All articles by Ronan Hegarty – Page 50
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NewsCity snapshot: Raisio removes Big Bear boss Ciaran Sullivan
The Grocer can reveal that Finnish food giant Raisio Group has parachuted in its vice president of production and procurement Jukka Heinänen to replace Ciaran Sullivan as head of its UK confectionery business. Meanwhile in early trading reports of a search for Unilever boss Paul Polman’s sucessor fail to dent its share price
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NewsRaisio removes Big Bear boss Ciaran Sullivan
Raisio blamed a negative financial performance for the senior management change
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NewsMedia Bites 24 Nov: Unilever, Black Friday, Majestic
Unilever has kicked off the process of finding a replacement for chief executive Paul Polman
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NewsAldi fights waste with 50% cuts as shelf life end nears
Aldi has begun marking down the price of its products as they approach the end of their shelf life
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NewsCMA ruling on Tesco Booker 'bodes well' for Co-op Nisa deal
The Co-op won 75.79% of Nisa members’ votes in favour of its acquisition proposition at a meeting this week
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Grocer 33Peperami Minis prove mighty as Asda wins again
Asda has stamped its authority all over The Grocer 33 recently and this week’s victory made it seven wins in a row
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NewsIndustry reaction to CMA provisional clearance of Tesco-Booker
It was no surprise that the Competition and Markets Authority cleared Tesco’s £3.7bn takeover of Booker, but that it did so without asking for any remedies has shocked many
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NewsNisa members accept £137m Co-op bid in historic vote
Of the 615 shareholders that voted, 494 were in favour of the bid
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Comment & OpinionNisa members have spoken. The rebels must accept the Co-op deal – or look elsewhere
Nisa rebels are promising to go on the offensive and plan to convince the Competition & Markets Authority to nix the deal
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Analysis & FeaturesNisa agrees to £137m Co-op bid: Nisa members react
Paul Cheema, Roger Higgins and Kishor Patel share their thoughts on today’s historic vote
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NewsMorrisons integrates Alexa into online grocery
Customers will be able to use a Morrisons skill for Alexa to add more items to their Morrisons.com shopping list
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Grocer 33Asda takes sixth straight Grocer 33 pricing win
The Walmart-owned retailer offered the lowest price for 18 of the 33 items on our list…
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NewsCo-op Nisa deal still in the balance as decision day looms
As the deadline for Nisa members to vote on the Co-op’s £137m bid looms, the outcome is too close to call, say experts
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NewsAldi brings back Kevin the Carrot for Christmas campaign
The ad will air for the first time tonight at 7.15pm on ITV
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NewsGet your entries into this year's Chefs' Choice awards
Chefs’ Choice is now in its second year and was created by The Grocer to showcase the very best in foodservice…
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NewsLidl UK to increase basic wage from £8.45 to £8.75 from March
The retailer said the move would make staff the highest paid supermarket employees in the UK
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NewsIceland targets 400 Food Warehouse stores
Iceland plans to open 400 of its The Food Warehouse outlets at a rate of 30 of the new format stores a year…
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Grocer 33Asda continues winning streak as Burnley promoted
There are signs that Asda has sharpened its pricing again
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NewsMorrisons pledges price freeze on 100 key Christmas lines
Pledge comes as Morrisons reported a 2.5% like-for-like sales increase in the third quarter of this year
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Analysis & FeaturesWho will win the battle for Costcutter and Nisa?
Can Bestway really pull off what would be one of the biggest coups in the history of wholesaling?