All Grocery articles – Page 550

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    News

    Asia and Fresh & Easy give Tesco a little help

    2010-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Food retail stocks lagged both their general retail peers and the market as a whole again despite a robust set of half-year results from Tesco.

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    Opinion

    Sainsbury’s stays a step ahead

    2010-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury’s boss Justin King should be feeling pretty pleased with himself. Having successfully silenced all the naysayers who said Sainsbury’s would be the first to suffer in the height of the recession, he is continuing to steer his ship onto a winning course as the economy improves.

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    News

    Age of food discounter over as Aldi racks up £54m loss

    2010-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Aldi, the German discounter that became a byword for the shift to value in the recession, has suffered a dramatic reversal of fortune, turning a £93m pre-tax profit in the UK and Ireland into a £54m loss last year.

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    Ahold appoints Europe COO Dick Boer as CEO

    2010-10-07T13:11:00Z

    Ahold has appointed Dick Boer as chief executive of the company, with effect from March 2011. He will succeed John Rishton, who is leaving to become chief executive of Rolls-Royce.Boer, who has been with the company since 1998, is chief operating officer of Ahold’s European division and member of the ...

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    Couche-Tard drops pursuit of Casey's General Stores

    2010-10-07T13:09:00Z

    Canada-based convenience store operator Couche-Tard has dropped its almost six-month-long pursuit of US convenience chain Casey’s General Stores. Couche-Tard said it had allowed its offer of $38.50 (£24.30) per share to expire - none of Casey’s common stock was purchased and all tendered shares will be returned promptly.“We have decided ...

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    Eroski posts decrease in turnover to £3.1bn

    2010-10-07T12:58:00Z

    Eroski has posted a 1.05% decrease in turnover to €3.7bn (£3.1bn) for the first half ended July 31. Pre-tax loss for the period decreased 50% to €34m (£28m).The supermarket chain managed to cut its debts to €265m (£220m) and to keep its competitive position in the market via a reduction ...

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    Lidl to acquire competitor Tengelmann's Plus discount stores in Bulgaria

    2010-10-07T12:53:00Z

    Lidl has been given the regulatory go-ahead to acquire competitor Tengelmann’s Plus discount stores in Bulgaria.Following an investigation by the country’s competition commission, the authority concluded that the deal would not hinder competition in the retail market. Plus Bulgaria has been running 23 stores since October 2009, with a staff ...

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    News

    Asda receives rebate from parent Walmart

    2010-10-07T10:08:00Z

    Asda received a £115m rebate from its US parent which boosted profits but lifted its tax bill, according to figures filed at Companies House.

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    News

    M&S UK like-for-likes climb 5.3%

    2010-10-07T08:40:00Z

    Marks & Spencer has said customers are “returning to quality” as it reported like-for-like UK sales up 5.3% in its second quarter.

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    News

    Sainsbury's reports like-for-likes up 2.9% in Q2

    2010-10-06T09:58:00Z

    Sainsbury’s has reported like-for-like sales for its second quarter up 2.9% excluding petrol, with new stores, online and non-food all driving growth.

  • Thorntons has reported a 4.1% fall in like-for-like sales
    News

    Thorntons first quarter like-for-likes fall 4.1%

    2010-10-06T08:52:00Z

    Chocolatier Thorntons has reported a 4.1% fall in like-for-like sales at its own stores over the first quarter of the year.

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    News

    Food inflation hits 15-month high

    2010-10-06T00:02:00Z

    Food inflation has hit a 15-month high rising to 4% in September, compared with 3.8% in August, British Retail Consortium (BRC) figures show.

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    News

    Tesco profits climb 12.5%

    2010-10-05T16:28:00Z

    Tesco has reported a 12.5% increase in group pre-tax profit in its interim results, with international sales helping to offset the subdued growth in the UK.

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    Opinion

    Food glorious food

    2010-10-04T09:45:00Z

    You get to see a lot of shops in this job, but not many of them are food retailers. And even when you do wander into a new store, there are roughly two chances of it appearing particularly innovative: slim and fat.

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    News

    The Carlyle Group buys NBTY

    2010-10-01T16:15:00Z

    Global asset management firm The Carlyle Group has completed its $4bn acquisition of NBTY, which operates the Holland & Barrett chain.

  • Costcutter and Nisa Today’s are embroiled in a dispute over a conflict of interest
    News

    Convenience store chains in board room dispute

    2010-10-01T10:01:00Z

    Convenience chains Costcutter and Nisa Today’s are embroiled in a row after Costcutter chairman Colin Graves resigned from Nisa Today’s board in a dispute over a conflict of interest.

  • Sales at John Lewis rose 15% last week
    News

    John Lewis reports 15% weekly sales rise

    2010-10-01T09:06:00Z

    Sales at department store chain John Lewis rose 15.1% last week to £58.7m.

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    Analysis

    Meating and greeting

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Victor Churchill, a butcher’s shop in Melbourne, takes a mundane commodity and turns it into a real spectacle. John Ryan reports

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    News

    Expanding Sainsbury’s opens its largest store yet

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury’s opened its largest store this week as it seeks to fulfil its ambitious expansion plans.

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    Opinion

    Sainsbury’s treads carefully

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    After hunkering down and sticking to the knitting during the recession, the attractions of trading in foreign climes are once again moving up the retail agenda despite the rather uncertain trading conditions at home.