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Iceland donates £100,000 to cancer charity
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- 01 May 2012 10:13
Iceland Foods has presented a cheque for £100,000 to the Prostate Cancer Charity, following the retailer's annual Charity Amateur Golf Classic day. This brought Iceland's total donations to the charity over the last four years to more than £420,000.Tarsem Dhaliwal, finance director at Iceland, presented the cheque to Owen Sharp, ...read more
Tesco launches recruitment drive after UK profits wobble
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- 18 April 2012 10:06
Tesco has announced a £1 billion revival plan today, which includes the recruitment of 8,000 extra staff, after revealing a drop in UK profits. Performance in its domestic market has been hit by the success of rivals Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons as well as tough Christmas trading.In the year to ...read more
Ocado joins BRC
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- 16 April 2012 09:48
Online grocer Ocado has become the latest retailer to join the British Retail Consortium (BRC). Stephen Robertson, BRC director general said: "As the UK's only online-only grocery retailer, Ocado represents an important and distinctive part of the sector. I'm delighted Tim Steiner and his team recognise the value of BRC ...read more
Food poisoning bacteria "present in supermarket chickens"
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- 13 April 2012 14:39
One in five supermarket chickens is contaminated with the food poisoning bacteria campylobacter, an investigation has found.The study of chicken samples from nine supermarkets by the Which? consumer group found 18% were contaminated with campylobacter, the most common cause of food poisoning in the UK, according to the FSA, and ...read more
BA cost saving will mean hundreds of job losses
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- 12 April 2012 10:35
British Airways has unveiled a programme of cost-saving measures that will see hundreds of workers at Gatwick Airport lose their jobs or be transferred to another company.The carrier said 400 ramp workers will see their jobs outsourced, while 170 customer service staff and management support employees will be laid off ...read more
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