Mar 21, 2019 | News, Retailing
Owners of Fox’s Biscuits at the 2 Sisters food group have confirmed that 250 of its 780 workers at its Uttoxeter site are at risk of redundancy, and in addition around 50 at both its Uttoxeter and Wakefield centres will enter consultation. Fox’s Biscuits was...
Mar 20, 2019 | Food Equipment & Services, News, Retailing, Sugar
The Government is moving forward with its public consultation to ask the general public for their views on ways to reduce the number of adverts for foods that may be high in fat, sugar and salt, that children are exposed to. The consultation sets out proposals to...
Mar 20, 2019 | News, Retailing, Vegetable Processing
Aldi, has confirmed that it is trialling the selling of vegetables without any plastic packaging in Scotland. The trial, which is now underway, focuses on five veg lines: savoy cabbage, red cabbage, white cabbage, pointed cabbage and cauliflower. Customers will now be...
Mar 20, 2019 | News, Retailing
J Sainsbury plc and Asda Group Limited has submitted its responses to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Provisional Findings and Notice of Proposed Remedies document, stating it ‘strongly disagrees’ with the findings. Sainsbury’s and Asda say that both...
Mar 19, 2019 | News, Retailing
Ocado Group plc has announced its trading statement for the 13 weeks to 3rd March 2019, highlighting that it has grown 11.2% in revenue, despite the impact of a major fire at Andover in February. Ocado explains the growth in revenue of 11.2% was impacted by the...
Mar 18, 2019 | News, Retailing
Marks and Spencer is planning a big shift towards food at its stores, and reports say the retailer wants to target the weekly family shop, by having more stores that offer its full range of food. At the moment, it is understood that only around 12 of its stores offer...
