All Grocery articles – Page 707
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News
Ocado reaches financial milestone
Internet grocery retailer Ocado expects to become profitable next year after ploughing 350 million over eight years into the business.
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Analysis
Can Duddy keep grocers at bay?
Asda chief Andy Bond is the latest in a long list of retailers to have set their sights on stealing a slice of the action from catalogue giant Argos. George MacDonald asks what their chances are
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News
Edeka teams up with Plus to challenge Aldi and Lidl
Edeka aims to improve its position in the German grocery market by expanding via acquisitions and partnerships.
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Opinion
Buckle up for food prices to keep rising
Rising food prices are vote losers. So are climbing petrol prices. Around the world, food prices are beginning to escalate – not helped by the latter.
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News
Morrisons third-quarter growth accelerates
Morrisons has reported robust third-quarter figures, driven by increased marketing activity supporting the roll-out of its new branding and Market Street store presentation.
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News
Co-op distribution rethink lifts stock availability
The Co-op has improved on-shelf availability in the Southeast by using new warehouse management software at its regional distribution centre in Thurrock.
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News
Sainsbury's to ban unsustainable palm oil
In an effort to preserve rain forests, Sainsbury’s has announced that it will phase out the use of palm oil from unsustainable sources in its own-brand products.
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News
PM calls for forum to cut plastic bag use
Gordon Brown has called for a forum of supermarkets, the British Retail Consortium and other groups to investigate how to eliminate plastic bag wastage.
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News
Marks & Spencer in India joint venture talks
Marks & Spencer is in talks with several Indian companies about launching a joint venture that could accelerate its expansion in the country.
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News
Ahold appoints chief executive
Dutch food giant Ahold has promoted John Rishton, who has been acting chief executive since July, to president and chief executive with immediate effect.
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Opinion
Asda boss bullish about next year
Retail Week picked the brains of Asda's chief executive Andy Bond this week about his thoughts on Christmas, non-food, online groceries and enhancing its operations.
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News
Tesco IT chief to step down
Tesco IT director Colin Cobain will step down from his role before the end of the year.
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News
Higher food prices will scare shoppers
For most Retail Week readers, the cost of a pint of milk or a packet of biscuits is neither here nor there when their weekly bills are totted up.
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News
Soaring demand for fine wine drives Majestic profit skywards
Demand for fine wines helped specialist wine retailer Majestic push pre-tax profits up 16.7 per cent to 7.5 million in the 26 weeks to October 1.
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News
Tesco eyes Chicago for East Coast Fresh & Easy growth
Tesco is thought to be eyeing Chicago for Fresh & Easy stores. The city is thousands of miles from its fledgling operation on the US West Coast, launched this month, indicating that Tesco plans to rapidly gain geographical spread in the US.
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Analysis
A step too far?
Sainsbury’s sparked a public debate last month when it announced it would allow its Muslim employees to refuse to sell alcohol. An act of sensitivity, or political correctness gone mad? Charlotte Dennis-Jones reports
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News
Metro mulls sale of its Extra chain to fuel global growth
German retail giant Metro Group is understood to be in talks to sell its Extra supermarket chain and a transaction could be completed by the end of the year.
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News
M&S raises stakes in India as it tests appetite for food
Retailer extends range as it pursues more international growth opportunities
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News
City airs concerns on Sainsbury’s as grocer shrugs off bid collapse
Can Justin King make Sainsbury’s great again? Analysts mused the question a week after the collapse of Delta Two’s bid, as the grocer posted an interim rise in profits and sales and launched a property joint venture with Land Securities.
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Opinion
UK retailers are ready for the US
“If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere,” sang Frank Sinatra, but it could equally be Sir Philip Green, Sir Terry Leahy or Charles Dunstone’s refrain as each sets out on the most ambitious mission of their distinguished retail careers.