All Retail articles – Page 547
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Dunnes staff deserve Asda explanation
According to today’s Belfast Telegraph, Mandate, the trade union representing staff at Ireland’s largest retailer Dunnes Stores, has written to the company seeking clarification of rumours that it may be taken over by Asda.
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Waitrose opens first Dubai store
Waitrose today opened the first of two stores in Dubai - its first shops outside the UK.
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M&S suffers profit slump
The UK retailer has revealed its first half results, with profit falling 34.1 per cent
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ArticleM&S profits slump 34 per cent
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced a 34 per cent drop in half-year profits and plans to significantly reduce costs to regain its competitiveness on the high street
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ArticleSainsbury's frightened off Halloween range
UK supermarket chain abandons plans for range of mis-shapen vegetables after discovering individual staff members could be prosecuted under EU law
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Scot study points to loose money saving
A survey undertaken in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, has revealed that shoppers can dramatically reduce their bills by buying loose fresh produce.
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ArticleUnited Fresh releases consumer report
A new study monitors how different factors influence produce consumption behaviour across the US
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ArticleChiquita makes gains with Q3 results
Falling costs and good banana sales have buoyed Chiquita’s third quarter results
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Jeronimo Martins in Q3 profit jump
The Portugal-based retailer has beaten forecasts with a third-quarter net profit increase of 22.4 per cent
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ArticleBoycott builds case for London markets
At last week’s London Markets Symposium, Rosie Boycott told delegates from more than 20 London boroughs, as well as food groups and markets of all descriptions that wholesale markets are key to the London Food Strategy.
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ArticleSainsbury's tackles Brussels produce laws
Sainsbury's has written to the European agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel and British environment secretary Hilary Benn in a bid to pressurise bureaucrats to relax strict rules on the size, shape and appearance of fresh produce.
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ArticleTesco cuts sales targets
Tesco has cut its sales targets for the first time in years as it battens down the hatches and prepares the City and its shareholders for what it sees as a difficult period ahead.
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ArticleRewe targets sustainable sourcing
Extension of partnership with BASF to help improve environmental standards for fresh produce contract sourcing projects
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Pre-Christmas conditions to get tough
Conditions are toughening for customers and retailers as the crucial run-up to Christmas begins, said the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
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ArticleIndia monitors domestic consumption
Indian economists are keeping a close eye on local demand in light of the global financial downturn
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ArticleAeon opens Beijing mall
Japanese retailer Aeon will open its first shopping mall in Beijing early next month as demand in its home country wanes
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Waitrose set to open in Dubai
The UK food retailer will be the Dubai Mall’s anchor supermarket when it opens at the end of the month
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Retail margins to be squeezed this Xmas
Retail analysts Verdict Research is forecasting that UK shoppers will spend more this Christmas than last, despite the current financial crisis, but this extra spend will be driven by the higher cost of food.
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ArticleACS urges end to ombudsman prevarication
A leading trade body has hit out at the Competition Commission (CC) and government for dilly-dallying over the introduction of a grocery ombudsman, and accused supermarkets of cynical exploitation of consumer fears.
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Article25 years from 5 A DAY
Just 12 per cent of UK consumers are eating their 5 A DAY, according to the latest TNS Usage panel data, which concludes that the average intake of recommended fresh produce is 2.6 portions a day in this country.