LONDON -- British food retailers want to make sure their private-label sales don't suffer as consumers increasingly switch to organic foods. So they're launching their own versions.Almost all the U.K.'s leading food...
AMSTERDAM (FNS) -- Asda of the U.K. is teaching Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Arkansas, a few new tricks.Randy Mott, senior vice president and chief information officer of Wal-Mart, told the first Global Retail...
LONDON (FNS) -- J. Sainsbury plc announced a major management shakeup following the arrival of Sir Peter Davis as its group chief executive.The moves led some analysts to speculate even more radical changes could lie...
LONDON -- The U.K. government could force British food retailers to divest some stores if it finds the major companies are operating local monopolies.The British Competition Commission is investigating the food retail...
LONDON -- Britain's major food retailers breathed a collective sigh of relief after the government's antitrust authorities found limited evidence the companies were making excessive profits.However, the government's...
LONDON -- Tesco plc, Cheshunt, England, stepped up the pressure on its suppliers to control or eliminate artificial ingredients in fresh foods, after it asked suppliers of its private-label fresh and rotisserie...
CARTERET, N.J. -- Last week's surprise unraveling of the Ahold deal has led to intense speculation about the future of Pathmark here, which had been counting on Ahold's funding.Industry observers pointed to a number...
LONDON -- Marks & Spencer, owner of Kings Super Markets, West Caldwell, N.J., here is the subject of takeover rumors as at least one potential bidder admitted he was eyeing the struggling British retailer. But Tesco...
U.S. food retailing appears headed for additional consolidation, but it's unlikely that additional European companies will dive in.Many major European retailers -- who had been expected to seek acquisitions in the...
LONDON (FNS) -- Marks & Spencer plc here plans to save $81 million a year in its food retail operation by 2002 by restructuring its supplier base and improving logistics."Our customers are demanding better value and...