UK retailer The Co-operative Group has added to its food management team with the appointment of executives from Tesco and Asda. Matt Hood will join the Co-op next month as head of commercial trading for dairy, chilled prepared foods and ...
Peter Marks, chief executive of UK retailer The Co-operative Group, is to retire next year, the company announced today (7 August). Marks plans to leave in May after six years as chief of The Co-op. He joined the UK's fifth-largest food ...
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The Co-operative Group has announced a further increase to the premium it pays to farmers who are in its liquid milk pool. The news comes as a further sign UK retailers are ready to compromise on the price they pay for milk in the face of ...
The UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred Booker's acquisition of Makro to the country's competition authority. Booker revealed in an announcement today (7 November), the OFT's decision to refer its completed acquisition of Makro ...
Tags: competition authority, food wholesaler, local cash-and-carry assets
UK frozen food retailer Iceland Foods has reported a 14% increase in full-year profits as it reported a solid increase in sales despite fierce competition. Iceland booked net profit before tax of GBP147.5m (US$229.8m) for the 53 weeks to ...
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Associated British Foods has secured an own-label bread contract with UK retailer The Co-operative Group previously held by rival Premier Foods plc. The contracted, confirmed today (25 October), will take effect from the "middle part" of ...
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UK retailer Asda will increase the premium it pays the farmers who supply its liquid milk through the Arla Foods Milk Partnership. After demonstrations targeting Asda for paying below the cost of production, Asda has bowed to pressure and ...
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UK retailer Asda has booked an increase in second-quarter sales but sales slowed in the most recent three months of its financial year. In the three months to the end of June, excluding fuel, net sales grew 3.2%. Comparable sales, ...
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Marks and Spencer's food business will continue to prosper, the UK retailer's chief executive said today (10 July), despite the head of the division being moved to lead its under-pressure non-food arm. Marc Bolland told just-food the ...
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Almost seven years since Tesco first announced its plan to enter the US, the UK retailer has today (5 December) said it is "likely" to quit the market. Tesco said it would take too long for its Fresh & Easy chain to reach the "scale and ...
Environment-friendly textile products displayed by the Taiwanese textile producers participating in Texworld, an international textile exhibition, drew much attention of global buyers, said the Taiwan Textile Federation. Everest ...
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A school uniform that continues to look new, after the first week of term, is every parent's dream. Thanks to an enzymatic bioblasting process, UK retailer, Marks & Spencer (M&S), has recently turned this into reality. Increasing quality ...
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Mothercare plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Matt Smith as its Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director. Matt will join Mothercare on a date to be announced. Matt Smith is currently Finance Director at Argos, part of ...
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Morrisons is offering shoppers that do not normally shop at the UK retailer discount cards in a bid to revitalise sales. The UK's fourth-largest grocer, which has seen sales come under pressure in recent months, is issuing cards that ...
Morrisons today (8 November) announced commercial director Richard Hodgson will leave the UK retailer - on the day it reported another quarter of falling like-for-like sales. Third-quarter sales came in lower than expected as the UK ...
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