All articles by Elinor Zuke – Page 13
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NewsSpar trials essential baby products
Spar is targeting new parents with low prices on essential baby products.
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NewsCoffee shortages loom as climate change takes hold
Severe coffee shortages and price hikes are on the cards unless the industry takes urgent action to help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change.
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NewsWaitrose: brand matching pledge is ‘seminal moment’
Waitrose’s pledge to match Tesco prices on all branded grocery products is a “seminal moment”…
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NewsPremier shareholders express anger at Schofield payoff
Premier Foods faced a major revolt over executive pay at its AGM yesterday when 26.3% of shareholders voted against its remuneration report.
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NewsBurchell gets nod as Musgrave GB trading director
Musgrave Retail Partners GB has promoted Kenton Burchell to the role of trading director.
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NewsHall hands Health Lottery reins to ops director Wall
Martin Hall has stepped down as chief executive of The Health Lottery, just six months after its launch.
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InterviewsMusgrave's unification
On the eve of its results, Musgrave Group CEO Chris Martin reflects on the unification of its Irish and UK operations, and the significance of its Superquinn acquisition.
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Analysis & FeaturesAsda drives up wine promos
Asda has been hitting the bottle in a big way over the past month, while Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco all ran fewer featured space promotions.
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Analysis & FeaturesThe new-look Makro depots from top down to inside out
Makro takes The Grocer on a tour of the new-look depots, where sharper ranging has been accompanied by staff empowerment.
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NewsSimply Fresh trialling direct delivery of fruit and veg to local stores
Fruit and veg is being delivered straight from markets to c-stores as part of a trial by symbol group Simply Fresh
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Garden centre run by Waitrose boss's wife falls into administration
A garden centre and fine food business owned by Judith Price, the wife of Waitrose boss Mark Price, has gone under after losing money for eight consecutive years.
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Chairman put up £2m in attempt to save DBC
Tarsem Dhaliwal, the chairman of DBC and one of three shareholders, personally guaranteed £2m as part of a last ditch attempt to save the company.
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NewsMults make hay with Easter bank holiday alcohol promos
The mults encouraged shoppers to drink up over the Easter bank holiday before the government called time on cheap alcohol promotions.
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NewsWing Yip to extend Croydon store
Oriental wholesaler Wing Yip has bought land for a major expansion of its Croydon store.
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DBC redundancies likely to rise
More than half the workforce at DBC Foodservice have been made redundant and the figure is likely to rise, administrators have warned.
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NewsBudgens opens fresh-focused concept store
The first Budgens concept store has opened in Hedge End, Hampshire, in a bid by Musgrave to recruit more retailers.
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Analysis & FeaturesSo where was Walker when DBC skidded out of control?
Last month Malcolm Walker was the toast of the town. He had deftly pulled off a £1.45bn MBO of Iceland, backed to the tune of £860m by a bank consortium.
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NewsLandmark Value chilled lines roll out
Landmark Wholesale has extended its own label budget range Lifestyle Value with its first chilled lines
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NewsBrakes snaps up £100m in business from collapsed DBC
Foodservice giant Brakes has taken on at least £100m worth of business from the administrators of its collapsed rival DBC.
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NewsDBC Foodservice enters administration
DBC Foodservice has entered administration after it failed to find a buyer for the business.