All Retail articles – Page 211
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ArticleExtreme weather 'to push food prices up five per cent'
Nightmare growing conditions likely to drive up retail prices in coming months, says consultancy CEBR
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ArticleWatchdog begins Sainsbury's-Asda investigation
CMA starts looking into mega-merger amid fears it could squeeze suppliers, push up prices and affect product quality
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ArticleWeather cuts plum season short by a month
Orchard expert says growers have had all the right conditions, just not in the right order
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ArticleRecord kiwiberry volume expected
UK season up and running with BerryWorld grower Withers Farm expecting to sell 50 tonnes this year
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ArticleMango sales up by a fifth at Asda
Retailer puts sales rises down to hot summer and 'growing popularity' of South Asian food
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ArticleAlbert Bartlett celebrates 70 years with retro packs
Vintage-look Rooster bags mark company's journey from beetroot boiler to leading potato supplier
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ArticleCarrot growers call for ‘lasting change’ to crop use model
Producers urge more retailers to follow Asda’s lead in adjusting specs and usage model after nightmare growing conditions
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ArticleSupermarkets reveal commitments to drought-hit growers
Six of Britain's top nine retailers outline measures taken to support growers through weather-related supply difficulties
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ArticleBooths makes plastic pledge
Regional chain to introduce compostable and reusable bags in the fresh produce aisle among a range of initiatives
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ArticleFrench unhappy with flavour
A new poll has found that French shoppers are critical of the flavour of fruit sold in the supermarkets, with little correlation seen between price and intensity of flavour
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ArticleSummer sun helps Co-op to strong growth
Latest Kantar grocery market figures show the good weather benefited sales of brands, as well as convenience outlets
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ArticleSainsbury’s and Asda ‘could sell up to 300 stores’
Retailers could be forced to close up to 300 outlets due to potential issues with local competition rules, according to new analysis
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ArticleAldi acts on black plastic
The retailer has revealed that it is phasing out difficult-to-recycle black plastic trays on its fruit and vegetables in the UK
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ArticleThird of fresh produce 'too ugly to sell'
Damning new report suggests Europe-wide problem with regulations, supermarkets and consumer attitudes
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ArticlePlastic pledge ‘a chance to be more transparent’
Commitments by UK retailers to reduce plastic are a valuable opportunity to win loyalty of new generation of environmentally conscious consumers, writes James Butcher, managing director of Solutions for Retail Brands
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ArticleEcovia predicts organic consolidation
Ecovia Intelligence, the UK-based analyst of the organic sector, believes recent acquisitions by Europe’s retailers are a mark of things to come
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ArticleHow social supermarkets are filling a gap in austerity Britain
Lopamudra Patnaik Saxena, a research associate at Coventry University, looks at the impact of social supermarkets and explains why they may not help fix inequalities in the food system
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ArticleIndia’s largest ecommerce deal cleared
Walmart has expanded in India, with a 77 per cent acquisition of Flipkart cleared at government level
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ArticleSwedes unwrapped: Asda ditches the plastic
Retailer removes wrapping from the root veg as part of 10 per cent plastic reduction commitment
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ArticleOnline grocery pinned to double share in Asia
IGD predicts that the online grocery channel will double by 2022, making it the fastest growing channel in Asia