All Retail articles – Page 636

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    Pepper producers accredited

    2005-02-11T12:01:00Z

    Dutch producers are celebrating after gaining BRC accreditation for their specialist pepper production.

  • Healthy Valentines treat
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    Healthy Valentines treat

    2005-02-11T10:01:00Z

    Forget chocolates, Tesco and Waitrose are going head to head with a special healthy Valentines offer for romantic couples.

  • Tesco slashes produce prices
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    Tesco slashes produce prices

    2005-02-10T10:01:01Z

    Tesco has slashed the price on a number of produce items, in what it claims is a bid to get people eating healthily.

  • Icelandic bid for Somerfield
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    Icelandic bid for Somerfield

    2005-02-09T15:01:00Z

    Bullish Icelandic venture-capital group Baugur has made a £1billion takeover approach to UK supermarket chain Somerfield.

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    Counter-action boosts Scottish fruit sales

    2005-02-08T10:01:02Z

    Sweets and crisps on the checkouts of Scottish convenience stores are to be replaced with apples and oranges, as part of health bosses’ plans to clean up the nations diet.

  • Chip week ahoy
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    Chip week ahoy

    2005-02-05T11:01:01Z

    Chip lovers are flocking to the British Potato Council’s website, in preperation for National Chip Week.

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    Carrefour calm amid restructure speculation

    2005-02-04T13:01:00Z

    Carrefour shares are on the rise as speculation rises that it is about to restructure its management team.

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    Sainsbury's offers sports vouchers for veg

    2005-02-03T14:01:01Z

    Sainsbury’s is offering fruit and vegetable shoppers the chance to eat healthily and pick up school sports equipment at the same time.

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    Produce sales fall

    2005-02-03T10:01:01Z

    Fresh produce sales for 2004 were static and even dropped towards the end of the year, analysts have claimed.

  • Organic veg market matures
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    Organic veg market matures

    2005-02-03T08:01:00Z

    The UK organic vegetable market has stabilised and matured according to recent research from the Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA).

  • Article

    Toddler choked on grape

    2005-02-02T14:01:02Z

    A toddler choked to death on a grape at a Tesco checkout, as staff desperately tried to save him.

  • Article

    King's potential £5m payday

    2005-02-02T09:01:01Z

    Sainsbury’s is expected to put the final touches to a new incentive scheme for senior management over the next two weeks.

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    Councils back local produce

    2005-02-01T08:01:01Z

    County Produce Marketing, which opened its food-handling centre this week with the aim of selling locally grown food and drink, has revealed its concept has received wider backing.

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    Retail sales down for January

    2005-01-31T18:01:00Z

    Latest retail figures have shown sales in January were weaker than those a year ago, according to CBI.

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    Sainsbury's speculation

    2005-01-27T17:01:01Z

    Sainsbury’s is again at the centre of speculation following rumours that a four per cent chunk of the business was about to change hands.

  • Article

    Waitrose launches sustainable training

    2005-01-27T16:01:01Z

    Waitrose is demonstrating its backing for UK agriculture with the launch of its Centre for Sustainable Agriculture at Lancaster University.

  • Article

    Sainsbury's axes Uniq

    2005-01-27T14:01:01Z

    Prepared salads to ready-meals manufacturer Uniq is set to axe jobs after becoming yet another supplier to lose a major chunk of business with Sainsbury’s.

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    Retail must play bigger health role

    2005-01-27T12:01:01Z

    Retailers should be encouraged to play a greater role in improving public health, according to speakers at a major food industry lecture this week.

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    Tesco "spy chip" fury

    2005-01-27T10:01:01Z

    Tesco is in hot water with a US consumer privacy groups over its use of radio frequency identification tags (RFID).

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    Sainsbury's is set to reveal pay deals

    2005-01-26T10:01:01Z

    Sainsbury’s chairman Philip Hampton is set to present a new pay deal for chief executive Justin King to shareholders.