Centra To Invest €23m In Store Expansion Programme For 2023
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Centra has announced a €23 million investment in its store expansion programme. The convenience retailer highlighted that the investment will see it grow its nationwide presence with the opening of 18 new stores, creating at least 468 new jobs across local communities, bringing the total employment figure at Centra to over 12,000. As part of the programme, Centra noted that it will also revamp and refresh 35 of its existing stores in 2023. Centra’s store expansion and investment programme is in addition to the €25 million deployed last year, which included the refresh of 33 outlets across its retail estate.
Consumer goods giant Unilever on Monday appointed Hein Schumacher to replace Alan Jope as chief executive from 1 July in a move that was welcomed by board member and activist shareholder Nelson Peltz. Schumacher, 51, joined Unilever in October last year as non-executive director and is currently the chief of Dutch dairy business FrieslandCampina. His appointment marks the first time Unilever has given the top job to a non-Unilever executive since it poached Paul Polman from Nestlé in 2008. Unilever, One of the biggest consumer companies in the world with more than 400 brands ranging from detergent to ice cream, said in September said that Jope planned to retire at the end of 2023.
SPAR Select Vintage Irish Cheddar was named as the winner in the Dairy Products category in the 2023 European Private Label Awards, which celebrate excellence in store-brand innovation. Overall, a total of 16 different retailers hailing from nine European countries have been named as winners in the 2023 European Private Label Awards. The Awards are hosted by Checkout's sister magazine ESM: European Supermarket Magazine. This year's winners include ABBI Holding (Italy), Albert Heijn/Etos (Netherlands), Aldi France, Aldi Italia, BWG Foods/SPAR Ireland, Conad (Italy), Consum (Spain), Coop (Italy), Coop Trading (Denmark), Desarrollo de Marcas/Euromadi (Spain), Lidl Denmark, Migros Ticaret (Turkey), Pingo Doce (Portugal), REWE Group (Germany) and Salling Group (Denmark).
Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket group, said on Tuesday it was changing the way it manages its larger stores, impacting around 1,750 workers. All of Britain's major grocers are seeking cost savings as they try to keep a lid on rising prices. Tesco said a new structure will see it introduce about 1,800 'shift leader' roles in its larger Superstores and Extra stores and also realign its store manager roles. At the same time it will reduce the number of 'lead' and 'team managers' in its large stores. Tesco said the 1,750 workers affected will have the option of moving to shift leader vacancies or taking redundancy.
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