Iceland news and analysis – Page 39

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    Iceland depot strike begins

    2006-12-08T11:57:00Z

    Strike action over pay has begun at an Iceland depot.Drivers and warehouse workers are taking industrial action after rejecting a 2.4% pay offer from their direct employer, DHL Exel which runs the warehouse.There are reports of...

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    Cooltrader plans push into south of England

    2006-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Iceland-owned frozen food chain Cooltrader has revealed plans to open stores in north London as part of a major expansion for the retailer in the south of England.Currently, the chain's southernmost store is in Northampton - with most of...

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    Iceland's comeback kid

    2006-10-07T00:00:00Z

    On the bookshelf in Malcolm Walker's otherwise unremarkable office at Iceland Foods HQ in Deeside, north Wales, sits a title oddly out of place among the grocery-related tomes. George IV: A Life in Caricature, lampoons the larger-than-life king...

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    Leeds Co-operative appoints food boss

    2006-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Mark Yeo is set to replace Alan Godfrey as the general manager of Leeds Co-operative's food division.He joins the society from his position of stores manager at Iceland Foods and will now take responsibility for Leeds Co-operative's 21...

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    as nature intended

    2006-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Iceland boss Malcolm Walker's influence in the retail industry apparently doesn't stretch as far as his daughter. Caroline Walker, managing director of As Nature Intended, is proud to say that she's done things her way,...

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    M&S races ahead with Simply Food refit plans

    2006-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Marks and Spencer is four weeks ahead of schedule with its conversion programme for the 28 Iceland stores it acquired for £38m in January. The retailer is converting four stores a week for the next seven weeks to its Simply Food format,...

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    Fury over Icelanddemand

    2006-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Iceland CEO Malcolm Walker has told The Grocer a decision by the retailer to extend its payment terms to 90 days and introduce a 2.75% "settlement discount" for paying on time was "nothing to do with me".The frozen food chain's holding...

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    Resurgent Iceland distances itself from green initiatives

    2006-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Being seen to be green may be top of the agenda for the likes of Tesco, M&S and Sainsbury's, but Iceland will not "jump on the eco bandwagon", according to chief executive Malcolm Walker. The focus was on quality and price, he said. "We...

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    Iceland on the prowl

    2006-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Iceland has launched its nationwide campaign to acquire stores, writing to property agents enquiring about leasehold, freehold and joint development opportunities.It is targeting 123 towns in the UK as potential sites for store acquisitions,...

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    Fitting right in to the locality

    2006-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Marks and Spencer has recently stepped up the pace of its Simply Food expansion with the acquisition of 28 Iceland stores. CACI’s analysis reveals the cherry-picking of sites from Iceland’s portfolio has been well thought-through. While the...

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    Coolest of operators

    2006-02-11T00:00:00Z

    It’s been a tough year for frozen food and that’s not been good news for our top retailer, says Gaelle WalkerIceland’s new-found confidence (see page 36) must have impacted smaller rivals such as Farmfoods. However, Herd says that...

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    Iceland on track for growth

    2006-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Iceland boss Malcolm Walker insists that it is still committed to sustaining growth, despite selling off 28 stores this week.Walker said the £38m sale on a leasehold basis to Marks and Spencer, which plans to turn them into Simply Food outlets,...

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    Iceland on track for growth

    2006-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Iceland boss Malcolm Walker insists that it is still committed to sustaining growth, despite selling off 28 stores this week.Walker said the £38m sale on a leasehold basis to Marks and Spencer, which plans to turn them into Simply Food outlets,...

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    BWG likely to buy Irish Iceland stores

    2005-08-27T00:00:00Z

    BWG Holdings, owner of the Spar franchise, is seen as the most likely buyer of some of Iceland’s Irish stores, after the company’s decision to close down operations in the Republic because of continuing losses.Seven outlets – six in Dublin and...

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    Summer shopping: performance of grocery online services

    2005-07-30T00:00:00Z

    >> HOW THE STORES COMPARED ON KEY ASPECTS OF THEIR ONLINE SERVICEOnline retailing has become an increasingly competitive battleground for the major supermarket chains. Indeed, since our Easter shopping survey, Iceland has...

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    Spring water from Iceland

    2005-07-23T00:00:00Z

    A mineral water which is touted as one of the purest in the world is crossing the North Atlantic ocean from Iceland.Icelandic Glacial is sourced from the Ölfus spring – formed by a volcanic eruption 4,500 years ago – which is shielded from...

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    Three more Para Red products withdrawn

    2005-05-12T08:20:00Z

    Three more products have been found to contain the illegal food dye Para Red.The Food Standards Agency has ordered the withdrawal from sale of Discovery Salsa Wrap ‘n’ Roll and Taco seasoning, along with Iceland’s ready cooked sliced chicken...

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    Iceland trialling switch to Cooltrader

    2005-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Iceland is to understood to be trialling the Cooltrader format at five underperforming stores, with a view to rolling it out to 100 outlets if it proves a hit.Cooltrader is the frozen food chain set up by Iceland boss Malcolm Walker after he...

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    Iceland to abandon home shopping service

    2005-04-04T10:22:00Z

    Iceland has announced that it will close its loss-making home shopping service later this month.The internet and telephone service will close on April 22, with last deliveries to customers being made on April 23.Closure of the service is...

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    Head office jobs axed as Booker is simplified

    2005-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Wholesaler Booker is laying off almost 20% of its head office staff less than two months after the business was decoupled from Iceland following the acquisition of Big Food Group by Icelandic group Baugur. In an interview with The Grocer,...