Retail news from FPJ – Page 381
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Compass points to share buyback
Catering giant Compass announce plans to buy back up to £300m of its shares.
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Retail spending slows
Results from the British Retail Consortium reveal a slowdown in consumer spending.
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Tesco puts toms on trial
Tesco runs loose, Spanish on-the-vine tomato trials in a packaging style normally associated with grapes.
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Santa checks out Spanish clems for Asda
Santa has been spotted amongst the orange groves of Spain.
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Canaries in tune
Canary Islands tomato growers will be backed in the UK by a promotional campaign run by Foods from Spain during the remainder of their season.
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Tesco produce chief speaks out
Steve Murrells terlls freshinfo his initial views having taken over as head of fresh produce at Tesco.
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Caulis get Kentish backing
Somerfield is supporting Kent-grown produce, with cauliflowers carrying the Produced in Kent logo introduced by Kent County Council. Pictured at Tuesday's launch are, left to right: Geoff Philpott; Stephen Conn, Somerfield's brassica buyer; and Paul Graves of AV Produce
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Record Bramley Apple Pie Week
This year's Bramley Apple Pie Week activities created media coverage valued at six times the original investment.
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AMS reports good Asda year
Advanced Marketing Services has announced a strong 20 per cent sales growth for 2002 with its Asda Wal-Mart account.
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Asda on Thames
Thames Fruit has been named Best Supplier of the Year 2002 by Asda for its "right first time" approach.
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Tesco / Gomez receive Spanish praise
Spanish minister of agriculture praise Tesco and Gomez for promotional support.
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What's in-store at Sainsbury's?
Sainsbury's buyers visit stores as part of programme designed to roll out to suppliers in the new year.
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Tesco and Spanish government stage strategy summit
Spanish minister of agriculture visits Tesco and A Gomez to discuss future collaboration.
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Budgens website offers on-line food tolerance database
Budgens has relaunched its website www.budgens.co.uk with a fresh new look, in line with Budgens "Where freshness comes to life" instore branding, and becomes the first supermarket site to offer a detailed food intolerance database.
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Safeway code
Safeway has colour-coded its own-label bagged salad range into three separate taste categories,
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Basingstoke's market first
The town centre in Basingstoke last week opened its Market @ Festival Square as a new concept in UK shopping-centre fresh produce sales.
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Fry joins retail panel at Congress
Peter Fry, head of produce at Tesco, sat on a high-powered retail panel at the Eurofruit Congress in Amsterdam.
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De Naeyer looks for retail support
Marc De Naeyer of FTK Holland aks for more retail participation in the retail division of Freshfel, of which he is chairman.
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Tesco sights on US
Tesco is set to expand in the US, said a keynote speaker at the Eurofruit Congress.