http://www.just-food.comLatest Aldi industry news - from just-food.com© 2009 All content copyright just-food.com. Published by Aroq Ltd.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:03:40 GMTSat, 21 Nov 2009 01:03:40 GMTjust-food.com - RSS feedjust-food.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss20What goes into food and what is slapped on the outside dominated the headlines on just-food this week. Food manufacturers and retailers continued to fall over themselves to demonstrate their commitment to sustainable palm oil although, as our interview with the WWF revealed, there are those in the industry that have yet to take any action on the issue. One industry-wide action on food labelling in the US has hit the buffers with the country's leading food makers pulling out of the Smart Choices Program. Will US regulators now fill that void? These are the top ten stories on just-food this week.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108632Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:54:00 GMTHow to source palm oil is vexing the minds of many in the food industry. Growing consumer awareness of the links between palm oil, deforestation, the threat to wildlife and products on supermarket shelves is encouraging manufacturers and retailers to look for sustainable sources. However, only a few have grasped the nettle and, as Adam Harrison, senior food and agriculture officer for the WWF tells Dean Best, the industry needs to do much, much more - and quickly.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108604Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:09:00 GMTRetailers Spar International, Auchan, Aldi and UK food giant Associated British Foods are today (28 October) among the companies told to "up their game" on their sourcing of palm oil.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108581Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:16:00 GMTGerman discount grocer Aldi has asked its managing director for buying in Australia to head up its UK operations.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108438Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:01:00 GMTThe UK grocery market growth rate is continuing to fall back as food inflation moderates, according to TNS.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108385Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:45:00 GMTThe retail scene dominated just-food's headlines this week. In the UK, we saw the bosses of Tesco and Sainsbury's have, shall we say, a difference of opinion on how their businesses were performing. Over the Channel, Carrefour hit back at claims it could be quitting China and Brazil, while the battle to buy Dutch retailer Super de Boer gathered pace. Here are the top stories on just-food this week.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108349Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:25:00 GMTPrivately-owned German discount giant Aldi has revealed its business in the UK and Ireland enjoyed strong sales and earnings growth in 2008.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108302Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMTNorthern Foods, the UK food group, has told just-food it is looking to speed up sales growth after a slowdown in sales hit the company's shares today (6 October).http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108293Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:05:00 GMTFollowing an agreement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's two largest retailers, Coles and Woolworths Ltd, will no longer be permitted to include restrictive terms regarding letting space to competitors in lease agreements with shopping centres. Ben Cooper assesses reaction to the announcement.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108204Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:52:00 GMTUpmarket retailer Waitrose has emerged from the economic downturn as - currently - the fastest-growing retailer in the UK. Katy Humphries examines the key to its success.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108158Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:40:00 GMTWoolworths Ltd, Australia's largest retailer, will be "more affected" than Coles by the changes to tenancy agreements with landlords, its fierce local rival said today (18 September).http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108087Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:06:00 GMTThe grocery retail sector in the UK has successfully "shrugged off" the recession, the latest report from market researchers TNS claimed this afternoon (15 September).http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=108043Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:42:00 GMTColes Group, Australia's number two grocer, has stood firm in the debate over lease arrangements as local reports claimed the country's regulator could succeed in its bid for reform of the system.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107781Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:42:00 GMTUpmarket UK retailer Waitrose has enjoyed the fastest sales growth among the country's largest retailers in the last 12 weeks, according to analysts TNS.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107739Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:20:00 GMTRussian retailer Lenta has appointed ex-Metro Cash & Carry general director Jan Dunning as its CEO.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107744Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:50:00 GMTThe UK government laid out its vision for the food sector this week and insisted there needed to be a "radical rethink" of our the industry does business. The debate over GM was reignited, while the organic food movement saw an opportunity to state its claim after a harrowing few days. On the corporate front, two titans, Nestle and Wal-Mart rounded off results season, while discount giant Aldi announced the exit of Paul Foley, the executive credited with breathing fresh life into its UK business.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107701Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:38:00 GMTJust two months ago, at a retail conference in London, Paul Foley, the then head of Aldi's operations in the UK and Ireland, was insisting the discounter's newly-won shoppers would stick around, even when the economy recovers.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107674Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:16:00 GMTPaul Foley, the head of Aldi's operations in the UK and Ireland, is to leave the business "by mutual consent", it has been announced.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107665Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:39:00 GMTThe Irish government's plan for a code of practice to oversee relations between suppliers and retailers in the country must be made statutory, the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) said today (11 August).http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107638Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:38:00 GMTThe Irish government today (11 August) launched plans for a code of practice to oversee relations between suppliers and retailers.http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=107634Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:52:00 GMT