All articles by Charlie Wright – Page 14
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NewsForever Fish sustainability campaign begins at M&S
A new campaign by Marks & Spencer to educate shoppers on sustainable fish begins today. Forever Fish is being funded with a new carrier bag that costs shoppers 5p apiece.
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NewsAsda ups local sourcing targets after hitting billion-pound landmark
Asda has racked up sales of locally sourced produce worth £1bn over the past decade. The supermarket announced the landmark 10 yeas to the day after it began working with local and ethnic suppliers.
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NewsOFT orders Princes to find Fray Bentos buyer
Princes has been ordered to offload the Fray Bentos brand by the Office of Fair Trading, following its £182m swoop for Premier Foods' canned business.
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Comment & Opinion
Back of the net
Typical. You wait months for a sustainable fish initiative and then a whole bunch come along at once.
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NewsDiscounters hang on to record share as shoppers get post-wedding blues
The discounters and Waitrose have made further gains on rivals over the past three months, as the UK’s economic woes continue to polarise shopping habits.
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NewsCadbury cleared of racism in Naomi Campbell ad row
The Dairy Milk advert at the centre of a row with former supermodel Naomi Campbell was not racist, the advertising watchdog ruled today.
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Comment & Opinion
Ad of the Week: Kronenbourg opts to Suggs it and see
Kronenbourg continues to Slow the Pace with another ageing icon reprising former glories. Now Madness top geezer Suggs, features sagging like a punctured balloon, offers a mournful take on Baggy Trousers, all wheezy sax and arthritic,...
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NewsTesco unveils £3.60 school uniforms
Tesco has kicked off the new back-to-school season with the launch of its cheapest school uniform yet.
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Comment & Opinion
Gold standard
Last night The Grocer crowned its annual champions, dishing out 25 awards to the industry’s finest at a black-tie bash in London’s Guildhall.
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Comment & Opinion
King's royal flush
Three months ago, Sainsbury’s supremo Justin King caused a few eyebrows to be raised when he claimed the Royal Wedding was “not a sales opportunity in any meaningful way”.
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News
Pain in Spain for Imperial Tobacco as price war bites
A price war over cigarettes in Spain could hit Imperial Tobacco’s bottom line by up to £110m, the company warned yesterday.
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Comment & Opinion
Ad of the Week: Easy does it for Air Nectar
After a decade-long drive downmarket, Sainsbury's has far more in common with EasyJet than it once did. Both share an orange livery based on the tans in The Only Way Is Essex. Both get upset if you urinate in the aisles. And now you can...
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Comment & Opinion
Mutiny-proofing
Where Tesco leads, others follow. Marks & Spencer might be a very different business but the high street giant has followed Tesco’s example with a shake-up of the pay for its top bosses.
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NewsMorrisons buys supplier Flower World
Morrisons has bought wholesaler Flower World, in the latest move by the supermarket to integrate its supply chain. Flower World already supplies around a third of Morrisons’ fresh flowers, including supplying its Fresh Lab concept store in Leeds.
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NewsPatak’s turns up heat with new extra spicy range
Patak’s is spicing up its range of Indian cooking sauces with a new extra-hot line. Its new Hot & Spicy range comprises a Tikka Masala, a vindaloo and – hottest of all – a phal (rsp: £1.59 each).
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NewsTrust is key to ‘new retailing’ says Tesco boss Clarke
Philip Clarke has set out his vision of a “new retailing” based on consumer trust, where technology removes the boundaries between online and in-store shopping.
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Comment & Opinion
2011: a floorspace odyssey
Arthur C Clarke always said he was an optimist. Not for him the rainy, oppressive dystopia of 1984 or Bladerunner.
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NewsRasta Pasta is latest launch from Levi Roots
Levi Roots has added to his ever-expanding line-up with Rasta Pasta, marking his second product launch in a week. The Caribbean-themed pasta sauce features sun-ripened tomatoes, pineapple and guava. It is available now in Morrisons (rsp: £1.89).
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NewsHeineken caught up in row over S&N pensions
Heineken has denied breaking promises to Scottish & Newcastle workers over pension commitments passed on following its takeover of the company in 2008.
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Comment & Opinion
Putting down Roots
When does the little guy become the big guy? At what point does a cottage industry become a sprawling commercial empire with fingers in every metaphorical pie?