Retail news from FPJ – Page 209
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Tesco will trial healthy snacks at store checkouts
Retailer has committed to removing sweets from all checkouts by the end of year, and instead will test various healthy products
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Regal’in signs Waitrose marketing deal
French stonefruit brand launches 2014 marketing campaign with several retail contracts across Western Europe
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M&S profits dip for third year in a row
Like-for-like food sales were up 1.7 per cent in premium retailer’s full year trading statement, but profit before tax fell by 3.9 per cent
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Spain reduces stonefruit exports to Russia
Industry says trading relationship is 'normal' despite 2013 export figures revealing fall in stonefruit supply to politically tense Russia
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Ocado offers UK asparagus exclusive
Online retailer stocking Barfoots of Botley Crown Jewel variety as part of its Grown With Love range
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Salad brand wins bigger Waitrose presence
Steve’s Leaves has introduced new Persian Cress to the market and had listings of staple products doubled at premium retailer Waitrose
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British apples set for early start
EAP CEO Adrian Barlow says season could be three weeks earlier than last year, irrespective of the weather until then
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Suppliers urged to ‘speak frankly’
A new anonymous survey from the Groceries Code Adjudicator asks suppliers about the reality of relationships in retail supply chain
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New range for Urban Fruit
Euro Hooks on 35g packs to capitalise on consumer trend of healthy eating and busier lives
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Warburton's gluten-free veg wraps take foodservice by storm
Newburn Bakehouse, Warburton’s dedicated gluten and wheat free range, launches products in Starbucks and Costa
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Retailers in Stronger Together fight
The REC joins the ALP, BRC, GLA and the UK’s largest retailers to cut human trafficking and forced labour in the UK
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Sainsbury’s profit and like-for-like sales rise
UK’s third largest retailer records increased retail sales and profits, but Kantar data says it has still seen market share slide
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UK is top for South African peaches
‘Exceptional’ peaches buck the trend for declining export volumes in South African stonefruit with UK market as top destination
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Bubbleberry set for Waitrose stores
Exclusive perfumed fruit, official name being fragaria moschata, went on sale in selected Waitrose branches from Wednesday
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Sainsbury's eyes managerial revamp
New roles for Helen Buck, Paul Mills-Hicks and Roger Burnley ahead of Mike Coupe replacing Justin King as CEO
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Morrisons to cut price on 1,200 lines
The move comes as the UK's fourth largest retailer fights to win back shoppers after months of falling sales
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Credit rating agencies warn of possible Tesco cut
Standard & Poor changes its outlook on retailer's debt from stable to negative, following on from Moody's doing similar
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Tesco will pay for produce price cuts
Retailer will shoulder cost of latest reductions to produce, while one analyst says Tesco’s produce price strategy needs rethink
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New app to aid grocery transactions
GoKart will allow tech-savvy grocery retailers to increase the speed with which they order from their suppliers
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Morrisons invests to future-proof supply chain
Retail giant opens the third of its planned cost-saving, efficiency-driving five PCCs in partnership with Bibby Distribution