Retail news from FPJ – Page 171
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ArticleBritish sea kale lands at Waitrose stores
The supermarket has spent three years trying to perfect the crop, which is described as having an asparagus and celery-like flavour
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ArticleNew shareholders for Bakkavor Group
Investment firm Baupost Group has bought 89 per cent of shares in Bakkavor in a deal worth £163 million
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ArticleChairman and CEO Neil Fraser leaves Produce World
William Burgess takes on the dual role after Fraser - who once told FPJ he wanted to make Produce World a £500m firm - exits the veg giant
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ArticleAround 300 jobs at risk at Bakkavor
Company has launched consultation period at its London site after losing a Tesco mashed potato supply contract
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ArticleWaitrose to launch supplier review
Retailer has launched an internal assessment including supplier payment times following reports that it takes 45 days to pay bills
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ArticleWaitrose's sprouter kit 'this year's must-have kitchen gadget'
The kit allows consumers to grow three types of seeds at the same, or to stagger them so they continually have a stock of seeds
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ArticleHundreds of jobs 'at risk' at Asda head office
Asda talking to workers about 'the certainty of permanent structural change'
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ArticleInterview: Asda’s UK grape vision
Alberto Goldbacher, Asda grape procurement manager, talks exclusively to Luisa Cheshire about its pioneering UK seedless grape-growing project in Kent
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ArticleChristmas brings UK grape growth
The UK experienced strong grape sales this Christmas, thanks to steady supplies, promotions and shoppers feeling the festive spirit
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ArticleTesco offers free fruit to counter Blue Monday
Retailer turns Blue Monday blue by offering free blueberries, and other fruit, to customers for two hours this afternoon
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ArticleNisa boss tips 'more consolidation' in c-store sector
Nick Read thinks the intense price war in the grocery market and changing shopping behaviours will fuel further deal-making
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ArticleG's Group CEO Alan Christie set to leave
G's has decided to split the role of Group CEO into three leadership positions in G’s Fresh, G’s Added-Value, and G’s Farming
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ArticleFlorette MD steps down after five years
Neil Sanderson is leaving the bagged-salad leader and will be replaced by Floreale operations director Doug Robertson
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ArticleAlbert Bartlett feels 'brunt of deflation' as pre-tax profit falls
Potato and veg giant’s turnover fell from £174.5m to £144.6m, and pre-tax profit fell from £11.5m to £8.5m in 2014-15
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ArticleTesco like-for-like Xmas sales rise by 1.3 per cent
Retailer reports ‘strong’ Christmas trading although saw sales fall by 1.5 per cent during the third quarter
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ArticleWoman 'finds baby weasel' in Asda salad
Rifat Asghar was eating a carrot and sweetcorn meal from the supermarket when a colleague allegedly spotted a 'furry lump'
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ArticleM&S launches mini Hass avocados
Premium retailer says it is first to stock baby avos, which are half the size of a regular fruit and grown in Spain
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ArticleSainsbury's reports 0.4 per cent fall in sales
Sainsbury's chief executive Mike Coupe said the supermarket had traded well in "a highly competitive market"
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Morrisons reports better than expected Christmas sales
Analysts had expected a fall in sales at Morrisons, which has been under intense pressure from rivals
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ArticleShopper 'finds live wasp' in bag of Tesco spinach
Londoner who claims to have made the find is also allergic to wasps, and was told to bring the spinach - and the wasp - back to the store