All Retail articles – Page 248
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ArticleMorrisons buys Farmcare potato operations
Retailer has acquired Farmcare’s Carnoustie potato packhouse and signed wider supply contract
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ArticleAvocado and prepared salad sales surge
Data provider IRI reports strong sales growth in avocado and prepared salads thanks to 'clear trend' towards healthy products
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ArticleRetail food donations 'do not help cut waste'
Forcing retailers to donate surplus food to charity is a short-term fix with negative impacts on poverty and food waste, report finds
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ArticleIndustry reacts to Tesco-Booker merger
More buying power in high street retailers and restaurants are a plus for suppliers, say analysts, with some potential for own-brand
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ArticleTesco to buy Booker in £3.7bn deal
Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis said the agreement means the creation of the "UK's leading food business"
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ArticleNZ retailer trials electric delivery vans
Foodstuffs will trial zero emissions electric delivery vans across its New Zealand stores
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ArticleSainsbury’s and Aldi follow iceberg price rises
US-grown iceberg is selling for £1.40 at Sainsbury's and 78p at Aldi as Spanish chaos leaves major supply chains short
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ArticleRetailers call on EU to do more to tackle food waste
EuroCommerce says governments must look at innovative solutions such as introducing tax exemptions on food donations
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ArticleGhabbour targets UK for mangoes
The Egyptian exporter sees good potential in the UK for its seafreighted mangoes, including varieties such as Yasmina and Fagr Klan, which are less well known on the market
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ArticleAsda selling US iceberg for £1.20
Retailer is still selling Spanish produce for 50p in other stores, while some stores are reportedly capping iceberg purchases
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ArticleTesco rolls out wonky veg to Europe
Retailer’s Perfectly Imperfect range will be trialled in 50 central European stores using out of spec apples, potatoes and carrots
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Supermarket redesign will prioritise veg
A new trial run by Sainsbury’s and Oxford University will place veg options next to meat and reward vegetarian purchases
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ArticleDutch seaweed specialist launches ‘seaweed bacon’
Seamore follows up success of 'I Sea Pasta' with seaweed that masquerades as bacon and changes colour when fried
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ArticleLondon chain partners with food waste charity
Pod has signed up to donate its surplus food to new food waste charity The Felix Project
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ArticleAhold-Delhaize reports 'strong sales'
Retailer reports on pro-forma net sales of €15.5bn, up 2.8 per cent at constant exchange rates
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ArticlePrice and choice drive grape sales
Consumers are spoilt for choice in the grape category, with volumes up substantially as retailers back the fruit
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AnalysisOpinion: Christmas giveaways devalue produce category
Christmas discounting and giveaways devalue produce during a peak sales period, writes consultant Andrew Ovens of Paradox Marketing
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ArticleTroy Foods appoints MD for salads
Former director at Samworths Peter Canetti has joined Yorkshire firm to manage rapidly-growing salads division
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ArticlePretty pink onions raise £25k for Cancer Research
Stourgarden and Tesco beat 2016 fundraising target thanks to strong sales of exclusive onion variety Rosanna Pink
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ArticleVietnam launches traceable vegetables
Ho Chi Minh City is rolling out QR codes on packaged vegetables across all VietGAP-certified cooperatives.