Stores news – Page 173
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Ways to tighten sausage supply
The sausage sector has the potential to save up to 20% across the entire supply chain, a study has revealed.The case study, published by the Food Chain Centre and the Red Meat Industry Forum, looked at all parts of the supply chain involving...
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Key Lekkerland supply for Quix fascias
The Quix fascia has been relaunched by the National Federation of Retail Newsagents as “a fully fledged symbol group” in partnership with Key Lekkerland.The deal is the third recent victory for Key Lekkerland wholesalers who replace...
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Doubts linger on RFID supply chain solutions
Leading consumer packaged goods suppliers remain deeply sceptical about the business case for RFID and some are only investing in it because they want to cement relationships with the world’s largest retailers, it was claimed at an RFID workshop...
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Doubts linger on RFID supply chain solutions
Elaine WatsonLeading consumer packaged goods suppliers remain deeply sceptical about the business case for RFID and some are only investing in it because they want to cement relationships with the world’s largest retailers, it was claimed at an...
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Tyson fighting oversupply of meat
US meat producer Tyson Foods has seen its quarterly profit dive as plentiful supplies of meat drove prices down and which would impact on results for the current quarter. In the three months to December 28 net earnings dropped nearly 47% to...
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Supply chain snarl up
Road congestion is taking its toll on the supply chain the Freight Transport Association has warned and costs the British economy £20bn a year, according to the Confederation of British Industry.FTA chief executive Richard Turner commented:...
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S&N looks at supply chain
Scottish & Newcastle reported a £50m rise in first half pre-tax profit pegged back by costs in restructuring its supply chain, plus disruption in commissioning two new regional distribution centres.The company said it anticipates to benefit...
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Cash boost for organic supply
Ed Bedington Organic red meat production is to be given a half a million pound boost in a bid to combat imports. The funding will be used to set up a centre of excellence to encourage the expansion of red meat production in the UK. The...
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Group logistics director Martin Oakes believes operational i
Somerfield is a more positive retailer nowadays and this confidence stretches to logistics where it aims to move so far forward it sets standards for other retailers. A tall order, perhaps, but one which group logistics director Martin Oakes...
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CAP reform casts cloud over supply base future
Elaine Watson Food industry executives have broadly welcomed Franz Fischler's proposals to break the historic link between food production and subsidies in a radical overhaul of the Common Agricultural Policy. However, there are concerns that the...
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Frozen pea supply heads for crisis
Frozen pea prices could rocket next season following the sudden closure of the UK's biggest supplier. Production ceased at Albert Fisher's frozen veg site at King's Lynn after receiver KPMG failed to find a buyer, leaving growers in the lurch weeks...
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Supply chain wrongly accused
Sir; In a highly emotive campaign the National Federation of Retail Newsagents claims independent retailers are being forced out of business by wholesalers' actions. This paints a misleading picture of the UK's newspaper supply chain which is one of...
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B2B exchanges must make strides in supply chain services if
Let's face it. Internet trading exchanges are not sexy. They're not exactly user friendly and even the more techie types in the grocery trade are still struggling to get to grips with exactly what they are offering. But the big boys in the b2b...
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£450m savings sought from supply chain
Costs of up to £450m could be stripped from the foodservice supply chain in a major initiative by the leading companies and organisations in the industry. The Federation of Wholesale Distributors and the Food and Drink Federation have teamed up...
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Global threat to supply very real'
Clive Beddall Sir Don Curry's Commission on the Future of Farming and Food will be urged to recommend strengthening Britain's food production base amid fears of terrorist attacks disrupting supplies along the international food chain. The move...
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Meat supply: Foot and Mouth Disease: output gloom as restock
Only about one fifth of 9,000 farms cleansed and officially approved FMD is back in the headlines, the government suspending some decontamination work amid allegations of extravagant claims for payment by farmers or contractors. The main relevance...
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Foot and mouth disease: Supply chain fears now focus on medi
More obstacles have been removed from the supply chain but blockages due to FMD are still causing problems for wholesalers and retailers. As The Grocer went to press the MLC was cautiously optimistic it would be able to announce the first of the...
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Meat Supply: Slaughterings decreasing before FMD
Livestock numbers culled in the campaign against FMD are only tiny proportions of the national herds and flocks, contrary to the impression given by some media reports. But the supply disruption due to movement restrictions limiting abattoir...
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Supplying the big guys...yes, but...
Sir; re Supplying the big guys: go for it' (The Grocer, March 31, p24). I agree entirely with the sentiment of O'Kane's letter last week encouraging small suppliers to deal with the large UK supermarket groups and focus on the benefits their...
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Global supply chain: Better than sci-fi
A technological revolution that could make the bar code redundant has begun. Ed Bedington reports on T2T Imagine a world where almost every household's kitchen equipment collaborates with the television set to carry out the weekly shop. Imagine...