All Retail articles – Page 275
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NewsPositive sales growth for Costa
Costa Coffee has highlighted a 22.4% rise in total system sales to £962m during the last year.
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NewsGreggs and Tesco in Twitter wars
Greggs and Tesco went head-to-head on social media website Twitter last week after an online user asked which company produced the best yum yums.
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Tesco and Morrisons take tumble in market share
Sainsbury’s is the only supermarket among the top four retailers to improve its market share in the last 12 weeks, experiencing a 4.6% growth rate year-on-year.
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ABF forecasts better grocery profits
Associated British Foods (ABF) has said profits within its grocery division will be “substantially improved”, benefiting from the non-recurrence of restructuring costs in Allied Bakeries.
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NewsStarbucks in new forecourt deal
Starbucks UK has struck a deal with Euro Garages to transform five Little Chef sites, according to reports.
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Asda sees marginal increase in LFL sales
Asda achieved a like-for-like sales increase of 0.1% (excluding fuel) in its fourth-quarter trading period.
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NewsCoughlans sees rise in orders from tweets
Coughlans Bakery has said the business has benefitted from having a presence on social media websites such as Twitter.
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NewsWhich? reveals best and worst supermarkets
Tesco has been rated the worst supermarket as part of a new survey compiled by Which?.
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NewsPremier Foods: “Rebuild value in bread division a priority,” says Darby
Gavin Darby, chief executive of Premier Foods has revealed plans to launch new packaging for its Hovis brand and will assign a dedicated team to help rebuild its bread division in 2013.
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NewsPremier Foods: “Particularly challenging year for bread sales", says Moran
Mark Moran, chief financial officer at Premier Foods, revealed the firm experienced a particularly challenging year in 2012 for bread sales.
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NewsParsons sees success from pop-up shop
Parsons Bakery has said it could be transforming a pop-up bakery site into a more permanent fixture, following its success over the last two months.
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NewsCosta demerger unlikely, says City analyst
A leading City analyst has revealed that a possible demerger of the Costa Coffee brand from the Whitbread Group is not on the cards, due to tougher competition and international expansion.
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NewsMs Cupcake launches first book
Mellissa Morgan, owner of Ms Cupcake and former Rising Star Award winner at British Baker’s Baking Industry Awards 2011, is launching her first recipe book.
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NewsGreggs: we’ll pay pasty tax
It was one of the defining political issues of 2012 - and saw Greggs mobilise the baking industry in defence of the proposed pasty tax.
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NewsMuseum hosts alternative Easter pop-up shop
A number of bakery businesses have joined forces to create products for a one-day pop-up cake shop, hosted by Barts Pathology Museum in London this Easter.
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Morrisons scoops Blockbuster outlets
Morrisons has bought 49 sites from the administrator of DVD and game rental firm Blockbuster, to be transformed into shops under its convenience store format.
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NewsFirst Scottish Krispy Kreme store breaks records
Krispy Kreme UK’s first Scotland store served more than 400 customers in its first hour last week, breaking the company’s record for the first hour sales of any UK store opening.
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NewsSubway launches forecourt sites with Applegreen
BB75 bakery retailer Subway has struck a new deal with Irish independent forecourt retailer Applegreen.
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NewsNut-free bakery furthers Tesco relationship
Just Love Food Company has expanded its relationship with Tesco, with new products launched into 140 UK stores.
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NewsLondon expansion for little Waitrose
Waitrose has revealed plans to push its convenience store format, little Waitrose, in London throughout 2013, including the opening of up to 10 new stores.