James Fallon

LONDON -- So what happened to consolidation?Two years ago food industry executives were predicting a global industry shakeout with companies like Wal-Mart Stores, Carrefour, Ahold and Delhaize gobbling up one retailer...

LONDON (FNS) -- British food retailers are penetrating every nook and cranny seeking customers.The U.K.'s leading companies are generating a range of new store formats designed to attract consumer spending. The...

LONDON (FNS) -- Kings Super Markets, Parsippany, N.J., is on the selling block again.Marks & Spencer here last week announced plans to pull out of the U.S. market by selling its 22-store Kings chain and its other U.S...

LONDON (FNS) -- British food retailers last week said their meat inventories were returning to normal despite a continued escalation of foot-and-mouth disease among the nation's livestock herds.Food retailers moved...

LONDON -- Marks & Spencer here said last week it is taking its food business local.The British retailer has announced plans to open two trial stores in a new, convenience-store format. The stores will open in May 2001...

LONDON (FNS) -- Safeway plc, Hayes, England, is taking Wal-Mart on at its own game.The U.K.'s fourth-largest food retailer has announced plans to open up to 70 hypermarkets to carry a larger selection of both fresh...

LONDON (FNS) -- J. Sainsbury plc here last week outlined further restructuring moves aimed at delivering cost-savings of $870 million a year by 2004.The moves are part of the program being implemented by Sainsbury's...

LONDON -- Cadbury Schweppes thinks Snapple still has plenty of room for growth.The British confectionary and soft drinks group here bought the Snapple Beverage Group from Triarc Cos., Inc., for $1.45 billion...