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UNDER PRESSURE
Booker's stunning swoop on Nurdin & Peacock last September was as logical as it was audacious. After all, the attractions of cutting one's throat in ferocious price wars hold little long-term appeal for any major company. And faced with...
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Under pressure
Sainsbury’s bosses insist they will deliver says Sean McAllisterSainsbury’s annual general meeting proved to be a bit of an anti-climax this week. The national papers had undertaken a concerted attack on its strategy and performance...
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Londis tunes in to Newsagents Radio
Londis has axed its pre-recorded music and messaging radio station Londis FM and signed up with Newsagents Radio to offer members a free live radio service.Set up by former Radio 1 DJ Bruno Brookes in February 2002, Newsagents Radio now has...
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What’s in the lunchbox today?
Ready meals have made dinner easier and cereal bars have shaken up breakfast – but the midday meal has been a little neglected.Convenience may be the food industry’s buzzword, but most manufacturers are just starting to come up with products...
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Farmed salmon ‘safe’
Salmon farmed in Scotland and Northern Ireland and tested for radioactivity has been cleared as safe to eat by the Food Standards Agency. The FSA tests checked whether technetium-99 and other radionuclides from Sellafield reprocessing plant...
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Shaping up well?
Given there are always plenty of people predicting a rather gloomy future for Somerfield, being invited to meet with executive chairman John von Spreckelsen at World’s End seemed somewhat ironic. But there were no prophets of doom to be found at the...
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Sainsbury: ‘not satisfied by sales performance’
Sainsbury has posted a 0.3% rise in first quarter like-for-like sales and blamed its transformation programme both in-store and within the supply chain for “disruption to the execution of our customer offer”.UK like-for-like sales including...
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JS sets out top fruit ambitions
Sainsbury is aiming to take the top spot from Tesco when it comes to English top fruit. Marcus Hoggarth, senior buyer for apples and pears, said the multiple was aiming for significant growth: "I'd like to see us stuff Tesco and get the number one...
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Coca-Cola Hellenic buys Romerquelle
Greek bottler, Coca-Cola Hellenic, has acquired the Austrian mineral water company Romerquelle for an undisclosed sum. The deal includes production facilities at Edelstal and Pottsching plus the mineral and wellness brands Romerquelle and...
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Greggs opens first forecourt unit
High street bakers Greggs is set to open itsfirst forecourt outlet in the UK at the end of the month.The shop, at the Fairfield filling station near Edinburgh, is part of the bakery chain’s strategy to develop new retail formats in areas off...
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Cirio gets more time to consider bankruptcy
Cirio, the troubled Italian canned food and tomato sauce maker, has been granted extra time by a Rome court – until September 17 – to decide whether to declare itself bankrupt. Cirio defaulted on a bond of 150m euros last November and was...
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New Reef flavour
Coors Brewers has added a new pear and grape flavour to its bottled alcoholic fruit juice range Reef to hit the shelves at the end of July. The new flavour follows the launch of a blackcurrant and raspberry flavoured Reef, six months ago....
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The bane of Ian Florey's working week is the M25 which mea
As Spar's trading manager for fresh, Florey says his favourite part of the job is being involved with the introduction of new ranges from the embryonic stage right through to the shelf and then "seeing the sales rolling in". Recalling his last...
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The bane of Ian Florey's working week is the M25 which mea
As Spar's trading manager for fresh, Florey says his favourite part of the job is being involved with the introduction of new ranges from the embryonic stage right through to the shelf and then "seeing the sales rolling in". Recalling his last...