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Iceland feeds public’s appetite for cheap food

12.06.09
Frozen food specialist Iceland is revelling in the recession as more customers seek cheap food and look to cut waste ... more

Woolworths eyes sale of stores to US buyer for £1

19.11.08
Retail: Woolworths could sell its 800 High Street stores for just £1 to a US company that specialises in takeovers of distressed businesses... more

Woeful Woolworths on Sugar's shopping list

10.10.08
Consumers may be shunning its stores, but Woolworths has still found its way on to sir Alan Sugar's shopping list.... more

Market report: Woeful Woolworths on Sugar's shopping list

10.10.08
Consumers may be shunning its stores, but Woolworths has still found its way on to Sir Alan Sugar's shopping list.... more

Woolies £100m in the red and dividend is scrapped

17.09.08
Retail: Troubled High Street chain Woolworths today unveiled a record half-year loss, scrapped its dividend and said it was open to ideas for its 815 stores.... more

Market report: Iranian bid buzz gives a surprise lift to Woolies

01.09.08
Steve Johnson’s first day in one of the hardest jobs in retail was met by a surprise jump in the Woolworths share price on talk that suitors were circling the struggling chain... more

Comment: Clarke's recovery route can work for us again

21.08.08
Recession in the air, negative equity, banks with burned fingers, credit still very tight, the pound under pressure and the Chancellor preparing to borrow a billion pounds every week. Welcome back to the 1990s... more

Woolies bid sums don't add up, warns chief

18.08.08
Woolworths chairman Richard North explains in detail to shareholders why the multiple retailer had rejected a £50m bid for its 815 stores from former Iceland frozen foods boss Malcolm Walker ... more

Shoplifting 'epidemic' costs millions

11.07.08
Shoplifters are costing retailers millions of pounds in what one senior figure calls an "epidemic"... more

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