Retail news from FPJ – Page 178
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ArticleTesco set to sell off sites to raise £250m
Around 10,000 homes could be built on the sites in London, the South East and Bath as a result
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ArticleCoregeo launches new re-sealable Tenderstem pouches
New packaging aims to capture consumer imagination with stand-up pouches complete with handle and recipe ideas
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ArticleSan Miguel celebrates 60th birthday at Anuga
Citrus supplier hosted 100 guests at iconic KölnSky building in Cologne this week and outlined its plans for the future
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ArticleAsda nabs Sainsbury’s top director
Roger Burnley joins former colleague Andy Clarke at Asda as chief operating officer, leaving Sainsbury’s with immediate effect
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ArticleFlorette launches ready-to-fry potatoes
Salad brand has entered the fresh cut potato sector with launch of ready-to-fry chips in Spanish market
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ArticleAlbert Bartlett launches frozen potato products
Homestyle chips and Rooster Roasts mark beginning of Scottish potato supplier’s move into frozen sector
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ArticleEx-Bartlett boss named as Tyrrells international MD
Former MD of Albert Bartlett Paul Parkins has joined crisp giant in newly-created role of international managing director
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ArticleDried fruit is back in fashion
It’s snack time for two produce firms who are breathing new life into lapsed dried fruit and date brand Eat Me
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ArticlePrices spook pumpkin growers
Suppliers of the seasonal favourite say next year could see prices rise by as much as five per cent following increased labour costs
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ArticleTop fruit in tip-top shape
Despite some scares with hailstorms reportedly damaging whole farms, apples and pears are on the cusp of a highly successful season
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ArticleScotHerbs to close after losing major contract
Langmeads-owned herb grower set to close with 62 proposed job losses after losing a contract worth half its turnover
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ArticleMorrisons ditches discounter price promise
Retailer will no longer price match against Aldi and Lidl as it backpedals on new loyalty scheme Match & More a year after launch
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ArticleTesco posts further fall in profits
Underlying profits for the first half of its financial year were £354 million, 55 per cent down on the same period last year
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ArticleTesco 'to make life easier for suppliers', as Lewis says sorry
The UK's leading supermarket is to introduce a new standard approach in an attempt to help small and medium-sized businesses
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ArticleSainsbury's boss: Online is 'profitable' and 'important'
Mike Coupe tells delegates at The Big Debate that supermarkets need to ensure that grocery shopping is 'personalised'
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ArticleSupermarkets need to get ready for 'radical' changes
IGD chief executive Joanne Denney-Finch pointed to changing consumer habits, and the need to change store layouts
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ArticleRetailers partner up to help dementia research
Asda, Iceland, Morrisons and Waitrose will donate money from new plastic bag levy to help fund new dementia research centre
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ArticlePepper, grape and apple supermarket prices fall
Comes as the cost of a basket of grocery essentials fell in September to the lowest amount so far in 2015, according to MySupermarket
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ArticleSainsbury's suffers yet more falling sales
Like for like sales fell by 1.1 per cent in Q2 2015, but Sainsbury's said it is working to change things, citing improvements on its avocado range
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ArticleApples at the core of brand-new Waitrose TV ad campaign
The advert will be the first on TV for the supermarket in over 12 months, and includes Bramley and Cox apples