| Makro confident it can reduce losses this year |
Makro Cash & Carry insists it is on target to reduce its losses to less than £20m this year.
Accounts posted at Companies House earlier this month revealed Makro had recorded a loss of £26.7m in the year to 31 December 2008, up from... |
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| Revealed: how the FSA spun our calorie count cock-up story |
The Grocer's exclusive story revealing the error in calorie count limits prompted the FSA to put a confusing spin on the news, writes Adam Leyland |
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| Can Morrisons move forward without Bolland at the helm? |
As the Morrisons board begins its search for a successor to Marc Bolland, Ronan Hegarty looks at the potential candidates and the prospects for the retailer |
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| Promo Dynamic: Cadbury boosts deals 102% as Christmas push kicks off |
Cadbury has upped its promotional spend a whopping 102% since last month as the festive push gets well and truly underway. James Ball reports |
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| Duty hikes ‘will lead to 10% rise in booze prices’ |
| The boss of Stella, Beck's and Budweiser owner AB InBev is warning the price of booze could jump up to 10% next year because of government tax hikes. |
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| Curry king spices up Indian meals with first branded range |
| Sir Gulam Noon is hoping to shake up the own-label dominated Indian ready meal market with his first branded range in partnership with Kerry Foods. |
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| ICB claims St Helier first for cider in box |
InterContinental Brands cider St Helier is pouring its perry into a bag-in-box format, claiming cider brands must now innovate to stand out in the congested fixture.
The St Helier Still Pear Cider in a box arrives in a three litre-size... |
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| McKenna is tipped as Bolland replacement |
| Is Morrisons, the Yorkshire-based supermarket known for its traditional ways, ready to surprise the market again and appoint a woman as its new CEO? |
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| Bananas up as Christmas approaches |
Supermarkets are gradually increasing the price of bananas in the run up to Christmas as the record autumn cuts come to an end.
Bananas are currently selling for 77p/kg in the big four, double the 38p/kg price seen in Asda last month but... |
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| Esom adds third board to his CV |
Steven Esom has joined the board at Cranswick as a non-executive director.
The former Waitrose MD also holds non-exec roles at Carphone Warehouse and Tyrrells. He is also a partner at Langholm Capital, a position he took up in July, a... |
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| MacFarlane urges duty fraud action |
Stella boss Stuart MacFarlane has called on the government to crack down on the growing problem of alcohol duty fraud.
The UK boss of AB InBev said that although he thought HMRC was under-resourced, it should carry out more raids to seize... |
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| Government asked to clarify cash & carry tobacco display rules |
The Federation of Wholesale Distributors has demanded government clarification on whether cash & carries will be made to comply with the proposed tobacco display ban.
Under the terms of the current draft display ban, wholesalers are... |
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| Bulletin: Bolland succession puzzle... Peroni buoys SAB... Tesco telecoms push |
Morrisons ponders next chef exec; sales surge for upmarket lager; supermarket launches new broadband service |
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| Blackstone’s Pinnacle aims to swallow Birds Eye Food for $1.3bn |
| Birds Eye Food, the US company that invented the flash-freezing methods that transformed the eating habits of the Western world, is to be bought by New York private equity firm Blackstone in a cash deal worth $1.3bn (£782m), The Times reports. |
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| SABMiller passes Diageo as No 1 drinks company |
| SABMiller surpassed Diageo as the largest UK drinks company by market value for the first time yesterday, The Times reports, as its share price rose 3.4% to £17.14. |
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| Colgate-Reckitt: a kitchen colossus that makes sense |
| If confectioners want to get bigger it seems entirely plausible that those selling toothpaste, indigestion medicine and spot treatments should do likewise, writes the Financial Times. |
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| M&S job too big to ignore, says Bolland |
| Marc Bolland, chief executive of Morrisons, today said the chance to take over the top job at Marks & Spencer was too big a chance to miss, according to the Guardian, as he reported slower growth at the Bradford-based grocer. |
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| Growth slows but Morrisons won't be hurried into replacing Bolland |
| Supermarket giant Morrisons hopes to have chief executive Marc Bolland's successor in place early in the new year, reports the Scotsman, as it also disclosed yesterday a slowdown in sales growth. |
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| M&S too good to resist, says Bolland |
| Marc Bolland said that becoming the new chief executive of Marks & Spencer was an unmissable opportunity, writes The Times, as the search to replace him at Morrisons got under way. |
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| Highland Spring snaps up Greencore Water |
| Highland Spring has bought Greencore’s loss-making bottled water business for £17.5m. |
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