Sainsbury's image takes another knock
Sainsbury's already tarnished reputation took another serious knock this week when the company bowed to shareholder pressure and decided not to appoint its preferred candidate to the post of chairman designate.
Archives for February 19, 2004
Carrefour restarts Chinese expansion
Carrefour, the French company which is the world's second largest food retailer, has this week opened its first hypermarket in China for nearly two years after finally ensuring that its operations there comply with Chinese regulations.
Discounters, hypers set to dominate Hungarian market
Compared to other central European nations, the presence of foreign retailers in Hungary is relatively low, with the likes of Tesco, Delhaize, Tenglemann, Rewe and Auchan among the few western companies already present there. And while European Union...
Nutrition boost for Ajinomoto
Continued demand for its amino acid supplement Amino Vital was one of the main drivers of growth for Japanese monosodium glutamate seasonings and sweeteners group Ajinomoto in the first nine months of 2003.
No decision yet on GM maize
Monsanto will have to wait a little longer to find out if it will be granted permission by the European Union authorities to import its genetically modified (GM) maize NK603 into the trading bloc.
British opposition to GM over-estimated, claims report
slators in Brussels are currently preparing to decide whether to allow genetically modified products to be sold in the European Union, but most of the 15 Member States have also carried out their own research into the pros and cons of novel foods.
Food security in infectious world
The European Commission recently convened researchers, experts and decision-makers from all over the world to discuss ways to increase international cooperation in the battle to combat highly transmissible animal diseases such as foot and mouth...
British stores failing disabled consumers
Supermarkets have invested a great deal of time and money in improving the quality of service that they offer to their customers in recent years, and this has become as much a way of differentiating between fascias as the products they offer and the...
Is bird flu the next SARS?
Experts in Asia are predicting that the bird flu outbreak is threatening to evolve into a situation similar to that of the recent SARS outbreak, as the disease appears to show no signs of abating. Meanwhile in Europe strict measures are still in force...
Glanbia invests in functional food R&D
Irish dairy firm Glanbia is to invest €15 million in a new innovation centre to develop functional foods and health ingredients, Ireland's Minister for Agriculture and Food Joe Walsh revealed yesterday.