All news articles – Page 2773
-
NewsAsda hands McKenna chief operating officer role
Asda chief financial officer Judith McKenna will step into the chief operating officer role unexpectedly vacated by Simon King last week. McKenna, who joined Asda over 15 years ago, will take over responsibility for all Asda’s retail operations, including its stores, distribution network and IT systems.
-
NewsDelistings by Tesco push Premier into profit alert
A Grocer investigation into a pricing row that saw Tesco delist a quarter of its branded Premier Foods products prompted the supplier to issue a shock profit warning yesterday, admitting the dispute had cost it £10m.
-
NewsP&H appoints sales and commercial director
Wholesale giant Palmer & Harvey has appointed Martyn Ward as its new sales and commercial director. Ward starts on Monday and replaces commercial director Peter Austen, who last month announced his intention to leave the wholesaler.
-
NewsTesco: supplier cull to benefit ‘power brands’
Tesco has revealed plans to slash its number of suppliers and replace their products with its own brands and "power brands" produced by its key strategic partners in its central European stores, and experts are predicting it could provide a model...
-
NewsLast three Haldanes stores shut up shop
The final three Haldanes stores have been closed, a week after the embattled chain slipped into administration. Stores in Tattershall, Wigton and Crieff were closed today, meaning all 26 outlets previously trading under the Haldanes Stores banner have now shut.
-
NewsPrice Guarantee mastermind is next to quit Asda
The man credited with masterminding Asda’s influential price guarantee scheme has quit after just a year as marketing director. Jon Owen is leaving the supermarket to become director of Shop Direct Group’s Very brand.
-
NewsCamelot wants five-year extension in return for new terminals
Camelot has offered to add thousands of new terminals to its network of lottery retailers in return for another five years as the National Lottery operator. The National Lottery Commission is considering the proposal, which would see 8,000 new terminals added and Camelot’s operating licence extended until 2024.
-
News
Fake store to teach shoplifters a lesson
Midlands Co-operative Society is to fund the development of a mock-up shop to teach young people that shoplifting is not a victimless crime.
-
NewsThorntons to slash high street store numbers
Thorntons could close as many as 180 stores over the next three years as part of its turnaround plan. Announcing the findings of a wide-ranging strategic review, the chocolatier today said it would close at least 120 stores as leases expired, with a further 60 in doubt.
-
NewsSoft drinks meets squirty cream in Tango aerosol
Britvic is putting the fizz back into fizzy drinks with an aerosol-powered Tango that squirts soft drink into the consumer’s mouth. Turbo Tango (rsp: £1.60), which “features nitro-fuelled aerosol technology to deliver a foamy blast of orange”, is aimed at teenagers.
-
NewsOcado celebrates profits landmark with Carrefour tie-up
Ocado has announced its first-ever interim pre-tax profits. The online grocer turned the £6.7m deficit it suffered for the first half of last year into gains of £200,000 this time around. Sales rose almost 21% to £296.7m for the 24 weeks to 15 May.
-
NewsStella Cidre ‘running out of apples’ as sales soar
AB InBev is struggling to source enough Jonagold apples to keep up with “unprecedented demand” for its new Stella Artois Cidre.
-
NewsSainsbury’s plans its own offensive in the price-matching wars
Sainsbury's is considering launching a price-matching voucher scheme to rival Asda's Price Guarantee and Tesco's Price Check. The supermarket chain has been canvassing opinion via a survey on whether shoppers would welcome a scheme that...
-
News
World News 25/6/11
The US Supreme Court has dismissed a class action sex discrimination lawsuit against Walmart that would have been the biggest in US history. The ruling overturned a judgement by a lower appeals court that 1.5 million female Walmart employees...
-
News
Trial date set for two men accused of conspiracy to blackmail Palmer & Harvey
Two men have pleaded not guilty to blackmailing wholesaler Palmer & Harvey. Clive Garrad, 60, a company director from Newmarket, Suffolk, and Charles Taylor, unemployed, 32, from Dartford, Kent, put in their pleas at Guildford Crown...
-
News
Kerrygold adds olive oil to spreadable line
Doing its bit for fusion food, Kerrygold is aiming to tap into the popularity of the Mediterranean diet with the launch of Kerrygold Spreadable with Irish Butter and Olive Oil.Available in full-fat and lighter variants (rsp: £2.80 for a...
-
News
Asda teams up with LEAF on soil advice
Asda has teamed up with LEAF to produce a booklet designed to help farmers improve their soil health.Simply Sustainable Soils sets out six steps for farmers to improve the performance, health and sustainability of their land.
-
News
Stonegate aims new egg brand at bakers
Egg producer Stonegate has launched an egg brand targeted at home bakers to tap into growing consumer interest in home baking and cupcakes.Ella Valentine Baking Eggs (rsp: £1.29 for six) are being rolled out to the multiples over the...
-
News
PepsiCo: ‘We have all played an unwitting part in obesity crisis’
The chairman and chief executive of PepsiCo has admitted that food and drink companies have played an unwitting part in creating the obesity crisis. Indra Nooyi told more than 400 manufacturers and retailers gathered at the Consumer Goods…
-
News
Apex solves the clash of the Lifestyle fascias
Blakemore Wholesale has launched Apex Local Stores as an alternative fascia to Lifestyle Express for its Landmark Wholesale cash & carry retail customers. The new fascia has a white flag on a green background.