Retail news from FPJ – Page 187
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Asda launches ‘first-ever’ stripy pepper
Red and yellow striped pepper is grown by Dutch firm 4Evergreen and is marketed as having high levels of vitamin C
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Sainsbury's suffers sales slump
Trading conditions in the 12 weeks to 6 June 2015 hit by "strong levels of food deflation" and a "highly competitive pricing backdrop"
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Iceland Foods suffers drops in sales and earnings
Iceland chairman and chief executive, Malcolm Walker, said: “This has been an exceptionally challenging year for the group"
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Berry Gardens hires new Tesco and M&S account managers
Former Greenvale employee Chris Hooton and ex-Total Produce worker Lisa Dowding have joined the soft fruit giant
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Tesco trebles its exotic salad lines
Retailer says figures that show exotic salads are becoming lunch option of choice are behind move to expand range
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Waitrose in 'market first' salad product launch
Grower’s Selection Seasonal Salad Leaves pack, priced at £1.50 for 60g, includes micro wasabi leaf
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Aldi 'has most UK warehousing space' lined up this year
Aldi has planned over 2.5 million sq ft of UK warehouse space across the last two and a half years to meet future demand
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Morrisons only Big Four retailer to increase sales
Latest grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel show continued slow growth for supermarkets with sales up by just 0.2 per cent
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Fruit and veg shop to shut after quarter of a century
Abbey Fruits in southwest Essex set to close down this weekend because "there is not enough custom"
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Sark attack as Waitrose widens delivery network
Retailer now supplying goods to a store on the car-free island, with the delivery taken there by tractor-drawn cart
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Morrisons hires commercial director
Retailer hires former Asda and Tesco director Darren Blackhurst as new group commercial director
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Iceland marketing campaign promotes its fresh range
Despite campaign focusing on the 'Power of Frozen', retailer is also working on alerting consumers of its fresh fruit and veg range
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Amazon Fresh expands into China
Global e-commerce giant Amazon has rolled out home delivery of fruit and vegetables into China
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Aldi leapfrogs Tesco in global retail brand value index
German hard-discounter has moved into 8th place in the table compiled by the world's largest brand equity database, BrandZ
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Aldi UK names new joint MDs
Discounter promotes Giles Hurley and Dan Ronald as new joint group managing directors, following Matthew Barnes’ rise to CEO
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Tesco unveils new veg range to cater for diet craze
Cauliflower couscous, carrot spaghetti, and courgette ribbons products unveiled at the UK's largest supermarket
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Asda to import Bangladeshi mangoes
Retailer lists ‘first-ever’ Bangladeshi mangoes exported to mainstream European markets
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Inaugural FPJ Big 50 People lists produce's finest
Influential, committed, charismatic and successful - the FPJ Big 50 People lists the movers and shakers in fresh produce
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Pret to open first hospital branch
Due to open in early June, the fit-out is well under way at the site in Oxford, located in the atrium retail outlets of the west wing
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France makes it illegal for retailers to destroy food
French retailers must now sign contracts with charities under new law that means destroying unsold edible food is illegal