Halfords boss Matt Davies will take up role in June, while Tesco plans for 43 store closures and consolidation of head office locations. Retail giant Tesco has seen an improved performance over Christmas, with UK like-for-like sales ...
Tags: Christmas, store management, Toys
Concerns about labelling and a desire for convenience are trends that are set to continue into 2015, according to global market research organisation Innova Market Insights. Innova Market Insights has released its overview of the Top Ten ...
Tags: Food, Beverage, Agriculture
The Company has 15 stores in Melbourne, Sydney, New Zealand, Qatar, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Administrators have been appointed to the Company’s Australian operations, which include four Jones the Grocer stores in ...
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HJ Heinz has announced plans to divest its frozen ready meals manufacturing site in Dundalk, Ireland, to The Authentic Food Company for an undisclosed sum. The Dundalk factory employs 155 people and produces the WeightWatchers from ...
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Seafolly, Australia’s leading Swimwear Company, announced a new partnership with L Capital Asia, the Asian private equity fund sponsored by LVMH Mo Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.A. (LVMH). L Capital Asia 2 will be acquiring a controlling ...
Tags: Swimwear Company, Sporting Goods
The Pulse Beverage Corporation, makers of Natural Cabana Lemonades, Limeades, and Coconut Waters, and PULSE Heart & Body Health functional beverages,has secured placement of Natural Cabana Coconut Water into Whole Foods Market stores in ...
Tags: Pulse Beverage Corporation, natural and organic foods, Agriculture
US-based KeHE Distributors has acquired natural food products distributor Nature’s Best for an undisclosed amount. The move is in line with the company's strategy to become the preferred supply chain partner in the natural, ...
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Whole Foods Market strongly supports Oregon's Measure 92, requiring mandatory labeling of raw and packaged foods containing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) by January 1, 2016. More than 155,000 Oregonians signed a petition to put ...
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DuPont has approval for a probiotic health claim in Switzerland US-based agriculture and nutrition technology company DuPont has won approval for a probiotic health claim in Switzerland, saying it is the first ingredient company to ...
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Food and drink manufacturers may hold key to increasing fruit and veg intake Manufacturers of food and beverages may be the solution to low intake of fruit and vegetables, according to UK-based global market research organisation ...
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How much of Walmart's revenue comes from its shoppers' food stamps? The store isn't required to say. But a January Court of Appeals ruling could change that. If the unanimous decision by the Eighth Circuit's panel of three judges holds, the ...
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Peco Foods, a US-based poultry processor, plans to establish a poultry plant in northeast Arkansas, with an investment of $165m. As part of the project, the company will develop a poultry processing plant, supporting hatchery and truck ...
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Packaging News entered the debate via local radio as national newspapers seized on a report in the Grocer, claiming that 74% of respondents had been “forced” to take a knife to open packaging with 63% claiming they’d ...
Tags: Packaging, Grocer, wrap rage, Radio Devon
Tesco's UK like for like sales drop 2.4 per cent, while Morrisons sees a 5.6 per cent fall in sales Tesco has revealed that it experienced weak trading over the crucial Christmas period. Britain's biggest supermarket chain announced ...
Tags: Tesco, weak trading, Christmas sales, Morrisons, Marks, Spencer, grocer
The grocer recorded a 4.8 million shoppers on December 23 Asda is reporting its biggest ever trading day over the Christmas peak last year. The grocer recorded a 4.8 million shoppers on December 23rd as well as enjoyed its biggest ever ...
Tags: Asda, trading day, online shopping, Christmas, home shopping sales