All Finance articles – Page 5
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Analysis and Features
How much are the top supermarket bosses paid?
From the lowest to the highest, here are the salaries of the UK’s leading supermarket bosses
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News
UK Fairtrade product sales generate £28m in premium for farmers
There are now almost 5,000 Fairtrade products available to buy in the UK
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Müller snaps up Yew Tree Dairy in pivot towards dairy ingredients
The deal would allow Müller to grow its export business, the dairy giant said
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Planet Organic plots new stores as recovery makes progress
Renée Elliot revealed the plans in new filings published to Companies House this week
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City snapshot: B&M sales and profits rise on new store openings
B&M Bargains owner B&M Europan Value Retail saw an uplift in sales and profits last year, driven by volume growth and new store openings
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Media Bites 5 June: Asda, Tesco, Ocado
Asda is now the UK’s most expensive supermarket fuel seller, according to an analysis by the RAC motoring organisation
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Comment and Opinion
Post Office scandal shows the perils of bowing down to data
The Post Office provides a cautionary tale about being blindly led by data, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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News
City snapshot: mild recovery for retail sales in May as election looms
UK retail sales gained 0.7% in May as rising food sales continue to mitigate weakness in the non-food sector
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Media Bites 4 April: Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s. Getir
Marks and Spencer’s chief executive received the biggest pay package the retailer has awarded in a decade, taking home £4.7mn as the group continued to improve its fortunes
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News
Marks & Spencer CEO Stuart Machin sees pay rise by £2m
Machin saw his overall pay package rise by more than £2m last year to £4.7m due to a sharp increase in bonuses and share awards
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Daylesford Organic losses deepen after ‘challenging’ year
Daylesford “bore the cost” of historically high inflation, particularly in food
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WHO backs call for extension of sugar tax to cakes, biscuits and chocolate
The WHO report features research from experts at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) calling for policies to tackle obesity, diabetes and tooth disease
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News
City snapshot: MP Evans Group expands palm oil estate with $14m acquisition
Indonesian palm oil producer MP Evans Group has added 1,700 hectares to its estate with the 5% acquisition of its Indonesian subsidiary trading companies
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Media Bites 3 June: Nestlé, grocery market share, Ocado
The chief executive of Nestlé said feeding ageing populations had become a major priority
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News
Newlat backtracks to meet £700m Princes asking price
The owner of canned giant Princes struck a £700m deal this week with Newlat as the Italian food group went back on an earlier decision to walk away from the deal
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Analysis and Features
Sainsbury’s forecast data fees: shades of Tesco’s fulfilment fee fiasco?
Sainsbury’s is now charging for forecast data it previously provided for free. Suppliers say it’s a cash grab, but it could become the new normal
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City snapshot: Improved weather drives uptick in UK grocery sales
UK supermarket sales remained strong in May, rising 3.3% as shoppers responded to the warmer weather to drive value sales growth to a two-month high
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Media Bites 31 May: retail footfall, Daylesford Organic, Red Bull
Retail footfall across the UK remains well down on last year as bank holidays and improving weather failed to lure customers
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News
Symington’s profits surge but uncertainty arises over CEO departure
Alongside the latest accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023, filings at Companies House also showed CEO Christian Boulter is no longer a director at the company
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Asda announces £50m store upgrade programme
The programme, starting at the Long Eaton store in Nottingham, will cover 170 stores in total and is expected to complete by the end of November