Retail news from FPJ – Page 196
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ArticleNisa's charity raises nearly £1m for good causes
Making A Difference Locally has been successfully supporting charities for the past six years and has raised £6.2m in total
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ArticleSupplier blames 'too much change' for Philips' downfall
Key supplier to retailer claims “excessive” packaging redesigns among reasons that resulted in Philips’ exit
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ArticlePick of the crop
As its production in Uruguay and South Africa continues to grow, Argentina’s San Miguel is rebranding itself as a global expert in citrus
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ArticleInterview: Tattie high
Martyn Fisher meets the owner of Scottish produce firm Stirfresh, which hopes to use a tie-up with a comic book character for its branded range as a springboard to success
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ArticleInterview: Scaling produce ridge with Heritage
Martyn Fisher spoke to Nisa’s Heritage brand manager, Erin May, about the c-store chain’s plans to grow its produce range
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ArticleInterview: Bowling towards the future
Florette’s commercial manager Sandy Sewell chats to Nina Pullman about marketing plans for 2015, the trend for ‘extra convenience’ and the potential for the salad bowls
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ArticleTip of the iceberg
In a season dominated by retail price wars on iceberg lettuce, the salads category has seen deflation drive volumes up with growers left feeling the squeeze
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ArticleFocus on the future
Speakers at this year’s Oxford Farming Conference tackled some of the key industry issues for the future, including climate change, supply chains and the EU
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ArticleTesco launches app on Google Glass
Retailer becomes first to launch its grocery app for Google Glass to work alongside shoppers’ Tesco online accounts
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ArticleWaitrose halves price of 13 fresh produce items
Avocados, citrus and Pink Lady apples among produce with slashed prices in month-long ‘half price’ promotion event
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ArticleMorrisons CEO Dalton Philips to step down
Retailer’s boss set to leave as like-for-like sales fell by 3.1 per cent over Christmas period, the worst results out of the big four
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ArticleWaitrose new depot to create 450 jobs
Retailer's new south London distribution centre will help expand online business and is set to replace Acton facility
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ArticleChristmas sales up by 7 per cent at Waitrose
Like-for-like sales also increased by 2.8 per cent at the retailer for the five weeks ending 3 January 2015
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ArticleCoregeo boosts marketing team
Pink Lady and Tenderstem licensor has appointed Maxime Delacour as assistant marketing manager
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ArticleNFU is ‘in bed with supermarkets’, claims Monbiot
Guardian journalist George Monbiot has slammed NFU for being too close to ‘the big guys’, and claims CAP is 'unjustifiable'
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ArticleM&S sees ‘record’ food sales over Christmas
Premium retailer said food sales in Christmas week were up a record 17 per cent, and like-for-like sales grew by 0.1 per cent
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Article'Drastic Dave' to shut Tesco's Cheshunt HQ and 43 stores
"Important steps in the right direction" revealed alongside news that the retailer's Xmas like-for-like sales fell 0.3 per cent
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ArticleShorter supply chains ‘benefit growers’
Talk by Laurence Olins at Oxford Farming Conference evaluates role of the middleman in the supply chain
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ArticleSainsbury's suffers like-for-like sales drop over Xmas
The retailer's sales at stores open at least a year fell by 1.7 per cent excluding fuel in the 14 weeks to 3 January
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ArticleTraders donate produce to homeless charity
Donations from New Covent Garden Market to homeless charity Crisis meant it could supply 4,000 Christmas meals to those in need