Sentences with phrase «as the chains cut»

Both Dan Murphy's and BWS outgrew the market, with comparable store sales rising 4.7 per cent in the second quarter, but margins were squeezed as the chains cut prices to compete with Coles» Liquorland.

There were various diversity initiatives by Coca - Cola Amatil and Diageo, plus other stuff that fascinates me a few years into the alcohol industry, but would no doubt bore you senseless, such as chains cutting margins and whisky companies putting ASX holds on themselves.

Not exact matches

Just as we cut golden ears of wheat, when the time calls we cut off chains.

The burger chain is cutting eight items from the menu in addition to reducing the number of Extra Value Meals from 16 to 11, the company said on Wednesday, as reported by Reuters.

Hari has been able to convince big chains to make system - wide changes in the past by isolating one or two ingredients, such as the «yoga mat chemical» or corn syrup, that she feels are especially dangerous for customers and would be feasible for the company to cut.

«Global supply chains are a huge turnaround opportunity,» said Niedermaier, describing the garment industry as engaged in a «race to the bottom» as it cuts corners to keep costs down.

Activists in four states were arrested after they cut padlocks and chains and entered remote flow stations to turn off valves in an attempt to stop crude moving through lines that carry as much as 15 % of daily U.S. oil consumption.

As pizza chain Papa John's undergoes a time of reckoning, choosing a new CEO and severing ties with the National Football League, Cramer wanted to cut through the confusion.

The move comes as the world's largest industrial companies, from General Electric to Siemens, seek to snap up software assets to modernize their manufacturing processes, improve their supply chains and cut costs.

As supply chains get cut off, it may be reasonable for businesses to raise prices somewhat in order to cover additional costs.

Examples of such projects providing marginal benefits are: improving financial reporting systems through better information technology, minor tweaks to supply chain logistics, cutting back on marketing or increasing low - cost advertising (like social media), «rationalization» of head count, holding average wages as low as possible, squeezing suppliers a little bit, not repatriating earnings to stave off taxation, refinancing rather than retiring debts, and the share buyback that is insensitive to a company's current stock price.

As cocaine moves down the supply chain, resellers eager to maximize profit almost always «step on» or «cut» it with things that resemble cocaine, such as powdered vitamin B12, lidocaine, or baby laxativeAs cocaine moves down the supply chain, resellers eager to maximize profit almost always «step on» or «cut» it with things that resemble cocaine, such as powdered vitamin B12, lidocaine, or baby laxativeas powdered vitamin B12, lidocaine, or baby laxatives.

However, a significant tax increase — the use of a slower - growing inflation index, chained CPI, to adjust tax brackets — remains, as do corporate tax cuts.

After a lively countdown, the construction paper chain ribbon was cut as exhausted but happy volunteers cheered.

Advertising continued its freefall at Quebecor Inc.'s media division in its latest quarter, as the company provided more insight into its decision to cut hundreds of jobs and restructure its Sun Media newspaper chain.

I envision it as a series of cartoons with the ball getting increasingly smaller because I have yet to actually cut the chain!

As the controversy over Chick - fil - A's founder publicly opposing same - sex marriage continues - Mike Huckabee is pushing for a Chick - fil - A day, while the Jim Henson Co. is cutting ties to the chain - we're republishing our list of 10 other religious companies.

On the night of Sept. 11, as the Obama administration scrambled to respond to the Benghazi terror attacks, then - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a key aide effectively tried to cut the department's own counterterrorism bureau out of the chain of reporting and decision - making, according to a «whistle - blower» witness from that bureau who will soon testify to the charge before Congress

It is part of Treasury chief executive Mike Clarke's overhaul of the Treasury business, as he cuts costs in the supply chain and steps up investment behind the more prominent wine brands in the company's portfolio.

Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci is shifting his focus from «sledgehammer» price cuts to finer tools such as data analytics and customer loyalty to lift earnings this year after restoring momentum in Australia's largest supermarket chain.

The goal includes an ambitious end - to - end approach to reduce its carbon footprint through actions to reduce deforestation in its agricultural supply chain as well as to cut carbon dioxide emissions from manufacturing by an absolute 15 percent, in line with science - based targets.

Brokers say Metcash's IGA retailers have lost market share to the major chains, which have been offering targeted petrol discounts as high as 45 cents a litre and cutting the price of groceries.

Walmart recently announced that as part of moves to cut 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas from its supply chain by the end of 2015, it is demanding stricter quality and environmental standards from its Chinese suppliers, and is looking at factories» air emissions and management disposal of hazardous waste.

That this House: (1) notes with concern the impact on the Dairy Industry of the Coles milk pricing strategy and that: (a) dairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains».

As mayor, she said, standing in the Union Square farmer's market, she would ensure that chain restaurants cut the levels of saturated fat, sodium and calories in order to market something as a kids» meaAs mayor, she said, standing in the Union Square farmer's market, she would ensure that chain restaurants cut the levels of saturated fat, sodium and calories in order to market something as a kids» meaas a kids» meal.

In social media posts following a visit Wednesday to Target in Camillus, U.S. Rep. John Katko claimed that the retail chain raised wages last year «as a direct result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,» a federal tax plan that Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed in December.

As for cutting deals, they are the top dogs in the DA's office, so unless either has dirt, or evidence on judges or elected officials, the chain stops there.

The request also calls for cuts in international climate programs such as SilvaCarbon, a forest assistance program supported by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Forest Service, and they are all links in a chain that is working toward providing effective measures of human - caused carbon dioxide emissions.

Rather than first replicating the DNA with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as is typical, the investigators cut to the chase and sequenced the ancient DNA directly, using computing technology developed for modern genome projects.

If you're just starting your diet now, you can use branch chain amino acids as a supplement which will help you keep your muscle loss to a minimum when you cut your calories.

As we discussed in this article, it is just as critical for preventing acne as vitamin E or vitamin C. Glutathione can cut off chains of free radicals on the skin, and hoover up free radicals throughout your body and prevent them from depleting other important acne antioxidants like vitamin E and vitamin As we discussed in this article, it is just as critical for preventing acne as vitamin E or vitamin C. Glutathione can cut off chains of free radicals on the skin, and hoover up free radicals throughout your body and prevent them from depleting other important acne antioxidants like vitamin E and vitamin as critical for preventing acne as vitamin E or vitamin C. Glutathione can cut off chains of free radicals on the skin, and hoover up free radicals throughout your body and prevent them from depleting other important acne antioxidants like vitamin E and vitamin as vitamin E or vitamin C. Glutathione can cut off chains of free radicals on the skin, and hoover up free radicals throughout your body and prevent them from depleting other important acne antioxidants like vitamin E and vitamin A.

Emily Ratajkowski proves a one - piece can be just as sexy as a bikini with her black high - cut swimsuit and gold body chain.

A simple, geometrically - cut white topaz gems in a Sterling silver frame weighs down this delicate chain for a piece that is as fresh as it is classic.

Forgetting to set your alarm and waking up to sunlight streaming in through your bedroom window, the feeling of soft green grass on the soles of my bare feet, crisp cool morning air before a hot summer day, steel cut oats with sweet granules of melted brown sugar, the glittery reflection of sunbeams as they softly touch the water, the smell of the forest after it has rained, mornings spent curled up in a hammock loosing yourself in a book, walking everywhere because it's sunny and you can, teaching a first grader how to do a cartwheel, watching the sunrise with someone you love, skinny dipping in the ocean, braiding daisy chains into your hair prior to discovering a spider!

Add your next piece of chain to the wire as well, then you can cut and measure your pieces accurately.

A three layer long necklace with various detailed features such as dainty beading, a druzy stone charm, and a cut - out pendant with a golden chain tassel at the very end.

A simple, geometrically - cut druzy gem in a vermeil frame weighs down this delicate chain for a piece that is as fresh as it is classic.

A simple, geometrically - cut moonstone gem in a vermeil frame weighs down this delicate chain for a piece that is as fresh as it is classic.

BASEL, Switzerland — With a complex and opaque supply chain — which often involves the shipment of gemstones in and out of numerous countries as they are mined, cut, processed and polished — the $ 148 billion jewellery industry is notoriously difficult to regulate.

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Despite all the ghastly and bloody moments in the film, when Chopper cuts his ears off or stabs his hard - core rival enough times that he «bleeds» sufficient shoe polish to make it look like Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the film comes across as a parody of the criminal world.

«This is the second academy chain in a matter of weeks to announce huge cuts and it won't be the last, as Government funding cuts bite.

The company hopes to localize as much as 85 percent of vehicle production in the Americas by 2015, which would cut down on supply chain and shipping costs compared to building cars in Japan.

Nonetheless, Riggio is optimistic about its future, as the chain «continues to cut losses from the Nook and experiments with a new store prototype.»

There are those who say the sound my country makes at night, the sound I hear when flying, the sound my nation exhales as it sleeps, is the sound of prayer, the sound of Jesus Christ arising from the basalt in the Rockies, splitting hearts of granite as he shakes off chains of time and is reborn, and there are those who claim the sound my nation makes at night is the metallic hiss of money in the forge or the sound of slavery's jism misspent in anger and assimilation, or that the sound my nation makes is the sizzle of cosmetic simulation, the sound the cutting edge of surgical removal makes, the sound of History slipping into coma, cosmic silence, almost total, through which, in my dream of flying, I perceive a hopeful distant note — the sound my country makes — a note so confirming and annunciatory that it seems to bend into itself, bend into its own impending future like an announcing angel comin» round the mountain, bend the way a shadow bends, conforming to the curvature of Earth, wailing gently through the night.

Daunt hailed the acquisition was «definitely a good thing» for the chain, a vindication of «good old - fashioned bookselling», stressing that there were no closures or job cuts planned as a result.

And we even include Google in that, as the next Nexus has its work cut out - who'd have thought the prime competition would come from a supermarket chain?

This holiday season the bookstore chain will have their work cut out for them as Amazon is planning on launching a new tablet computer and a new color Kindle e-Reader.

Boldly colored cut - paper collages combine with short, lyrical, rhyming text to describe turkey vultures and their role as scavengers in the food chain.

While a few of those numbers are probably a little murky (Marvel [along with DC] technically sell directly to retailers, with Diamond only acting as a sales agent — so, when they sell to Billy Bob's Comics Hole, they're selling it for a very different price than they're selling it to John's Big Regional Chain Stores), I suspect it is fairly likely that the cut to every other partner combined is pretty close to, in aggregate, of 65 % of the total cover price.