The Group´s current chief executive John Walden is to step down following the £1.4bn deal. Sainsbury’s chief financial officer, John Rogers has been lined up to lead the Argos owner Home Retail Group once the takeover ...
Tags: Argos, takeover, the digital transformation
The supermarket will now set about its mission to create a ' ulti-product, multi-channel' retailer with around 200 stores. Sainsbury’s has won the four-month battle to buy Argos after the Home Retail Group’s owner agreed to a ...
Tags: Argos, Home Retail, Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's has confirmed that it will proceed with its offer for Home Retail Group (HRG), owner of Argos, and is "pleased" by last Friday's turn of events, which saw rival bidder Steinhoff international abandon pursuit in favour of ...
Tags: Sainsbury's, HRG, Argos
Italy is all set become the second European country after France to pass a law to reduce food waste by encouraging supermarkets to donate unsold food to charities. Food waste which costs the Italian economy €12bn (£9.4bn) ...
Tags: Food waste, Law, Donation, Unsold food
Ahead of today's 5pm deadline, Steinhoff backed out of making a bid for Home Retail Group at the last minute, leaving Sainsbury's the likely purchaser or the Argos business. Sainsbury's share prices rose sharply, while Home Retail Group's ...
Tags: Sainsbury's, Withdraw, CITY AM, Home Retail Group
Sainsbury's, Argos and Amazon also took home the gongs at the annual retailer awards earlier this week. Online retailer Shop Direct emerged as the big winner at this year’s Retail Week Awards 2016, taking the gong home in no less ...
Tags: Shop Direct, Retail Week Awards, Amazon, Argos
Home Retail Group has issued a trading statement for the eight weeks to 27th February 2016, a turbulent time for the company given the imminent sale of Argos and Homebase (the latter now completed). Chief executive John Walden ...
Tags: Home Retail Group, Argos
Supermarket chain Sainsbury's has issued a recall of its wholemeal bread after metal pieces were found in loaves. The recall of 45p Wholemeal Bread Medium Sliced and Thick Sliced was made after its supplier made a complaint, reported ...
Tags: Metal Fragments, Bread
UK-based juice company Simplee Aloe has added a new flavour to its range of Aloe Vera juice drink. The new flavour contains refreshing Aloe Vera blended with apple juice and a hint of exotic mango. With a dash of vitamin C, the new ...
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Wyke Farms, one of the UK’s largest independent cheese producers and milk processors, has launched newly designed branding and packaging for its entire core range of cheese. The luxurious look and feel of the newly branded Wyke ...
Tags: Wyke Farms, cheese, milk, New Packaging
Miso Tasty has introduced its premium soup range in around 200 Waitrose stores across the UK. Waitrose has stocked classic Shiro and spicy Aka flavours of the brand's instant miso soup. With a special introductory price of £3, both ...
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Valeo Foods has recalled Kelkin Milk Chocolate Break Wafers as they may be contaminated with Salmonella, according to the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA). The recalled product is Kelkin Milk Chocolate Break Wafers 'free from' Gluten with ...
Branding and packaging design firm Parker Williams has given a Rachel's yogurts a makeover with 'Bright ID' technology. In the maiden redesign during the past five years of Rachel, Parker Williams has worked towards matching the ...
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A strain of superbug MRSA has been found in pork sold in several British supermarkets, according to a Guardian investigation. The MRSA CC398 originates in animals due to excessive use of powerful antibiotics on factory farms. As part of ...
Tags: Pork Products, MRSA CC398
A spokesperson for Sainsbury’s confirmed to Packaging News the scheme would go ahead and reports have suggested more stores were slated to provide the facility this year – may be up to 400 outlets could offer the service. Last ...
Tags: Sainsbury, Christmas cards, Packaging