Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 199

  • News

    here's the team

    2000-01-22T00:00:00Z

    The hullabaloo that surrounded news of the appointment of Sir Peter Davis masked the fact Sainsbury also rejigged its management. Most of the changes came in the supermarkets division as new md David Bremner sorted out his team. The decision to...

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    ETHICAL TRADING

    2000-01-22T00:00:00Z

    CWS and Sainsbury sourcing first fruit Fair outlook for banana sales Fairtrade bananas became a new element in UK banana retailing for the first time this week with the news that CWS is selling fruit imported from Costa Rica and Ghana in 1,000...

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    Here comes the sun

    2000-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Investors are so used to receiving bad news from Sainsbury that when the group announced Sir Peter Davis was joining as chief executive its shares shot up 5% ­ even though the announcement was accompanied by another profit warning. The City was...

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    Sainsbury's Supermarkets has signed a deal for a 10,000 sq f

    2000-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Knutsford, the investment company headed by four entrepreneurs including former Asda boss Archie Norman, has made a £600m bid for private equity business Wassall. It is believed to be a staging post before Knutsford moves on to a retail takeover...

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    Sainsbury's Supermarkets has signed a deal for a 10,000 sq f

    2000-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Knutsford, the investment company headed by four entrepreneurs including former Asda boss Archie Norman, has made a £600m bid for private equity business Wassall. It is believed to be a staging post before Knutsford moves on to a retail takeover...

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    PRESERVES

    2000-01-15T00:00:00Z

    The preserves market continues to decline in value 5% year on year, with all sectors down. The major fall is in marmalade, down 9%, with jam dropping 2%. This has been exacerbated by a substantial decrease in preserves' value within Sainsbury and a...

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    Sainsbury lays claim to safe raw eggs

    2000-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Exclusive Julian Hunt Sainsbury is close to cracking the age old problem of how to make raw eggs safe for pregnant women, children and the elderly. The multiple is working with a leading supplier to develop a completely natural process that will...

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    Food from Britain makes McNair its chief executive

    2000-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Exclusive Clive Beddall Former Allied Domecq and Sainsbury director David McNair is the new chief executive of Food from Britain. He joins the organisation next week and succeeds Patrick Davis, who leaves at the end of the month to become...

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    Full steam ahead

    2000-01-15T00:00:00Z

    n Sainsbury thinks flash pasteurisation could revolutionise food safety. Others think it may be a case of overkill, says Julian Hunt For US shoppers, flash pasteurisation is nothing new. Almost two-thirds of the fresh beef they buy in supermarkets...

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    Bremner starts fresh shake up

    2000-01-08T00:00:00Z

    The new boss of Sainsbury’s supermarkets arm is lining up another restructuring of the business…