and the internet…

  • Comment & Opinion

    Reason to be cheerful?

    2012-06-13T11:20:00Z

    For a company that put so much weight behind the Diamond Jubilee, Sainsbury’s was remarkably coy about its performance over the four-day weekend in a conference call with press this morning following its first-quarter results.As well as sponsoring the Jubilee Pageant, Diamond Jubilee Beacons and Jubilee Woods Project, Sainsbury’s even ...

  • Comment & Opinion

    Sainsbury's opens a new chapter

    2012-06-12T11:27:00Z

    Sainsbury’s added another string to its entertainment bow today with a swoop for Anobii, an online vendor that lets users buy and review books from a library of 60,000 titles…

  • Comment & Opinion

    The second most stressful job in england

    2012-06-11T11:29:00Z

    As Roy Hodgson will know, you don’t get much time these days to get things right when you’re at the top. For Tesco boss Philip Clarke the scrutiny is perhaps even more severe…

  • Comment & Opinion

    Long to rain over us

    2012-06-06T11:51:00Z

    Damp squib or roaring success? While the weather did its best to put a dampener on the Jubilee celebrations, TV screens were nevertheless filled with scenes of hardy folk queuing for hours to wave at a passing hat.

  • Comment & Opinion

    Morrison's southern exposure

    2012-05-31T11:55:00Z

    As Dalton Philips proudly invited a bunch of hungry hacks to help themselves to the sourdough at Morrisons’ ‘Store of the Future’ in Tunbridge Wells yesterday, it struck a chord with those who remembered the flak the retailer copped following its acquisition of Safeway in 2004…

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    Comment & Opinion

    Morrisons' southern exposure

    2012-05-31T11:04:00Z

    Tunbridge Wells was an apt location for Morrisons to announce a renewed assault of the south, following its initial failure in the Royal town six years ago.

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    Comment & Opinion

    Metro closes the Book on Makro

    2012-05-30T16:48:00Z

    Last week we asked Booker CEO Charles Wilson whether the wholesaler’s £63.4m net cash…

  • Comment & Opinion

    Metro closes the book on Makro

    2012-05-30T12:08:00Z

    Last week we asked Booker CEO Charles Wilson whether the wholesaler’s £63.4m net cash was burning a hole in his pocket. Wilson’s reply was that he was looking at acquisitions that were “right for Booker”…

  • Comment & Opinion

    Douze points from the Portas jury

    2012-05-28T12:29:00Z

    From flash mobs, to pop up shops, town criers to Dragons’ Den competitions - yes, in case you missed the latest chapter of the Mary Portas and Grant Shapps show it was entertaining stuff, if the jury still remains very much out on the long term impact of their bid to rescue our High Streets..

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    Comment & Opinion

    Booker's £63.4m question

    2012-05-24T15:26:00Z

    Booker may not be sexy but the UK’s top cash & carry could start generating some serious column…

  • Comment & Opinion

    Booker's £63.4M question

    2012-05-24T12:35:00Z

    Booker may be the leading player in the cash & carry market but wholesaling isn’t a sexy sector to be in. The company therefore sometimes doesn’t command the column inches its retail counterparts do…