UK retailer Waitrose has today (13 September) recorded an increase in first-half profits boosted, it said, by sales, increased efficiency and investment in convenience and online. In the six months ended 28 July, operating profit climbed ...
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US retailer Kroger has increased its full-year profit forecast after reporting a rise in third-quarter earnings. In the three-month period ended 3 November, earnings climbed to US$316.5m from $195.9m a year earlier, which included a ...
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Integrated Bagging Systems (IBS), a division of Inteplast has announced the launch of its new disposable Inte-Fit Hybrid Gloves in new packaging. The new Inte-Fit gloves are eco-friendly as they are 100% recyclable and additionally the ...
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US natural and organic retailer Natural Grocers plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange. Natural Grocers, which has stores in ten US states, said yesterday (18 June) it had not determined the number of shares it will offer or the ...
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October 16, 2012 Datalogic S.p.A., a global leader in Automatic Identification and total solutions provider of bar code readers, data collection mobile computers and vision systems, is celebrating 40 years of bringing quality solutions ...
Rachel's Organic has relaunched its My First Yoghurts children's range with an improved recipe. The range, which now includes an additional peach variant, is made with "real fruit purée and no colourings, artificial flavourings, ...
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US regional retailer Ingles Markets saw its sales growth quicken in the third quarter of its financial year. The company, which runs over 200 supermarkets, said grocery segment comparable-store sales increased 2.1% in the quarter to 23 ...
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South African retailer Shoprite Holdings has booked an increase in full-year like-for-like sales. In the 12 months to the end of June, the group saw like-for-like sales climb 8.5%. Total turnover increased 14.4% to ZAR82.7bn (US$10.04bn). ...
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Chilean retail giant Cencosud has booked an increase in earnings for the third quarter of the year. Net profit in the three months to the end of September grew 20% to CLP66.9bn (US$139.4m), the company reported today (20 November). The ...
US natural and organic retailer Natural Grocers plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange. Natural Grocers, which has stores in ten US states, said yesterday (18 June) it had not determined the number of shares it will offer or the ...
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US retailer Stater Bros. has reported a drop in third-quarter profits as an increase in costs offset higher sales. Stater Bros., which runs over 160 stores in California, booked net income of US$7.2m for the 13 weeks to 24 June. A year ...
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Sainsbury's this morning (14 November) reported an increase in half-year profits, a period in which the UK retailer said it had "outperformed" its competitors. Pre-tax profits were up 2.5% to GBP405m in the 28 weeks to 29 September. ...
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US regional retailer Tops Friendly Markets is to buy a clutch of stores from GU Markets in the north-east of the country. Tops has agreed to acquire 21 supermarkets in the states of New York and Vermont from GU Markets, an affiliate of ...
Pan-Asian retailer Dairy Farm International Holdings has posted a rise in half-year profits, boosted by recent acquisitions and new store openings. Profit attributable to shareholders increased 8% to US$245m for the first six months of ...
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Sabra Dipping Co., the dips venture run by PepsiCo and Israeli food group Strauss, is to set up an R&D facility in the US. The company is spending US$28m on a facility in Chesterfield County in Virginia. Strauss decided to run its US ...
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