All Grocery articles – Page 675
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Whole Foods posts £9m UK loss
Upmarket US grocery chain Whole Foods has reported pre-tax operating losses of US$18.4 million ( 9.4 million) in the year to August 3 at its six UK stores.
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Oddbins bought by ex-MD's son
Wine retailer Oddbins has been sold to a consortium of investors led by the son of a former managing director of the company.
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Consumer confidence plummets again
Consumers are becoming increasingly nervous, with consumer spending growth expected to slow to just 0.5 per cent next year, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report.
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Tesco undercuts Asda school uniforms
Tesco has undercut rival Asda today with the launch of its Tesco Value school uniform for 3.50.
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Spending on school meals and uniforms soars
The cost for UK families of sending a child to school soared to 1,077 for the past school year to June.
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Thorntons retail director steps down
Thorntons retail director Dominic Prendergast has left the business and its board after seven years with the confectionary retailer.
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Opinion
Cash rich, time poor
Grocers talk about shoppers trading down out of restaurants to snap up ready meals in their stores to treat themselves at home. And for the likes of Waitrose and Marks & Spencer, plus the big four grocers, this may well be the case.
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Radley hires Mason as non-exec chairman
Radley has appointed Somerfield chief executive Paul Mason as non-executive chairman.
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Asda launches £4 school uniform
Asda will launch a 4 school uniform, its lowest price to date, sparking a new price war among the grocers.
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Ahold Q2 beats expectations
Dutch retail group Ahold has beat analysts expectations for the second quarter of its financial year, reporting net sales of €5.8 billion ( 4.57 billion).
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Tesco completes acquisition of Dobbies
In a stock exchange announcement today, the grocer announced that Tesco Holdings has bought 100 per cent of the issued share capital of Dobbies.
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John Lewis sales hit by hot weather
John Lewis department stores suffered a drop in sales after warm weather last week kept customers away from its shops.
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Metro results top expectations
German retail giant Metro has posted better-than-expected results for the six months to June 30.
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Government to pick grocery czar if talks fail
The Government will consider bringing in a grocery ombudsman itself if the Competition Commission cannot come to an agreement with the supermarkets.
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Tesco to ramp up banking offer in stores following £950m RBS deal
Tesco is poised to roll out personal finance desks in about 200 of its Extra superstores after buying Royal Bank of Scotland’s 50 per cent stake in Tesco Personal Finance (TPF) for 950 million.
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Tesco: The city view
Tesco’s share price fell a little this week, reflecting what analysts said was the “full” price paid for Tesco Personal Finance.
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Consumer confidence nosedives
Consumer confidence has plummeted to an all-time low as concerns over the economy and finances take hold.
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Retailers rethink business travel
More than half of retailers say they have changed the way they consider business travel out of concern for the environment, a survey has revealed.
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Analysis
Cool in a crisis
When Baugur bought Iceland three years ago it was on the brink and the retailer’s staff were far from happy. Katie Kilgallen finds out how drastic HR intervention helped transform the business.
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Carrefour picks new board to streamline management
Shareholders at French grocery giant Carrefour have this week approved the creation of a board of directors to simplify its management structure.