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...Other supermarkets, including Tesco, Asda and J Sainsbury have also released named caterpillar-shaped cakes in green packaging but Aldi is the only one to have been subject to legal action....
...play on the “J’Adore Dior” slogan created by John Galliano during his tenure at the house in the late 1990s....
...The Paris meeting stems from a 2011 UN climate conference in Durban, South Africa, that might have collapsed if not for the dogged diplomacy of then EU climate chief, Connie Hedegaard....
...“Keep on Lying” turned Mary J. Blige-ish R&B soppy and ploddy, squandering any lyrical twist in its tale. “You & I (Forever)” rose with straightforward MOR progressions....
...By then Tesco had edged past J Sainsbury to become Britain’s biggest grocer....
...The announcement that Justin King will step down as chief executive of J Sainsbury after 10 years will rev up speculation that he is in pole position to run Formula One....
...Connie Hedegaard, the climate commissioner, rejected the idea that Europe’s desire to lead in green energy was holding the EU back against US and Asian competitors, noting renewables had already created...
...The appointment comes almost a year since Richard Brasher quit as chief executive of Tesco’s UK business, which still accounts for about two-thirds of its sales and profits....
...Tesco has been reeling since the warning in January, parting company with Richard Brasher, UK chief executive, two weeks ago....
...J Sainsbury was up 0.8 per cent to 303p ahead of its fourth-quarter trading statement on Wednesday....
...“This is classic smoke and mirrors from Tesco, giving with one hand and taking with the other,” said J Sainsbury....
...Several people familiar with the situation told the FT ahead of Thursday’s profit warning that Richard Brasher, the new chief executive of Tesco’s UK business, had wanted to cut much deeper....
...Richard Brasher, chief executive of Tesco’s UK business, indicated last week that Tesco’s price cuts could include non-food....
...Tesco fell 2 per cent to 364p, while J Sainsbury also slipped 2 per cent to 274½p, on fears that it would be hit hard if Tesco launched a price offensive....
...He joined Tesco in March 2010, from J Sainsbury, where he was head of non-food, to reinvigorate the clothing business....
...Hammersmith’s musical choices are generally brasher: it’s pretty audacious to make your opening number a rewritten version of Cee-Lo Green’s (ahem) “Forget You”....
...Richard Brasher, chief executive of Tesco’s domestic business, is under pressure after sales lagged behind J Sainsbury and Wm Morrison, its rivals, in the four weeks to August 7....
...In the four weeks to August 7, J Sainsbury increased sales by 7 per cent, helped by a fuel promotion....
...The tough conditions in the UK could put pressure on Richard Brasher, the newly appointed chief executive of the domestic business....
...The work by Mr Clarke, and new UK chief executive Richard Brasher, appears to be paying off....
...Rivals J Sainsbury and Wm Morrison exclude vouchers from their sales figures....
...J Sainsbury is set to be the winner among the big four supermarkets this Christmas, according to industry data from consumer research group Nielsen....
...Richard Brasher, incoming UK chief executive of Tesco, said: “It is vitally important that the whole industry acts in a way that deserves the trust of customers....
...As marketing director in the early 1990s, Sir Terry was seen as having been instrumental in giving Tesco the momentum to overtake J Sainsbury as the nation’s biggest grocer....
...Tesco reported underlying sales growth of just 3 per cent in the UK in the year to February, trailing stronger performances at rivals J Sainsbury, Asda and Wm Morrison....
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