The case study describes about packaging. Sainsbury's is always looking at new ways of packaging foods to provide better, more environmentally friendly alternatives for its customers. A recent example is our work with technology specialist Stanelco Plc and the development of an edible starch packaging, made solely from natural and...
PROUD parents Leanne Jones and Nick Houghton are delighted to announce the birth of their first child. Olivia Houghton was born eight weeks prematurely, weighing just 2lb 11 oz, at 3.55pm, on December 11, at the James Cook Hospital, in Middlesbrough. Despite Olivia's early arrival, dad...
A SUPERMARKET is donating luxury goods for volunteers in Iraq. Sainsbury's, in Gosforth, Newcastle, has joined forces with the Royal Artillery Association, in Tynemouth, and is helping fill shoe boxes with items including chocolate and toothpaste to send to TA volunteers. The RAA are planning to...
DURING these tough times, many people are tightening their belts as they rein in their spending. A lot of charities are among those finding life difficult. So a month after the Examiner made an appeal on behalf of the Welcome Centre in Huddersfield, we have been...
Byline: By SOPHIE DOUGHTY RADIO personality and comedienne Sue Sweeney has told of her brush with death when her tyre burst on a motorway. The bubbly BBC radio host has spoken out about her early morning ordeal in a bid to warn other women to stay...
A HUDDERSFIELD supermarket is looking for a charity to support. The Shorehead branch of Sainsbury's is inviting customers and colleagues to nominate worthy causes to be its official local charity partner. The selected charity will benefit through staff fundraising and volunteering to help in other ways....
Byline: EMMA DAVISON Marks & Spencer crackers, pounds 9.50 for 6, with gift, motto and hat BEAUTIFULLY presented in a very stylish silver and mistletoe design tied with lovely little silver beads. These crackers feel like they've got some substance to them and the gifts inside,...
SPICY sausages and Thai curry were on the menu at a charity cookathon. Employees at Sainsbury's, Gosforth, took it in turns to bring in some home-cooked food to sell in the staff canteen, in a bid to raise funds for St Oswald's Hospice. The week-long cookathon...
AGGRESSIVE price-cutting at petrol station forecourts means drivers are paying similar fuel prices today to in 2006, the AA said. Total last night followed Sains-bury's by announcing a 2p-per-litre price cut. Both are now offering unleaded petrol at 85.9p per litre...
THE following local pharmacies are open on Christmas Day: Greenhead Pharmacy, Greenhead Road (9am-10pm); and Batley Pharmacy, Upper Commercial Street, Batley (10am-8pm). The following are open on Boxing Day: Boots, King Street, Huddersfield (10.30am-4.30am); Bradford Road Pharmacy, Fartown (10am-4pm); Greenhead Pharmacy, Greenhead Road (9am-10pm); Lloyds Pharmacy, Market Street...
A SUPERMARKET is teaming up with the People's Kitchen in a bid to raise awareness of the charity. Sainsbury's in Gosforth is helping get the message out that at this cold time of year, customers at the charity are in urgent need of warm winter clothing. ...
SUPERMARKET staff in Huddersfield are donating toys this Christmas. Staff from the Market Street branch of Sainsbury's gave a variety of toys to Home Start Kirklees, a charity which offers friendship and practical help to families. Theresa Burke, senior coordinator for Home Start Kirklees, said some...
Sainsbury's is to invest 9m over the next two years in establishing five food-recycling plants, as it bids to become the UK's first retailer to entirely manage its own food waste. The UK's third largest grocer has signed a joint venture with BiogenGreenfinch, a British specialist in...
WHY do zebras have stripes? - Maggie Sainsbury, Tooting, South London ZEBRAS are black or dark-skinned animals with large white stripes and blotches. Their stripes are a camouflage to protect against predators. The rapid movement of the black and white stripes somehow...
WE have teamed up with Forestside Shopping Centre to give one lucky reader the chance to have their Christmas Day festivities taken care of by winning a Luxury Christmas Hamper. What's more, we'll be giving away one of these great prizes each day for the next three days! ...
WHY do zebras have stripes? -Maggie Sainsbury, Edinburgh ZEBRAS are black or dark-skinned animals with large white stripes and blotches. Their stripes are a camouflage to protect against predators. The rapid movement of the black and white stripes somehow makes it harder...
Soldier hero and his wife JUST a quick note on the long-running hunt to track down the First World War memorial that was put up in Dock Street, Huddersfield, now the site of Sainsbury's Shore Head market. We accidentally said that one resident, Daniel Conroy, was...
SO-CALLED cheap supermarkets are more expensive than all of their "big four" rivals, according to research released today. Trade magazine The Grocer found the most expensive place to shop was Aldi, where 33 basic items cost pounds 30.76 - pounds 11.66 more than the cheapest supermarket Asda. ...
ALMOST TWO-THIRDS of the staff at Woolworths' entertainment division lost their jobs yesterday as the fallout from the collapse of the group continued to spread. The administrator Deloitte said it was "scaling down" its work to find a buyer for Entertainment UK EUK, which supplied CDs and...
GRANGE MOOR-born businessman Malcolm Walker has renewed his interest in buying part of the doomed Woolworths chain. The founder and chief executive of frozen food retailer Iceland said it planned to buy 50 Woolies stores to convert to Iceland outlets. Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda have also been identified...
Articles 2008-12-12
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