Retail news from FPJ – Page 199
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ArticleVegetable vending machine unveiled in UK shopping centre
Installed on the second-floor of the Overgate centre in Dundee, and offers buyers bags of potatoes, or mixed trays of veg
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ArticleLewis to lead Tesco UK while Simister set to return
Tesco announces management shakeup with Matt Simister to return as head of GFS, but declines to comment on Chris Bush
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ArticleXmas food and drink spend on course to hit £20bn
Only three out of ten (27 per cent) shoppers are planning to do a ‘big Christmas shop’, though, IGD claims
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ArticleCo-op Food ‘should cut prices and buy more local produce’
Anticipated Have Your Say survey polled 180,000 people and will inform turnaround strategy of the Co-operative Group
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ArticleSuspended Tesco directors tipped for dismissal
Chris Bush and Matt Simister among those rumoured to be leaving the retailer, with Jill Easterbrook described as potential MD
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ArticleApple returns fall as retailers cut everyday prices
Dessert apple returns are 'much lower' than previous seasons, as impact of European market pressure starts to hit
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ArticleTesco funds 50 places on agri course
Retailer launches second Future Farmer Foundation and offers young people free place on agri-business course
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Leahy 'shocked' at Tesco scandal
Former Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy said he is 'shocked' at Tesco accounting crisis and urged stronger focus on shoppers
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ArticleChristmas sprinkled on Greenvale bags
Distinctive All Rounder paper bags updated with a jolly Christmas Greenvale potato on a snowy winter backdrop
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ArticleTesco shareholders to take legal action
Supermarket shareholders want compensation for losses caused by £263m profit overstatement
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ArticleSainsbury’s expands UK tomato season
New winter range claims to be first time LED technology has been used to expand British tomato season on commercial scale
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ArticleTesco welcomes new colourful potato line
Lincolnshire grower Branston's Rainbow potatoes have been launched exclusively in Tesco stores nationwide
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ArticleFood firms forced to close by price wars
Race to cut prices among major supermarkets is forcing more food producers out of business than last year, report finds
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ArticleFairtrade targets Asda and Tesco banana offering
But Tesco claims it already does more than certified suppliers and pays workers more than Fairtrade minimum wage
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ArticleRetailers fined for selling rotten fruit
Owners of Spencer Foods in Bradford admitted ten separate breaches of EU marketing standards for selling fresh fruit and veg
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ArticleNisa's fruit and vegetable sales soar following rebrand
Products in modified Heritage line unveiled in June, and success aligns with retailer's aim to create a £500 million brand
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ArticleTesco store staff welcome help from head office
Move by Tesco’s head office to work one day in stores every two weeks has been 'well received' by in-store teams
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ArticleCapital gains as Tesco/AMT parade Spanish citrus
This year's experiential activity to start season centred on handing out fruit at King's Cross and Waterloo train stations in London
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ArticleRetailers ‘must close’ one in five stores
Supermarkets need to shut stores to save costs, as price cuts are ‘not enough’ to fend off competition from discounters
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ArticlePurple craze set for sprout market
The Redarling variety, grown in Lincolnshire, set to hit the shelves at Waitrose this week, followed by Asda and The Co-op