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Promo Tracker: Waitrose offers deepest promotions
7 February 2012
Waitrose's promotions offered consumers the highest saving on average, according to the latest data from the just-food Promo Tracker.
Editor's choice: the highlights on just-food this week
6 February 2012
Hershey and Unilever were among the major food manufacturers that this week were the first to report their 2011 financial results. Unilever's profits inched up 1% and CEO Paul Polman pointed to the performance of its home and personal care operations - casting some questions over the prospects of its food operations. In the retail sector, this week saw the long-speculated appointment of a new CEO at Carrefour and analysts expressed concern about the outlook for Ocado despite narrowing full-year losses.
FRANCE: Co-op Lur Berri takes control of seafood firm Alfesca
1 February 2012
French Basque food co-operative Lur Berri has announced that it has taken majority control of Icelandic seafood group Alfesca.
UK: Public health goes local in policy shake-up
24 January 2012
Local governments in the UK will have more responsibility for public health in a set of measures announced by the coalition government today (24 January).
US: Washington stands by tuna label rules with WTO appeal
23 January 2012
The US has appealed against a WTO ruling that claimed American labelling rules for dolphin-friendly tuna were so tough that they broke global commerce regulations.
AUS: Food industry body chief Carnell to leave
23 January 2012
The chief executive of the industry association that represents Australia's food manufacturing sector is to leave in March.
just-food's research round-up
13 January 2012
This week's featured research from the just-food store includes a look at worldwide flavour trends, analysis on the UK supermarket sector and a report on the sustainability strategies used by food and drink manufacturers.
On the money: M&S food shines but uncertainty remains
11 January 2012
Food helped Marks and Spencer enjoy a sales jump in its third quarter but some market observers fear a post-Christmas hangover.
UK: Food boosts sales at Marks and Spencer
10 January 2012
Marks and Spencer's food business has driven an increase in quarterly sales at the UK retailer.
Street talk: Four resolutions for an uncertain 2012
9 January 2012
The consensus is that those hoping for an easier year in 2012 could be disappointed. Consumer confidence will remain in the doldrums, competition will remain fierce and economic uncertainty will continue. In his first column of the year, SymphonyIRI's Rod Street suggests some ways in which manufacturers and retailers could look to improve in 2012.
Editor's choice: the highlights on just-food this week
6 January 2012
just-food's first week back after the Christmas and New Year break included PepsiCo brushing off a US report of plans to cut 4,000 jobs, UK seafood firm Young's Seafood shedding over 500 posts and Arla Foods pledging to expand in Scotland - but saying the move could still affect employees. In the week between Christmas and New Year, we saw China's food sector rocked by its latest safety scandal, with news that dairy group Mengniu Dairy produced milk containing a carcinogen. Click on the headlines for more.
UK: Findus asks for debt delay
4 January 2012
Findus Group has asked its lenders to delay an assessment of its debts as it looks to integrate its acquisition of UK firm Cumbrian Seafoods.
IRELAND: Commodity prices drive jump in exports in 2011
4 January 2012
Commodity prices drove a 12% rise in Irish food and drink exports in 2011, according to the country's manufacturing association.
UK: Young's to cut 555 jobs at Cumbrian
3 January 2012
Young's Seafood today (3 January) announced that a total of 555 jobs could go at recently-acquired rival UK firm Cumbrian Seafoods.
UK: Scottish food exports hit GBP1bn
3 January 2012
Food exports from Scotland hit a "record-breaking" GBP1bn (US$1.55bn) in 2011, according to the country's government.
Editor's choice: the highlights on just-food this week
23 December 2011
Wal-Mart stunned the US food sector this week with a decision to pull a Mead Johnson infant formula brand after the death of a baby in Missouri. In the UK, two retailers, Thorntons and Ocado, faced the scrutiny of investors after profit warnings. And, just-food launched its international food basket to highlight the difference in price between national brands and own label in seven markets.
The most-read news articles on just-food in 2011
23 December 2011
As well as our raft of insight articles, just-food continued to provide all the breaking news throughout the food industry in 2011. Below are the ten articles that had you clicking the most throughout the year.
The most-read analysis articles on just-food in 2011
23 December 2011
just-food's most popular analysis articles in 2011 had a very international flavour. Denmark's move to levy a tax on saturated fat grabbed your attention, as did our features on India's infant formula and biscuit sectors. Click on the headlines for more.
THAILAND: Thai Union Frozen boosts sales, profits
21 December 2011
Seafood giant Thai Union Frozen Products has booked a jump in both profits and sales in its third quarter.
UK: Private-equity firm Manfield Partners buys Mitsui canned food units
20 December 2011
Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co. has sold two units, one in the UK and one in the Netherlands, to private-equity firm Manfield Partners.
UK: Leatherhead to fund study into salt reductions
16 December 2011
Scientists at Leatherhead Food Research are to co-fund investigation into how UK food manufacturers can further reduce salt in their products.
UK: 70 jobs go at Cromer Crab Company
15 December 2011
UK seafood firm Young's Seafood has announced it is shedding 70 jobs at its subsidiary The Cromer Crab Company.
UK: Young's owners buy troubled seafood firm Cumbrian
6 December 2011
Private-equity firm Lion Capital, the owners of Young's Seafood, has acquired collapsed UK company Cumbrian Seafood.
UK: Supermarket promo deals "misleading"
5 December 2011
Promotional offers used by UK supermarkets are misleading and could even raise consumers' shopping bills, according to an investigation by the BBC.
Editor's choice: the highlights on just-food last week
5 December 2011
India's planned retail reform continued to dominate the headlines, while we analysed two other contentious issues - industry efforts to tackle child labour in cocoa production and the true potential of intense sweetener stevia. Elsewhere, Unilever and McCain Foods faced union strife and Diamond Foods warned a probe into payments to growers could hit the company.
UK: The Scottish Salmon Co. upbeat despite drop in Q3 profits
1 December 2011
UK salmon processor The Scottish Salmon Co. adopted an upbeat tone yesterday (30 November) after it reported a drop on quarterly profits as global prices for the fish fell.
UK: Morpol to open salmon processing site next year
29 November 2011
Polish smoked salmon specialist Morpol has today (29 November) confirmed that it is set to open a salmon processing site in the UK next year, creating up to 300 jobs.
UK: 76% of oysters contain norovirus - FSA
29 November 2011
Research published today (29 November) by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) shows that 76% of oysters tested from UK oyster growing beds contained norovirus.
US: High Liner snaps up Icelandic's US, Asian operations
22 November 2011
High Liner Foods, the Canadian seafood processor, has secured the acquisition of Icelandic Group's operations in the US and Asia.
Editor's choice: the highlights on just-food this week
21 November 2011
Uncertainty surrounds PepsiCo at the moment, with rumours that some directors now want the US food and drink giant to examine whether to split the company in two - a move some analysts and investors demand. CEO Indra Nooyi is reported to be against such a move and is said to be lining up acquisitions to bolster the company. Elsewhere, Unilever again faced claims that it would look to offload more food brands and HJ Heinz said it would close more factories to deal with the "difficult" trading conditions in some markets, Click on the headlines for more.
