US general retailer Walmart has increased its share of the toy market. According to The NPD Group data for the three-month period ending December 31st, 2012, Walmart "improved market share in toys and the Walmart entertainment ...
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Asda, the UK's second-largest retailer, saw its underlying sales slow in the last three months of its financial year. The company today (21 February) reported its like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, increased by 0.1% in the 14 weeks to 5 ...
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The Authentic Food Company has reported a 10% rise in sales and a 15% hike in profits in its latest financial report. Authentic Food said it expected to achieve revenue of pound 50M this year The Manchester-based supplier of Indian, ...
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Results from the first set of UK tests on beef products for horsemeat have in the main cleared the country's retailers. Products from Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, The Co-operative Group and Iceland Foods tested negative for traces of ...
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The Argos-owned Chad Valley is the third biggest toy brand in the UK, with revenues of £430 million in 2010/2011 (the latest official figures published). Sainsbury’s is planning to significantly expand its Grow & Play line. It ...
Asda has recalled fresh sauce manufactured by private-label giant Greencore after finding horse DNA in the line - the first product outside the frozen aisle to become embroiled in the contamination scandal. Greencore has confirmed it ...
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Aunt Bessie's has added to its range of frozen accompaniments in the UK with the launch of four new side dishes. The products include creamy garlic mushrooms, creamed spinach, pea crush with a hint of mint and creamy cheese & onion potato ...
Tetra Pak has supplied its Tetra Prisma Aseptic carton with DreamCap to the UK-based Fresh Marketing for the launch of its cereal brand Fuel’s range of ambient, milk-based breakfast drinks. According to Tetra Pak, the ergonomically ...
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Point-of-sale and in-store marketing group Bezier has gone into administration just a week after it lost a £10m contract with Boots, Packaging News can confirm Administrators from financial services group Deloitte were appointed to ...
Tetra Pak has supplied its Tetra Prisma Aseptic carton with DreamCap to the UK-based Fresh Marketing for the launch of its cereal brand Fuel’s range of ambient, milk-based breakfast drinks. According to Tetra Pak, the ergonomically ...
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Increasing demand for Asian snacks has led to an expansion of food manufacturing that will create 100 jobs at Euro Foods in the West Midlands. Food manufacturer Euro Foods is to create 100 jobs at its site in the West Midlands Euro ...
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Meat firm Cranswick has fought off still competition to win a pound 30M contract to become Asda’s main fresh pork supplier. An Asda spokeswoman told FoodManufacture.co.uk: “We have moved the majority of our pork business ...
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N Brown Group plc, the online, catalogue and stores retailer, is delighted to announce the appointment of Angela Spindler as Chief Executive Officer. Angela has been CEO of The Original Factory Shop since 2009, where she has led the team ...
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Mike Logue is set to leave struggling chain Mothercare after his role was made redundant in a management restructure. The UK MD moved to Mothercare from Asda in late 2011, and is due to leave in the next couple of weeks, Retail Week ...
Filler ingredient from Poland is the source of horse DNA found in beef burgers on sale in the UK and Ireland, according to Irish agriculture officials. Fresh tests on the suspected Polish ingredient have shown up to 20% horse DNA content ...
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