Posts Tagged ‘UK’
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
Food ingredients group Tate & Lyle is to sell its molasses business to UK grain importer W&R Barnett for GBP67m (US$105.6m).
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Thursday, November 18th, 2010
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading has dropped its investigation into allegations of price fixing between the country’s biggest supermarket chains and consumer goods firms.
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Thursday, October 28th, 2010
Premier Foods plc chief executive Robert Schofield today (28 October) insisted the UK’s largest food group can “contain” the jump in wheat prices seen this year.
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
As we lead up to these mid-term elections in the United States, no one can deny the noise level, the clamor, the angst and the anger of the people. We also see this abroad, where changes in social contracts have exploded into protests and dramatic governmental ‘take-backs’. Consider the UK and France.
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
Premium chocolate maker Green & Black’s has launched a UK campaign to find a ‘taste assistant’.
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Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
UK online retailer Ocado has acquired a site for the construction of a second distribution centre.
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Friday, October 8th, 2010
Discount retailer Aldi saw its UK and Irish businesses swing to a loss of over GBP58m (US$92m) in 2009 on the back of rising costs and investment in expansion.
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Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
UK grocery operator Asda has offered to sell some 47 Netto outlets to satisfy Office of Fair Trading (OFT) local competition concerns raised by its acquisition of the discount retailer.
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
UK grocery retailer Sainsbury’s is relaunching its Taste the Difference premium private label.
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Friday, September 17th, 2010
UK retailer Sainsbury’s is to start stocking its ‘basics’ cereal range in bags rather than boxes.
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