Supermarket chain Dave’s Marketplace has purchased QuickLabel’s Kiaro! inkjet label printer for use in printing custom labels for its prepared foods and fresh cut produce items. Dave's Marketplace used the label printer to ...
Talks between Woolworths and Australia's competition watchdog over the creation of a streamlined acquisition process have collapsed with the retailer arguing it should apply to all industry participants. A statement by the Australian ...
Tags: hardware, liquor, supermarkets, Woolworths
French food producer Blini has launched its gourmet dips and sauces range in new pots with in-mould labeling from RPC Superfos. RPC Superfos provided RingLock pots of 100g, 200g and 250g sizes for Blini's 'fine cuisine' range including ...
Tags: Blini, sauces range, RPC containers, RingLock pack
A new study by Consumer group Which has revealed that biscuits taste better if they are in fancy packaging. The research found that packs of cookies were scored higher by the testers who saw them before eating compared to those who tasted ...
Tags: biscuits, taste, ancy packaging
Danish packaging company Farch Plast has developed a new black crystalline polyethylene (CPET) material that can be detected by Near InfraRed (NIR) sensors. The move will enable recyclers to sort CPET in the mixed plastics waste stream. ...
German retailer Tengelmann, which owns the supermarket chain Kaiser, has booked an increase in full-year sales. In the 12-month period, net sales climbed 2.4% to EUR10.28bn (US$12.6bn), the company said this week. The company, which ...
Tags: Tengelmann, supermarket chain, Kaiser, increase, full-year sales
The CEO of Russian retailer X5 Retail Group Andrei Gusev has quit after just one year in the role. Gusev's departure is effective immediately, X5 said today (13 July), but he will remain with Russia's largest retailer by sales in an ...
Tags: X5 Retail, Andrei Gusev, departure, Gusev, resignation
(i)GDP In 2005, The GDP of Hebei province reached 1,009.61 billion yuan, of which the primary, secondary and tertiary industries were RMB 150.31 billion yuan,RMB 523.25 billion yuan and RMB 336.05 billion yuan respectively and per capita ...
Tags: Hebei province, survey, economy, investment
Any of us who have seen a celebrity chef knock up a fresh batch of pesto on TV will have had the same thought."Yes,"you will have thought."That man saying pukka a lot is right.I CAN grow herbs in my garden with which to add a punch of ...
One of the UK’s largest own-label cake and pastry manufacturers has been snapped up by a private equity firm in GBP 23.5M management buy-in deal (MBI). McCambridge's cake division bakes one in 10 of every retail pre-packed ...
Tags: cake, pastry, private equity, McCambridge
Waitrose has launched a Farming Partnership initiative, which it says further demonstrates its commitment to UK farming. The Waitrose Farming Partnership is the new umbrella under which all the retailer's "agricultural farmer-focused ...
Tags: Farming Partnership, Farming, farmer, agricultural farmer
A massive food recall is taking place in 36 states and Washington DC, over concerns of possible listeria contamination. This was implemented by Missa Bay, a subsidiary of New Jersey based Ready Pac Foods, after listeria contamination was ...
Tags: food recall, US, listeria contamination
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 ...
Tags: Kroger, profit, earnings rise, profit forecast
US cereal maker Post Holdings has recorded an increase in third-quarter profits and reaffirmed its outlook for the year. In the three months to the end of June, earnings reached US$15.8m, compared to $1.6m in the prior-year quarter, when ...
Tags: Post Holdings, cereal market, profits, earnings
Dutch supermarket operator and wholesaler Sligro has booked a 25.2% drop in operating profit as intense price competition and challenging economic conditions weighed on margins. The firm revealed this morning (19 July) that net profit ...
Tags: Sligro, profit down, operating profit