Sentences with phrase «supermarket chain on»

Advising a supermarket chain on obtaining UK merger control clearance for a store acquisition.

South Africa - based Shoprite Holdings Ltd. (South Africa) is another fund holding that has a leading position in its home market, but is also the largest supermarket chain on the continent.

Food and Drink - Fall 2011 -(Page 157) Le Grand Marche > r RETAIL Island Leader Le Grand Marche is the biggest supermarket chain on St. Maarten because of its selection and by catering to its customers.

His Honour considered that, in the present case, the separation of wholesaling and retailing functions tended to confuse the analysis and that, in light of the more powerful constraint imposed by the major supermarket chains on Metcash, compared with the lesser constraint imposed by Franklins, it was not possible to determine the competition consequences of Metcash's acquisition without taking into account the constraints from the major supermarket chains as market participants.

Not exact matches

In acquiring supermarket chain Whole Foods, Amazon has launched a similar service, where shoppers can return purchases made on Amazon.com at the grocer's more than 400 stores.

Iceland, a big supermarket chain in the United Kingdom, says it will ban plastic packaging on its own brand products in 2023

He had adopted a healthy lifestyle focused on organic and sustainable food and knew that supermarket chains were clamoring for locally sourced greens.

March 27 - Southeastern Grocers LLC, which operates supermarket chains Winn - Dixie and Bi-Lo, said on Tuesday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

March 27 - Southeastern Grocers LLC, the Florida - based operator of supermarket chains Winn - Dixie and Bi-Lo, said on Tuesday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to restructure debt.

Kroger (KR), the nation's largest supermarket chain, on Friday is expected to report second - quarter revenue that outpaces Wall Street's forecasts as the company has expanded its organic foods offerings to offset the consumer shift away from big box stores.

LONDON — The CEO of British supermarket chain Sainsbury's has apologized after being caught on camera singing» We're in the Money» following the purchase of Walmart's British unit, Asda.

Brown insists on selling the Beyond Burger in only the meat case of supermarkets, turning down chains that insist the Beyond Burger must be in the «meat alternatives» section.

LONDON Sainsbury's and Asda, the two British supermarkets planning to merge, had the slowest sales of the «big four» chains in the 12 weeks to April 22, market data showed on Tuesday.

The company said its executives and their advisers have been reviewing the supermarket chain's stores for several months, looking at their profitability and their impact on their individual markets.

Politicians call for watchdog to gauge affects of deal, saying it should not hurt suppliersMPs from two parliamentary committees have called on the competition regulator to examine how the merger of Sainsbury's and Asda will affect suppliers.The merger of the UK's second - and third - largest supermarket chains could hand them control of about 30 % of the -LSB-...]

«Customers don't enjoy lugging large shopping carts down long supermarket aisles, but they enjoy picking quality meats and vegetables,» says Shouraboura, who worked on Bezos» senior leadership team and helped oversee Amazon's global supply chain.

They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature it on their shelves — along with threats for failure to comply.

«A family should be together on Sundays,» Olszewska said after buying some food at a local Biedronka, a large discount supermarket chain.

On the edge of the White Mountains in Maine, word spread that the policy at Hannaford, the dominant supermarket chain, was not to dispute returns of under $ 25.

They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves — along with threats for failure to comply.

Once dominated by local mom - and - pop stores, the industry has undergone a lot of consolidation, resulting in chains that have the size and scope of traditional supermarkets in many cases but the same tight focus on Asian products.

«Our ability to turn around an order and deliver it quickly and accurately to a supermarket chain that has a need for produce on a same - day or next - day delivery basis sets us apart, and it is not easy to do,» he adds.

Unlike mainland supermarket chains, which have relatively easy access to fresh produce and a wide variety of items, supermarkets like Le Grand Marche on St. Maarten have to work that much harder to keep their shelves stocked and their customers satisfied.

One said: «Foster's is focused on the supermarket chains and we are treated like second - second - rate citizens.»

For Kunkel, the plan was to reduce reliance on beer in a low - growth market as tastes were changing and supermarket chains were becoming more powerful.

It won't be easy as the two supermarket chains are unable to agree on appropriate mechanisms to address their growing vertical integration in a market where they control an unparalleled 70 per cent - plus of the nation's grocery shelf space.

All eggs from caged hens will be removed from the shelves of Woolworths over five years as the supermarket responds to growing consumer demand to address animal welfare, the supermarket chain will announce on Friday.

Coca - Cola Amatil could claw back market share in the lucrative bottled water market if rivals such as Asahi Schweppes and the supermarket chains raise prices on private - label and budget water to fully cover the cost of the container deposit scheme.

The sharp drop in the pound makes it much harder for Australian exporters to remain competitive on the shelves of UK retailers and supermarket chains.

The significant levels of «rebates and discounts» paid by food manufacturers to large supermarket chains and retailers for stocking products on shelves are also laid bare in the prospectus and are as high as 14 per cent of gross revenues.

«Intense competition in retail markets makes the productivity and profitability of wholesale merchants and supermarkets critically co-dependent on the productivity and profitability of input suppliers throughout the value chain, especially farm businesses.

«We will be buying all the certified organic produce between the Queensland border and Sydney directly from the farmer, packaging it and sending it on to supermarket chains,» Sally explained, with a focus on smaller chains.

Maggie Beer Products chairman Trevor O'Hoy said on Tuesday the review found the business was on a solid footing but needed to rev up growth beyond the core markets of pate, pastes and premium ice - cream which were in «mature» segments, where there was rising pressure for promotional spending from big supermarket chains stocking the products.

From on - farm, to manufacturing, exporting and for consumers, we work at all stages of the food supply chain with food companies - in particular the meat, dairy, horticulture and grains industries, other researchers, the Commonwealth Department of Health and state health and innovation departments to make a difference to the healthiness of foods stocked on Australian supermarket shelves.

This commitment to ensure that supply chain waste is measured and reported makes Tesco the world - leading supermarket on transparent food waste reporting, and represents a significant step towards meeting the global goal to halve food waste by 2030.

It would be much better to spend time and money on creating alternative ways in which the eaters and producers of food can connect with each other outside of the major supermarket chains.

Detailed reasons will be released tomorrow, but they will include findings that the acquisition «On the other hand, I consider that it is quite likely that the acquisition of Franklins by Metcash will strengthen the capacity of independent retailers operating under the IGA banner to compete more vigorously with the major supermarket chains» (see Elizabeth Sexton, «Court clears path for Metcash to buy Franklins», SMH, 25 August 2011 and John Durie, «Federal Court frees Metcash to buy Franklins from Pick n Pay» (The Australian, 25 August 2011)-RRB-.

For example, in household goods, Cold Power laundry liquid (2 litres) was half the price at Amazon compared with the major supermarkets chains, costing $ 7.90 at Amazon compared with $ 18.15 at Coles and $ 16.50 at Woolworths (although it is currently on special at $ 7.90).

Archer toyed with a sale process last year but put that on ice when sentiment soured around the dairy sector after the troubles at Victoria's Murray Goulburn and the public backlash against private label milk at the big supermarket chains Coles and Woolworths.

The position of the major supermarket chains, particularly Coles and Woolworths, is such that there is a very significant constraint on the capacity of independent retailers to increase price or decrease other services without the likely loss of business.

[126] Nevertheless, given that independent retailers must compete with major supermarket chains in their vicinities, particularly Woolworths and Coles stores, Metcash encourages the independent retailers it supplies to «benchmark» their standard shelf prices according to the standard shelf prices charged by Woolworths or Coles, particularly in relation to «key value items» that represent particular products whose prices are known and used by consumers to assess the value on offer from a particular store.

«Aldi's long - term gains in terms of market share indicate that the European supermarket chain is on the up and up,» said Roy Morgan account manager Warren Reid.

This was because, on the primary judge's findings, the major supermarket chains imposed a closer (in the sense of greater) competitive constraint than Franklins on Metcash.

On this basis the trial judge concluded that (para 298) «if Franklins was in the relevant market with Metcash (as the Commission clearly contended), it must be the case that the major supermarket chains, which his Honour found to be a closer competitive constraint than Franklins, must be included in that market.»

On the issue of functional market definition, the Tribunal, noting that 70 % of turnover at wholesale level of that market passed through vertically integrated supermarket chains and concluded (at 266):

The trial judge did not accept the ACCC's contention that the major supermarket chains did not place a close constraint on Metcash's wholesale pricing, noting (para 257 - 260 of the trial judgment; reproduced at para 280 of Yates J's judgment)

On the other hand the constraint imposed by the major supermarket chains was strong and increasing.

(h) The threat of independent retailers ceasing to take supply from Metcash and selling their stores to one of the major supermarket chains imposed a substantial competitive constraint on Metcash as a supplier of packaged groceries at the wholesale level.

[130]... Metcash and Pick n Pay, on the other hand, say that, if the acquisition of Franklins by Metcash does not proceed, each of the 80 Franklins Corporate Stores will be sold to one of the major supermarket chains, or sold to an independent grocery retailer, or closed.

Based on the evidence before him, the primary judge considered that the major supermarket chains imposed a much more powerful constraint than Franklins on Metcash's market behaviour.