Retail news from FPJ – Page 119
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ArticleReynolds wins restaurant supply award for fourth year running
Fresh produce distributor wins Best Fruit & Veg Supplier ahead of Wellocks and Natoora, while McCain is named Best Frozen Brand
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ArticleFresh food growth drives record Xmas sales at Tesco
Supermarket enjoys record volumes and sales in four weeks before Christmas, with like-for-like sales up 2.3 per cent across third quarter
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ArticleM&S hit by sluggish sales
Like-for-like food sales decline at upmarket retailer, with traditional end-of-year spending held back by consumer caution
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ArticleSainsbury’s ups profit forecast after record Christmas
Online orders account for 20 per cent of sales as retailer records its best ever third quarter and raises full-year profit estimate
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ArticleLidl toasts New Year with raft of Christmas records
Retailer was joint fastest-growing retailer over Christmas with year on year sales up by 16 per cent
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ArticleTesco gets wicked with exclusive new veggie range
Retailer has partnered with Derek Sarno of Wicked Healthy for new range of 11 meals and nine food to go options
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ArticleKeep customers close and expect further change – Co-op boss
Steve Murrells addressed Brexit, climate change and labour concerns during keynote speech at Oxford Farming Conference
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ArticleXmas shoppers spend £1bn more than last year
Average household spends a record £1,054 on groceries in last three months of 2017, with Aldi and Lidl growing sales fastest
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ArticleMorrisons like for like sales up 3.7 per cent over Xmas
Retailer saw like for like sales rise over six-week Christmas trading period thanks to growth in premium and automated ordering
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ArticleIt’s Fresh! wins £7.6m cash injection
New funding from US freshness technology specialist AgroFresh Solutions will enable global expansion
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ArticleLidl to open largest RDC near Luton
New warehouse will be Lidl’s fourth in Greater London as supermarket opens five new stores in capital in next two months
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ArticleOrganic Trade Board wins £1.7m loan from ethical bank
Loan from Triodos Bank will allow the OTB to access EU funding and move forward with new three-year campaign
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ArticleWaitrose unveils new label for healthy food
Retailer’s Good Health mark will help shoppers identify healthy choices and comes alongside raft of new veg-based products
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ArticleSoil Association launches new online campaign
Charity’s first January campaign will showcase organic suppliers’ produce and promote their businesses through its website
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ArticleAsda quits buying group to prioritise direct model
Retailer has left the European Marketing Distribution buying group to prioritise and strengthen its direct to supplier model
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ArticleLidl and Sainsbury’s hit by stock shortages
Customers of both supermarkets take to Twitter to complain about empty fruit and veg shelves at some stores
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ArticleNew contracts boost Nisa’s Christmas sales
Total sales up 17 per cent in 10 weeks to 31 December following organic growth and supply contract wins at Costcutter and McColl’s
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ArticleAldi sales jumped 15 per cent over Christmas
Discounter enjoyed ‘busiest-ever Christmas’ as demand for premium lines boosted sales during month of December
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ArticleWhitworths joins with Wallace and Gromit creators
Dried fruit and nut supplier has developed a new animation campaign for its Bright Little Nuts kids snacking range
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ArticleIsraeli exotics season gears up
Exporter Yapro expects passionfruit yields to be up by 15 per cent after good growing conditions and increased plantings