Archives for July 22, 2003

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Sainsbury still has a mountain to climb

Sainsbury has been investing heavily in revamping its business for the last two years, but its latest quarterly results show that there is still an immense task ahead of the UK's number two supermarket group. So much so that even its management found...

Bon appétit hit by retail price wars

The retail price war currently being waged by the major Swiss retail groups has hit sales at the convenience store operations owned by the Bon appétit group.

Better detection rates

Lock Inspection Systems is to preview its Compact Vertical Fall metal detector for the first time at the forthcoming PPMA, to be held in the NEC, Birmingham, UK this September.

EU rules on GMOs to ignite trade war

US food manufacturers this week spoke out against new European rules on the labelling and traceability of GMOs, describing the legislation as "a brick wall blocking international trade".

Slice of funding to drive food research

Funds topping €17,5 billion will be poured into food-related research as the European Commission announces first slice of investment in the first year of the EU 6th Research Framework Programme (FP6).

Communications chief for EFSA

The new European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) is slowly building up its personnel with a new French addition to the communications team.