US retailer Safeway Inc ended its financial year with an acceleration in underlying sales growth in the final quarter and earnings per share that beat analyst forecasts. Safeway reported an 0.8% rise in identical-store sales, excluding ...
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US frozen-food firm Overhill Farms has seen its first-quarter profits slide after a shift in product mix, less favourable commodity prices and increased costs weighed on margins. Alongside the results, Overhill revealed it was in talks ...
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Australia-based Woolworths has recalled Woolworths Select Turkey Sliced 97% Fat Free as it may contain clear plastic, according to Food Safety Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ). The product subject to recall includes ...
US retailer Safeway Inc has appointed Peter Bocian to the vacant post of EVP and chief financial officer. Bocian will oversee the group's finance functions, reporting in to former finance chief Robert Edwards, who was promoted to the post ...
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Canadian retailer Metro Inc has reported an increase in first-quarter profits as higher sales boosted margins. Metro booked a 17.1% rise in net earnings to C$121.4m (US$121.1m) for the quarter to 22 December. Excluding profits from a ...
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Hero Nutritionals, a US-based maker of Yummi Bears, has added two sugar-free vitamins to its range of Yummi Bears, to help kids get essential nutrients without added sugar. The new Yummi Bears Sugar Free Multi-Vitamin & Mineral is a ...
The chairman and CEO of US retailer Safeway Inc, Steve Burd, has announced his intention to retire. Burd, who joined Safeway in 1992 as president, will step down at the company's annual stockholders meeting on 14 May. The group said it ...
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US retailer Save Mart is to hold talks with union officials in a bid to resolve a dispute over cuts being made to staff salaries and health care. Save Mart's offer for discussions follow a union vote in which a majority of members backed ...
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US retailer Safeway Inc has booked an increase in third-quarter earnings, helped by one-time items, but reported a drop in operating profit as it battled weak consumer confidence. The company said yesterday (11 October) net profit ...
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US retailer Safeway Inc has joined the recall of ground beef products supplied by XL Foods over fears that it could be contaminated with e-coli. Ground beef sold at the self-service meat counter and full-service meet cooler at Safeway ...
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US retailer Safeway Inc has booked a decline in operating profit in the first half of the year. For the 24 weeks ended 16 June, operating profits slid to $437m, an 11.9% decline on the prior-year period. The retailer blamed the dedcline ...
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US retailer Safeway Inc has joined the recall of ground beef products supplied by XL Foods over fears that it could be contaminated with e-coli. Ground beef sold at the self-service meat counter and full-service meet cooler at Safeway ...
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Australian supermarket chain Woolworths is recalling Macro Wholefoods Market Organic Biodynamic Almonds due to Salmonella contamination. According to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), the product being recalled was sold in ...
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US discount retailer Family Dollar Stores has hired Jocelyn Wong, an executive from larger grocer Safeway Inc, as chief marketing officer. Wong, who joined Safeway in 2010 from Procter & Gamble, will report to Family Dollar president and ...
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Canadian Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz has said the XL Foods plant at the centre of an E.coli outbreak will only re-open when there is written proof that there is no health risk from its products. XL Foods in Alberta had its ...
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