Archive of all Greencore articles – Page 6
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NewsNorthern Foods and Greencore to merge
Northern Foods, the maker of Goodfella's pizza and Fox's biscuits, is to merge with convenience group Greencore.
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NewsGreencore set for no landfill waste goal
Greencore plans to send virtually zero waste to landfill across all its UK sites by the end of the year. The own-label giant was minimising waste at source and where this was not possible encouraging segregation to maximise re-use and...
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Profiles
The Human Angle: Pat Casey, Greencore Group plc
Name: Pat Casey Job title: Group HR director Company name: Greencore Group plc Sales: €1.1bn HQ location: Dublin Number of employees: c.7,500. What's it like to work for your company? No two days are the same. The 'real-time' nature of...
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NewsSandwich group Greencore upbeat over convenience growth
Packed sandwich giant Greencore Group hailed “a year of real achievement” after operating profits rose by almost 8% on a constant currency basis to €72.9m.
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NewsHighland Spring snaps up Greencore Water
Highland Spring has bought Greencore’s loss-making bottled water business for £17.5m.
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Former Greencore director to head up sales team at Lyons
Former Greencore commercial director Jonathan Hodgson is to lead the sales team at seafood supplier Lyons Seafood.Hodgson brought 22 years of experience in the food and drink industry to the role and was perfectly placed to drive Lyons'...
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Greencore’s godfather of pasta sauces
Greencore has introduced a branded range of chilled pasta sauces, Pacino's, to Sainsbury's and Asda.Asda has listed the tomato & basil, cheese, and tomato mascarpone variants, while Sainsbury's is carrying just the tomato & basil...
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Greencore gives the US mass produced sarnies
Greencore has introduced what it claims is the first large-scale pre-packed sandwich manufacturing operation to the US, with the aim of doubling sales of its American business over the next year.Announcing its full year results this year,...
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Foo.go store closed after Greencore buys up just supply side
Foo.go, the convenience food supplier and retailer that last May unveiled ambitious expansion plans to become a national retail chain within four years, has closed its only store.The company, which supplies sandwiches and other food-to-go...
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Greencore hails ‘resilience’ as results conclude costs fiasco
Greencore chief executive Patrick Coveney has hailed “a resilient response to a challenging year” after the convenience food giant announced a rise in sales of 13% to €1.31bn.
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Alternative CV: Kelly Eastwood, marketing controller, Greencore Frozen
Who was your first teenage crush and why? I started young – it was Luke Skywalker when I was about nine because I wanted to be Princess Leia.
When was the first time you got drunk? I was 14 and I drank a bottle of Thunderbird fortified wine. -
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Scandal could cost Greencore millions
Greencore expects to take a €9m (£7.1m) hit to its operating profits in 2008 following the revelation that a former executive concealed costs in its mineral water business.The scandal is a fresh blow to the Irish group, already bracing...
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Greencore lifts quality of c-store chilled offer
Greencore is putting a multimillion-pound budget behind the launch of its first chilled range, which has been designed to help the convenience sector take on the supermarkets.The 28-strong Kiveton's Kitchen brand is positioned between...