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 ...
Tags: profits, retailer, sales, operating profit
Finnish food group Raisio has added to its confectionery stable with the acquisition of Czech group Candy Plus. Raisio said the EUR20.5m deal would "complement" its UK confectionery operations, which the Fox's mint brand. The company ...
Tags: Raisio, acquisition, Candy Plus, food industry
Optical component,module and subsystem maker Oclaro of San Jose,CA,USA says that its subsidiary Oclaro Luxembourg S.A.has priced its offering of$25m of Exchangeable Senior Secured Second Lien Notes(due 2018),which are to be sold to ...
Tags: Optical component, module, Oclaro, San Jose
In the early times people have to bear all the hardships at a work place because of non availability of the safety equipments and garments to cover different body parts to avoid the risks at most.But man has always been seriously concerned ...
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced that it has been notified that three marinated mushrooms products, manufactured in Poland, do not bear the correct allergen labelling. The products contain sulphites, which are not declared ...
Tags: FSA, mushrooms products, allergen labelling, food industry
The week's two major stories broke within hours of each other on Wednesday - Tesco admitted it was "likely" to leave the US and Germany's Intersnack snapped up United Biscuits' salty snacks business. Elsewhere, ex-Tesco CEO Terry Leahy led ...
Tags: salty snacks, Intersnack, Hula Hoops, McCoy's, Skips, dairy, pork sector
German snack firm Intersnack has agreed to acquire UK-based United Biscuits' (UB) snacks division, KP Snacks, from its private equity owners Blackstone and PAI Partners. This move is a part of the Intersnack's strategy to strengthen its ...
Tags: Intersnack, snack, snack business, food industry
(i) GDP Data In 2005, XPCC realized a total output value of 33.112 billion Yuan including an output value of primary industry of 13.064 billion Yuan, that of secondary industry of 8.335 billion Yuan, that of tertiary industry of 11.713 ...
Tags: XPCC, survey, economy, investment
Speech by the Chairman of the Autonomous Region Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR), situated in the northern border area of China, possesses unique regional advantage and consummate infrastructure. With abundant resources it enjoys ...
Tags: IMAR, survey, economy, investment
(i) GDP Data In 2005 the GDP of Zhejiang province was 1,336.5 billion RMB, among which the added value from the primary industry was 87.3 billion RMB, the added value from the secondary industry was 714.7 billion RMB, the added value from ...
Tags: Zhejiang province, survey, economy, investment
In the first quarter of 2012, PPR posted €3.3 billion in revenue from continuing operations, up 7.9% on a comparable basis and 15.4% on a reported basis versus first quarter 2011. This strong start to the year was powered by the ...
Tags: Alexander McQueen, Brioni, CEO PPR, Francois-Henri Pinault
Canadian c-store chain Couche-Tard has booked an increase in first-half profits boosted by acquisitions. In the 24 weeks ended 14 October, earnings amounted to C$278.1m (US$279.7m), a 9.9% increase on the prior year period. The group said ...
Tags: acquisition, Couche Tard
Suzanna's Kitchen, a producer of prepared meat products, is recalling 35,800 pounds of breaded chicken products as they may contain pieces of plastic, according to the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service ...
Tags: Suzanna's Kitchen, meat products, recall, food industry
The Metropolitan Police Service's IT director talks to Computer Weekly about the Olympian challenges facing IT transformation at the Met now the London 2012 Games are over. Steve Whatson(pictured),director of ICT for the Olympics and ...
Tags: Metropolitan Police, ICT, Steve Whatson, cloud-based
Cotton Council International(CCI)and Cotton Incorporated,in cooperation with USDA,jointly presented the seventh biennial Sourcing USA Summit in Rancho Palos Verdes,California.The event,held on November 12-16,attracted 400 delegates from 23 ...
Tags: CCI, Cotton, seventh biennial Sourcing USA Summit, event