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SunOpta Sells Minerals Business to Focus on Food Distribution
Feb 17, 2016Canada-based organic food company SunOpta has entered into an agreement to sell Opta Minerals business to Speyside Equity Fund for CAD$6.2m ($4.4m), in order to focus on its core business of food distribution. The acquisition proposal has ...
Tags: SunOpta, organic food
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Revenues for World's 250 Largest Retailers Reached $4.3 Trillion in The Last Fiscal Year
Jan 21, 2014Despite tough economic conditions, revenues for the world's 250 largest retailers reached $4.3 trillion in the last fiscal year (June 2012 through June 2013). The average size of the top 250 retailers exceeded $17 billion according to the ...
Tags: Retail Economy, Service
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China's Toy Industry Faces Added Safety Checks
Jul 21, 2013China's large toy industry, including its plastics-related toy makers, faces potentially stepped up scrutiny on safety and factory working conditions. The global toy industry's main certification program for ethical manufacturing among ...
Tags: Toy Industry, Safety Checks
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Tesco Continues to Struggle Across Europe
Jun 6, 2013Tesco continues to struggle across Europe, with like-for-like sales excluding petrol down 5.5% as “tough economic conditions, challenging competitors and over-dependence upon out-of-favour hypermarkets” take their toll. ...
Tags: chilled convenience meals, frozen beef, Tesco, Darren Shirley
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Vodafone's Revenue Dropped 4.2% Because of Tough Economic Conditions
May 24, 2013Vodafone's revenue dropped 4.2 percent for its fiscal year to March 31, because of tough economic conditions, particularly in Southern Europe. The operator's group revenue dropped to APS44.4 billion (US$67.8 billion) for the year ended ...
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Specialist Meat Packing Business Hilton Food Group Benefits From "Broad Geographic Reach"
May 16, 2013Specialist meat packing business Hilton Food Group is benefiting from its "broad geographic reach" despite the tough economic conditions, said City analyst Pamure Gordon. Hilton's wide geographic spread is helping to mitigate the full ...
Tags: Meat Packer, Hilton, Food
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Overall Retail Value of The UK Soft Drinks Industry Increased by 3.3% in 2012
May 13, 2013The overall retail value of the UK soft drinks industry increased by 3.3% in 2012 to nearly £15bn, according to the 2013 UK Soft Drinks Report, 'Refreshing the nation', by the British Soft Drinks Association (BSDA). Overall volumes, ...
Tags: Soft Drinks, Food
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Plans Are Coming Together and The Show Is Taking Shape
Mar 25, 2013Plans are coming together and the show is taking shape. And this year, there are many new and exciting features to share from more demonstrations on the trade show floor to a bigger Innovative Product Pavilion with more exhibitors and more ...
Tags: AGC Glass, Glass, low-e glass
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The New Production Lines Have Enabled Nestlé Waters to Cut Down Its Total Energy Output
Mar 18, 2013Nestle has announced the opening of the new 35m bottling and warehouse facility at Waterswallows in Buxton, as part of its plans to invest 500m in the UK over three years. According to the company, the new production lines have enabled ...
Tags: Nestle, bottling facility, bottling
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Putting Our Sustainability Strategy Into Action by Decoupling The Growth of Our Business
Feb 10, 2013Food manufacturing and consumer goods giant Unilever has demonstrated skill in navigating choppy global waters by delivering a solid performance in its fourth quarter results to December 31, with sales up by 10.5% to €1.3bn and profits ...
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Unilever Has Booked an Expectation-Beating Increase in Underlying Sales
Jan 24, 2013Unilever has booked an expectation-beating increase in underlying sales as growth of its personal care division offset a "weak" food performance. The Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant said today (23 January) that underlying sales in the ...
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Honda Accord Euro Would Not Be Produced
Jan 22, 2013Following speculation that a next-generation Honda Accord Euro would not be produced, Honda President and CEO, Takanobu Ito, confirmed to CarAdvice at the Detroit auto show that a new model is being readied. Asked directly whether a ...
Tags: Honda, Next-Gen Model, Accord Euro
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TCS Reported Strong Results and Forecast Its Annual Sales Would Top Industry Estimates
Dec 19, 2012India's largest software company faces a new set of challenges The effects of Western austerity and rising wages at home are hurdles that Tata Consultancy Service must overcome if it is to continue its growth. Tata Consultancy Services ...
Tags: software company, new set of challenges, rising wages, Western austerity
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TATA Has Called on Britain to Improve The Competitiveness of Its Manufacturing Sector
Dec 11, 2012Business Line reported that Mr Ratan Tata chairman of TATA Group has called on Britain to improve the competitiveness of its manufacturing sector, as he issued a warning about the high costs of doing business in the country. Mr Tata said ...
Tags: TATA Group, Jaguar Land Rover, TATA Steel, Tetley Tea
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CAT Construction and Mining Equipment Slowed Throughout The World
Oct 23, 2012Sales of Caterpillar Inc.'s (CAT) construction and mining equipment slowed throughout the world, rising 6% in the three months to the end of September. It was the 28th-straight three-month period of retail-sales expansion for the world's ...
Tags: Market View, Mineral Machinery