Spar Austria has introduced reusable bags for fruit and vegetables, as part of its efforts to reduce the use of plastic bags. Spar, through its hypermarket division Interspar, has launched new polyester net bags with a drawstring for ...
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US-based Twin Rivers Paper has signed an agreement to acquire Mondi Group’s paper mill in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Terms of the deal, which is expected to be completed in the second quarter of this year, have not been disclosed. Pine ...
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Fisher Container, a provider of custom flexible packaging for food and healthcare industries, has re-branded its subsidiaries Fisher Container, and Packaging Products (PPC) into the new entity PPC Flexible Packaging. The comprehensive ...
Over the three months to April, non-food retail rose by 0.3 per cent while online sales of non-food products were up by 8.2 per cent over the same period. In store sales fell 1.3 per cent. UK retail sales have registered their biggest ...
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Ardian has divested its stake in Germany-based food company frostkrone for an undisclosed sum to Emeram Capital Partners. frostkrone, which was established in 1997, manufactures frozen finger food and snack products in Europe. The ...
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United Natural Foods has reported financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended 30 July 30, 2016. Fourth Quarter and Full Year Fiscal 2016 Highlights Net sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 increased 7.4% ...
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 ...
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United Natural Foods has reported financial results for the second fiscal quarter and six months ended January 30, 2016. The Company also announced today that it has acquired certain assets of Global Organic/Specialty Source, Inc. and ...
Food retail in Australia is among the better-performing retail sectors contributing to only a modest rise is sales figures in February 2015. The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) said the seasonally adjusted rise (0.7 percent ...
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We all need to eat – and that means we all need food packaging, with most of us handling some form of food pack several times every day. Whether it’s the cereal box at breakfast, the sandwich packet at lunch, perhaps a snack in ...
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Global speciality ice cream restaurants company Baskin-Robbins has announced plans to expand its Australian store network by over 25 per cent in the coming year, and has appointed a new Marketing Manager. Baskin-Robbins has appointed ...
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Renewable packaging material provider BillerudKorsnas has introduced two new paper product families to meet growing demand for paper bags and carriers within the retail and food sectors. The company has introduced the new Xpression and ...
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KeHE Distributors has signed an agreement to acquire Nature's Best, a distributor of health and natural food products in California. KeHE stated that the acquisition will help the company to expand its national distribution capabilities, ...
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Spa is rolling LED lighting out across 250 stores across the country. The 250 stores are part of a major roll-out across Spa outlets in the UK by the Cross Group, specialists in refrigeration and energy efficient technologies, and food ...
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Renewable packaging material provider BillerudKorsns has introduced two new paper product families to meet growing demand for paper bags and carriers within the retail and food sectors. The company has introduced the new Xpression and ...