All news articles – Page 2206
-
NewsBirds Eye owner reeled in by investment group for €2.6bn
Birds Eye owner Iglo has been sold to an investment company for €2.6bn (£1.84bn), private equity backer Permira has confirmed.
-
NewsFirst Milk appoints trio to new leadership team
Kenny Bain, Maureen Ross and Paul Miley all join the group this week
-
NewsVileda promotion to include prize-winning 'enchanted mops'
Running from the beginning of next month, the Happy Ever After push will be rolled out across 130,000 Vileda floor mops, with each purchase guaranteeing a prize
-
NewsMeat processing boss receives six-year misconduct ban
The Northern Ireland Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment said it had accepted a disqualification undertaking from Aidan Rothwell
-
NewsAsda parking fine donations to Motability top £250,000 mark
The retail giant began donating money generated from the parking penalties it issued to those who misused the disabled and parent and child parking bays at its UK stores in 2008
-
NewsTesco chairman attacks EU referendum plans
John Allan warns major businesses will move overseas if faced with uncertainty
-
NewsWarburtons and New York Bakery Co launch thin bagels
Baking giants Grupo Bimbo and Warburtons are both bringing thin bagels to market within days of each other.
-
NewsTesco pension changes to be fought by union
An official consultation process between Tesco and Usdaw began today and will run for a minimum of 90 days
-
NewsPoundworld unveils website
Poundworld say Poundworld Plus will offer its customers over 4,000 products at £1 as well as over 1,000 multi-price deals for more than £1
-
NewsNew Frontiers in Food and Drink conference announced
Developed for those working in the food manufacturing and food retail industries, the event will include presentations, roundtable discussions and taste testings
-
NewsCity Snapshot: Supermarket war takes toll on suppliers and producers
Supplier and food producers are feeling the pain of the long and brutal supermarket price war in what recovery specialist Begbies Traynor said was a “savage landscape”.
-
NewsMedia Bites 20 April: Tesco, Birds Eye, Co-op
Tesco readies itself for ‘horror show’ results, Birds Eye owner Iglo set to be sold for €2.6bn, and Co-op can’t commit to Fairtrade in tough trading environment
-
NewsThe Co-op Group cools Fairtrade ambitions in new policy
A motion for the group’s upcoming agm called on The Co-op to recommit to leadership on Fairtrade by increasing availability of Fairtrade products in stores
-
NewsCity News: Diageo's pain is SABMiller's gain
There were contrasting fortunes for the UK’s largest listed alcohol firms on Thursday…
-
NewsSunday trading survey shows support for all-store openings
The survey also showed 40% of people agree with the recent claim by Asda boss Andy Clarke that the Sunday trading laws were indicative of “rip-off Britain”
-
NewsPoundland sticks to its guns forcing in-depth CMA investigation of 99p deal
Poundland £55m acquisition of rival discounter 99p Stores will face in-depth scrutiny from the Competition and Markets Authority after the group decided not to allay the watchdog’s monopoly fears.
-
NewsCadbury: 'Instagram has trebled views for our online ads'
The chocolate maker used the site, in addition to TV and print ads, as one of Instagram’s first customers since it launched an ads service in September last year
-
NewsJim McCarthy: Poundland's growth is not dependent on 99p Stores
Poundland’s rate of store openings slowed during the previous financial year, giving it 547 UK stores
-
NewsBrakes Group plans Continental boost by acquiring Davigel
News broke on Wednesday that Brakes is in exclusive talks with Nestlé about acquiring Davigel - a deal that Brakes CEO Ken McMeikan said would, in effect, double its business in France
-
NewsIGD-led initiative eliminates 260,000t of food and drink waste
The objective of IGD’s work has been to inspire and enable companies to prevent or redistribute waste, to build understanding of the most effective solutions and to share this widely