Stores news – Page 172
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Supply chain must cut fuel usage
Europe-wide fuel demonstrations might win the transport and logistics industry sympathy, but they will do nothing to address the immediate issue faced by the supply chain - the need to counter the fuel price increases that threaten to put retail...
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Organic produce in short supply
Some may be predicting organic food will be left on the shelves as shoppers penny pinch, but the reality, according to those involved in the industry, is that shelves are more likely to be bare than full.Sourcing domestic organic...
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Local supply is not the only answer
Sir; Further to your article on local food supply, I am fortunate to live in Suffolk, grow my own vegetables and can afford to pay more for my food if I had to ('Local supply is the only answer', The Grocer, 23 June, p25).The...
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Dairy prices rise as global supply falls
The mood was gloomy at a recent dairy conference. The industry was in crisis, said one speaker. Nothing unusual in that. But this was no UK delegate lamenting supermarket-induced meltdown. This was an Australian, who was bemoaning the fact that...
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Local supply is the only answer
The environment is forcing us to rethink our food supply. The sooner we start building a local food economy, the better off we will beFor fifty years we have taken for granted a plentiful supply of cheap food, but pressing environmental...
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Organic food sales slowing as demand outstrips supply
ales of organic food have experienced a dramatic slowdown in the past year - mainly caused by severe supply shortages.Sales were up 9.3% to £3.1bn in the year to 25 March, nearly half the 17% growth rate seen the previous year,...
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Soaring energy costs devour margins across supply chain
Companies across the whole supply chain are watching their profit margins shrink in the face of rising energy costs, according to an IGD survey.More than 98% of retailers, wholesalers and suppliers questioned for the research said they...
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Strip carbon from supply with a universal scheme
Carbon is fast becoming the new currency. Following the launch of the 'We're In This Together campaign' last week, eight major companies have committed to engage proactively with their customers. This move, connecting business to its customer...
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Supply chain risk if flu virus strikes
The food and drink industry risks disaster if a bird flu virus hits because it is too efficient, experts have warned. 'Just-in-time' strategies favoured by retailers and manufacturers mean the supply chain is susceptible to breakdown in the...
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Give farmers incentives to guarantee organic supply
For the past few weeks themedia has been full of stories about the positive contribution organic production is making in terms of nutrition and the environment. We should celebrate the fact that the public is increasingly interested in...
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Kwik Save claims supply improving
Kwik Save has denied reports that it is experiencing ongoing availability problems, despite reports to the contrary. According to shoppers this week at a selection of its 184 shops, concentrated mainly in the Midlands and the north of...
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Kwik Save upheaval goes on with overhaul of supply chain
Kwik Save has revealed a radical overhaul of its supply chain network that it claims will get the business back on its feet, despite the shock departure of its MD after just four months. The retailer has closed the dedicated depot at...
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Logistics’ modern face
Procter & Gamble’s logistics director Lisa Dowding tells Liz Hamson how she is sharpening the act of a supply chain growing ever more complexLogistics is popularly considered to be the domain of a certain type of individual:...
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Squeezed supply chain must seize opportunity
Manufacturers must decide now if they want to eat or be eaten as price pressures drive ongoing rationalisation, says Ronan HegartyIn the UK food sector, 150 companies have gone into receivership, there has been 200 mergers, and 300...
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Dig this for a fast supply chain
The multiples are rightly proud of their increasingly short supply chains, with many items of produce now getting from ground to store with 48 hours.But they can only dream of achieving what The Grocer Top 50 retailer Booths has managed with...
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Unwins hit by supply row
Unwins is embroiled in a supply row with one its biggest wholesale suppliers. The chain, acquired by DM Private Equity last month, is at loggerheads with Palmer & Harvey McLane.Poor relations between the two parties are hitting tobacco and...
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Primary supply ‘going bust’
Primary producers and processors are on the brink of collapsing under the pressure of squeezed profit margins, business leaders have claimed.The situation is getting so bad, they say, that British supplies of common vegetables for use as...
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Lyons Seafoods powers up logistics
Lyons Seafoods is to strengthen its team with the appointment of Kevin Marfleet as planning and logistics manager, following a period of growth.In his new role, Marfleet will be responsible for improving the company’s overall efficiency and...
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CAP reform sparks supply fear
There appear to be growing fears that British meat production will go into decline after January 1, when Common Agricultural Policy reform measures are implemented.Northern Counties Meat Group has announced the disposal of abattoir and...
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Retailers ‘lose millions’ through poor logistics
Retailers are still losing millions through a failure to get to grips with instore logistics and inaccurate book stock, Christian Salvesen’s UK MD has claimed.Brian Gaunt, who was supply chain boss at Asda and Big Food Group before joining the...