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NewsTesco confirms joint venture with CRE in China
Tesco confirmed today it is entering a joint venture with China Resource Enterprise (CRE), which will see its Chinese stores combined with CRE’s Vanguard business.
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NewsFood industry execs begin African trek for charity
Fourteen senior figures from the UK food industry have begun a 145km trek across Tanzania to raise money for the charity Farm Africa.
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News2 Sisters fined £112,500 for flouting FSA shelf-life guidance
Poultry giant 2 Sisters Food Group has been fined over £110,000 for giving chicken products four days’ extra shelf life, thereby increasing the risk of botulism to consumers.
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NewsFonterra and Danone lock horns over whey protein recall
Fonterra is locked in a dispute resolution process with Danone following its precautionary recall of whey protein concentrate in August, the New Zealand dairy giant has confirmed.
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NewsTesco results: Progress in UK, but international picture worries
Progress on the home front, though slow, only partially offsets analysts’ concerns over Tesco’s international ventures.
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NewsTesco hits the accelerator on store revamps as sales drop
Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke has declared 2014 will be “the year of the hypermarket” as he revealed the retailer was planning a massive rollout of the pilots trialled in areas such as Watford.
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NewsToday’s Group adds nine on-trade wholesalers to buying group
Nine on-trade wholesalers have joined Today’s Group, which now boasts on-trade members with a total volume worth £450m.
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NewsSainsbury’s sales powered by own-label and convenience
Strong growth in own-label, convenience and online has helped Sainsbury’s record like-for-like sales growth of 1.4%, excluding fuel, for the first half of the year.
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NewsSainsbury’s to sponsor Sport Relief Games
Sainsbury’s has been named sponsor of the first Sport Relief Games, which will take place in March next year,
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NewsAsda launches three-month delivery pass with special offer
Asda has cut the cost of online home delivery with a new £15 pass covering three months’ worth of deliveries.
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NewsWaitrose ramps up 10% off deal for myWaitrose card holders
Waitrose has taken aim at Tesco in a new campaign to promote an extension of its 10% off deals for myWaitrose cardholders.
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NewsPoundland boss on flotation talk: It’s a natural output of success
Poundland CEO Jim McCarthy has described a flotation as “a natural output of success” as speculation continues to build that the discounter is to launch an initial public offering (IPO) for next year.
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NewsSainsbury’s online sales break the £1bn barrier
Online grocery sales at Sainsbury’s have broken the £1bn barrier.
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NewsManflu launches energy tablets to get poorly fellas off the sofa
The Manflu range of products designed to “comfort and sooth” sickly fellas is expanding into energy tablets…
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NewsJohn Pattison returns as sales director of Budgens
Musgrave GB has appointed former Appleby Westward MD John Pattison as sales director for Budgens…
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NewsSainsbury's choir enters BBC2's Sing While You Work
A choir made up of Sainsbury’s workers will feature on the second series of BBC2’s Sing While You Work…
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NewsV-Tex could offer fridge-free future for drinks aisles
Finally, a solution to that most vexing of problems: how to make warm beer cold, and quickly…
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NewsMorrisons shifts ordering system from paper to tablet
Morrisons has completed the rollout of tablet order pads to staff.
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NewsTesco seeks 100 computer programmers for new technology hothouse
Tesco CEO Philip Clarke introduced the retailer’s new £119 computer tablet Hudl this week…
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NewsYogurt Council to 'increase the knowledge base' about yoghurt
The yoghurt industry is to get a new promotional body to promote the versatility and nutritional benefits of yoghurt…