Uniq has started a review of supply chain costs in order to counterbalance pressure on margins, although sales have continued to improve, chairman Nigel Stapleton told the company's annual general meeting this week.
In the first quarter of 2003 sales were up 5%, adjusted to allow for exchange rates and Easter.
regan revisited
The trial of Andrew Regan, the entrepreneur who made a failed bid for the Co-operative Group (then CWS), began this week. He is charged with stealing £2.4m from a subsidiary of the food company Hobson, of which he was chief executive.
The trial is expected to last four to six weeks.
northern up 6%
Northern Foods' first quarter trading was in line with expectations, with sales in the first 13 weeks up 5.8% overall and up 7% with its five largest customers.
But sales growth had been accompanied by pressure on margins, chairman Peter Blackburn said this week.
more snacking
Snacking in Europe is on the increase and will grow steadily over the next five years to a value of 180.6bn by 2007, an increase of 111.3bn over 2002 levels, according to new research by Datamonitor.
It suggests Europeans eat 4.5 times a day, and snacks account for 40% of those occasions.
tobacco call
Labour MP John Cummings has tabled an Early Day Motion calling for UK tobacco tax levels to be brought more into line with other European countries.
The motion "notes with dismay" that the influx of illegal tobacco is resulting in the average independent retailer losing almost £1,000 per week in tobacco sales.
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In the first quarter of 2003 sales were up 5%, adjusted to allow for exchange rates and Easter.
regan revisited
The trial of Andrew Regan, the entrepreneur who made a failed bid for the Co-operative Group (then CWS), began this week. He is charged with stealing £2.4m from a subsidiary of the food company Hobson, of which he was chief executive.
The trial is expected to last four to six weeks.
northern up 6%
Northern Foods' first quarter trading was in line with expectations, with sales in the first 13 weeks up 5.8% overall and up 7% with its five largest customers.
But sales growth had been accompanied by pressure on margins, chairman Peter Blackburn said this week.
more snacking
Snacking in Europe is on the increase and will grow steadily over the next five years to a value of 180.6bn by 2007, an increase of 111.3bn over 2002 levels, according to new research by Datamonitor.
It suggests Europeans eat 4.5 times a day, and snacks account for 40% of those occasions.
tobacco call
Labour MP John Cummings has tabled an Early Day Motion calling for UK tobacco tax levels to be brought more into line with other European countries.
The motion "notes with dismay" that the influx of illegal tobacco is resulting in the average independent retailer losing almost £1,000 per week in tobacco sales.
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