Irish meat processor Silvercrest Foods is recalling 10 million burgers from supermarkets across Ireland and Britain over fears that the products may contain horse meat. This move comes after the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) ...
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The UK's Food Standards Agency has said it will consider taking legal action over the discovery of horse DNA in some beef burgers on sale in several retailers in the UK and Ireland. The UK's food safety watchdog is urgently investigating ...
Tesco has recalled some ranges of burgers in Ireland and the UK after food safety officials reported finding traces of horse meat in samples on sale in its stores, as well as in other retailers' outlets. Horse meat DNA was present in ten ...
German retailer Lidl is to make a "multi-million pound" investment in 35-50 new UK stores this year. The discount retailer said today (16 January) the investment, which will expand its portfolio from the current 600 UK store count, is ...
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Horsemeat has been found in some of the beef burgers that were sold in UK and Irish supermarkets, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI). This finding comes after the agency conducted a study examining the authenticity ...
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Sainsbury's was the only UK retailer among the big four to increase its market share in the last three months of 2012, according to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel. The retailer's sales climbed 3.4% in the 12 weeks to 23 December, ...
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Discount retailer Lidl has launched a trial "healthy till" initiative in a move that will see it remove confectionery products from its till areas. Impulse confectionery products, such as chocolates, will be replaced with foods that have ...
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Grocers undoubtedly felt the economic pressures in 2012 with discounters enjoying buoyant growth as a result of an increase in value-seeking consumers. Shoppers' focus on value led to rising online sales and further investment in the ...
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Jan Fuchs has become the latest senior executive to leave Russian retailer X5 Retail Group. Fuchs, the head of X5's hypermarket operations, had "decided to leave the company", X5 said in a statement yesterday evening (28 August). The ...
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Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King today (9 October) called on the UK food industry to adopt common front-of-pack nutrition labels. King said the sector should "put aside their differences" and introduce "universal" labelling. ...
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Ireland's grocery sales have seen their biggest fall for two years as shoppers reign in spending in the face of "tough" economic conditions, the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel reveal. According to Kantar, the grocery market fell by ...
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Irish grocery sales fell 0.9% in the 12 weeks to 5 August, according to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel. The decline was not as steep as the 1.3% slide in the 12 weeks to 8 July but again demonstrated the pressure consumers in ...
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Eight of the UK's major grocers have agreed to sign up to a set of "principles" on special offers and promotions on food and drink products. Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and The Co-operative Group are among retailers to have agreed to ...
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UK retailer Morrisons lost market share over the last quarter, according to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel. The retailer has experienced a sales decline of 1.1% in the 12 weeks ended 25 November, bringing its share down from 12.3% ...
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Grocery sales in Ireland remain under pressure, with the decline in sales accelerating, data from Kantar Worldpanel has shown. Sales fell 0.5% in the 12 weeks to 10 June, figures released yesterday (25 June) said. Last month, Kantar said ...
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