Sainsbury’s to boost Scots jobs
Sainsbury’s has announced plans to expand in Scotland, creating 1,300 jobs by next summer.
The new posts will be created through new stores at Strathaven in Lanarkshire and Prestwick, in Ayrshire, and the extension of existing shops.
Sainsbury’s also said the move would give Scottish suppliers more opportunities to sell their produce.
Sainsbury’s has embarked on a nationwide expansion Supermarket giant
The announcement came amid a drive by the company to open 150 convenience stores by 2010-11.
The plans also include replacing the existing Sainsbury’s outlet at Braehead, near Glasgow, with a new 70,000 sq ft store, making it the company’s largest Scottish store.
‘Continuing success’
Sainsbury’s managing director for Scotland, Dean Clegg, said: “At a time when many companies are being forced to cut back on jobs, Sainsbury’s can look forward to welcoming nearly 1,300 new colleagues and increasing its presence right across Scotland.
” In Scotland, Sainsbury’s currently employs 6,000 staff at its 38 stores, serving more than 580,000 customers each week.
Welcoming the announcement, Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, said: “This news underlines Sainsbury’s commitment to investing in Scotland and the continuing success of their Scottish stores.”
“Sales of Scottish produce across Great Britain have soared by 21% since 2007 and Sainsbury’s have played a key role in achieving this, for example having launched 380 new Scottish lines across UK stores over the last year.”
As part of the expansion plans, Sainsbury’s outlets in Darnley, Hamilton and Leven will be extended to include clothing and homeware.
The company announced in March it had acquired Somerfield stores in Newton Stewart, Glasgow Muirend, Stewarton, Denny, Kinross and Selkirk.
Sainsbury’s, which celebrated its 140th anniversary this year, has also just outlined proposals to invest more than £50m in two new stores in Northern Ireland.
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As the recession is taking a tighter hold, more and more people are turning to grow your own. But I think the issue regarding food (not only in Britain but around the world) is going to become a very important issues over the next few years.
One of the simplest things to start doing is to by loose fruit and vegetables only. Don’t buy an expensive pre-pack fruit or vegetables. Now I expect you may thing that pre-packed packs are the best quality product specially selected to be pre packed – wrong its that same as the boxes of loose products.
| Product this is | Price pre-packed per KG | Price loose per KG |
| Breaburn Apples | £2.10 | £1.58 |
| Bramley Apples | £1.99 | £1.49 |
| Golden Delicious Apple | £1.61 | £1.49 |
| Granny Smith | £1.76 | £1.47 |
| Red Seedless Grapes | £4.98 | £3.98 |
| White Seedless Grape | £4.98 | £2.45 |
| Broccoli | £3.97 | £1.98 |
| Bananas | £0.99 | £0.74 |
| Breaburn Apples | £1.85 | £1.58 |
| Bramley Apples | £1.58 | £1.49 |
| Golden Delicious Apple | £1.77 | £1.37 |
| Granny Smith | £1.77 | £1.67 |
| Pink Lady Apple | £2.48 | £2.38 |
| Red Seedless Grapes | £3.98 | £3.00 |
| White Seedless Grapes | £4.96 | £2.97 |
| Carrot | £1.03 | £0.87 |
| Broccoli | £2.3 3 | £1.98 |
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From the information above prices per kg for pre-packed are more than prices per kg for loose (pick from an open box). So not only do you SAVE MONEY, you get the amount you want SAVE WASTED FOOD and you don’t have lots of packaging to throw away SAVE ENVIRONMENT.
So pick loose and save three time MONEY, WASTE and the ENVIRONMENT.
I would like to push the supermarkets into selling loose fruit and vegetables, pre-packed food is more expensive for consumers to buy, more expensive for supermarkets to supply and produces more waste. Now I know consumers buy with their eyes, so what better way then you choosing your fruit and veg, rather than a pack house full of foreign workers packing any quality product into bags.
Please answer the questions below, so I can understand what people want.
| Numbers of avoidable fruit & vegetables wasted per day | Estimated tonnage of waste per annum | Numbers of avoidable fruit & vegetables wasted per day |
| Apples | 179000 | 4,400,000 |
| Potatoes | 177000 | 5,100,000 |
| Bananas | 78000 | 1,600,000 |
| Tomatoes | 46000 | 2,800,000 |
| Oranges | 45000 | 1,200,000 |
US fast-food chain McDonald’s says it plans to open 1,000 new restaurants this year.
The world’s largest hamburger chain also said fourth-quarter net income fell 23% to $985.3m (£710m), from $1.27bn a year before.
Revenue fell to $5.57bn from $5.75bn, even though global same-store sales rose 7.2%, as the firm was hit by the strong dollar.
McDonald’s US sales were up 5% on the year before
In the US, the firm raised the price of its Double Cheeseburger in November.
Announcing the results, chief executive Jim Skinner said: “For 2009 we plan to invest $2.1bn in capital to open about 1,000 new restaurants and reinvest in our existing locations.”
Despite beef, cheese, and other ingredients rising in price, the company reported an 8% fall in total operating costs and expenses.
McDonald’s has seen sales rise in the economic downturn, helped by its low prices and ubiquity of its outlets.
In the quarter, its same-store sales in the US rose 5% on the year before.
International same-store sales were also ahead, rising 7.6% in Europe and 10% in the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa division.
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McDonald’s to open 1,000 new stores
Despite falling short of Wall Street expectations, the burger chain experiences better-than-expected profit and will open 1,000 new restaurants.
NEW YORK (Reuters) — McDonald’s Corp. reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Monday though revenue fell short of Wall Street expectations due to a stronger U.S. dollar, and its shares fell more than 2%.
The world’s largest hamburger chain also said it would open 1,000 restaurants this year.
Fourth-quarter net income fell about 23% to $985.3 million, or 87 cents per share, from $1.27 billion, or $1.06 per share, a year earlier, when results included a large tax-related benefit.
Analysts on average were expecting earnings of 83 cents per share, according to Reuters Estimates.
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