All articles by Ronan Hegarty – Page 100
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NewsTesco launches home phone service
Tesco has linked up with Cable & Wireless to provide broadband and home phone services.
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Fade to grey
No retailer really wants to use the grey market, but as as they battle to keep their prices low in the recession, more of them are doing so. Ronan Hegarty reports
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NewsPolice launch probe into fake organic meat
Surrey police have launched a fraud investigation into the alleged supply of meat falsely labelled as organic to UK supermarkets.
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NewsUK's food and drink exports soar once again
Exports of food and non-alcoholic drinks rose 10.2% to £4.82bn in the first six months of the year, according to new research commissioned by the Food & Drink Federation (FDF).
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Supermarkets' brand data 'mostly wrong'
An incredible 80% of the information held on supermarket IT systems about branded goods is wrong.
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NewsGSK takes ‘healthy’ Lucozade to China
GlaxoSmithKline is to launch its iconic energy drink Lucozade into the Chinese market.
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NewsRetail Prices: Promotions fall as retailers gear up for Christmas push
Promotional activity has fallen for the first time in months, but the multiples are just steadying themselves for the big festive push. Ronan Hegarty reports
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Asda in Asian clothing first
Asda is launching a new Asian clothing range under its George brand.
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There is another whey
Blur's Alex James spends rather more time making cheese than playing the guitar and has now gained listings in Sainsbury's, as he tells Ronan Hegarty
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Morrisons uses fancy words to woo shoppers into store
Morrisons has commissioned three poets to turn recipes into rhyme in a bid to encourage shoppers to get cooking. Professional poets Ian McMillan, John Mole and Peter Sansom have been appointed to write a series of poems for the supermarket chain...
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NewsDiageo sues Sainsbury’s over Pimm’s copyright row
Diageo is taking legal action against Sainsbury’s over alleged copyright infringement of its Pimm’s brand.
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Should the UK fear a ban on tobacco displays?
Tobacco is one of the main footfall drivers for convenience stores. But what happens when it's forced out of sight? Ronan Hegarty visits the Republic of Ireland to find out how retailers are coping with the tobacco ban one month in
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Tesco hits landfill target a year early
Tesco has reached its target of diverting 100% of waste produced by its UK business away from landfill almost a year a head of its original target.
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NewsGovernment picks a fight it has already begun to win
Why is Hilary Benn declaring war on waste now, when retailers, producers and Wrap have been working on it effectively for years? Ronan Hegarty reports
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Industry laments loss of Defra minister Kennedy
New Defra minister Jim Fitzpatrick will have big shoes to fill after the resignation of the popular Jane Kennedy last week.Kennedy, who had only been in the role since October and resigned from government in protest at Gordon Brown's style...
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Landmark celebrates biggest-ever dividend
Landmark Wholesale's 32 members are enjoying their biggest dividend since the company was set up in 1972 after a 5% increase in sales for the year to 30 April.The buying group, members of which include Parfetts Cash & Carry, BA Cash & Carry...
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NewsAsda staff to share in £43m windfall
Asda staff are set to benefit from the retailer’s biggest rewards package since the company was taken over by Wal-Mart in 1999.
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Outsourcing: is it outdated? Del Monte broker, he say no
Why did it go so wrong for food broker Jenks? And does its collapse pose questions about the viability of outsourcing, asks Ronan Hegarty
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Unpaid staff counting cost of Jenks collapse
Staff at grocery outsourcing firm Jenks have not been paid since April, it has emerged in the wake of the firm’s shock collapse this week.
Jenks entered administration this week and officially stopped trading on Monday. The majority of its… -
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Fresh food making up a third of c-store sales
Almost a third of all c-store sales are now fresh food, marking a huge category growth through this channel over the past five years. C-stores have often been accused of not getting their fresh offer right, but the latest figures from IGD’s...