Pub meals gaining popularity: report
May 23, 2008
While the ban on smoking may be keeping the gamblers away, many drinking holes are making a decent trade in good-value meals, a survey suggests.
Woolworths shares dive to all-time low after warning of 'marked' downturn
Woolworths had a day to forget yesterday, when it posted a profit warning, revealed dire recent trading, and tore up plans to sell its £200m stake in DVD publisher 2 entertain.
New profit warning as Woolworths abandons 2entertain sale
Woolworths lurched deeper into crisis yesterday as it abandoned the planned sale of 2entertain, its DVD publishing business, and admitted that a recent collapse in sales meant that it would again miss its profit targets.
Woolworths still eyeing The Warehouse
Cashed-up retailer Woolworths is still likely to make a tilt at the New Zealand general merchandise retailer The Warehouse, an investment house says.
Woolworths set to meet guidance
Woolworths Ltd is set to meet its annual earnings forecasts after yearly sales rose on the back of a strong performance by its supermarkets division.
Woolworths may plunge into a retail...
If Steve Johnson wondered what he had let himself in for by agreeing to be the
new chief executive of Woolworths, it was laid bare yesterday. According to
one City analyst, he...
Woolworths shares crash to seven-year...
Shares in Woolworths crashed this morning to a seven-year low after the
retailer issued a profit warning, saying that sales declined in the first
half.
Woolworths considers options for DVD...
Woolworths has responded to speculation that it is using investment bank UBS to sell its 40 per cent stake in the DVD publisher 2entertain. In a Stock Exchange statement,...
Fuel's gold as a million people play...
WOOLWORTHS has left the door open for its new discount fuel card to morph into a sophisticated customer loyalty card similar to that pioneered by the British supermarket giant...
Woolworths fined for breaking FSA rules
Woolworths has been fined £350,000 by the Financial Services Authority for taking too long to disclose that its profits would be lower than expected.
Woolworths insists new chief executive can reinvigorate chain
Woolworths' chairman, Richard North, maintained that its retail division can robustly grow its profits yesterday as the group parted company with its chief executive, Trevor Bish Jones.
Woolworths hit with £350,000 market...
Woolworths, the UK retailer, has been fined £350,000 by the Financial Services
Authority (FSA) for taking too long to disclose sensitive information to the
stock market.
Woolworths chief executive quits as...
Trevor Bish Jones, chief executive at Woolworths, is stepping down from one of
the high street's oldest retailers after more than six years of struggling
to put the group back...
Head of Woolworths to step down
Retail group Woolworths says its chief executive is to step down as it reports a further decline in sales.
Woolworths rings the changes
WOOLWORTHS, whose 820 stores in Britain sell goods from appliances to sweets, has announced that its chief executive officer, Trevor Bish-Jones, will leave after deteriorating...
Steve Johnson to run Woolworths
Woolworths, the troubled high street retailer, has appointed Steve Johnson,
the former chief executive of Focus DIY, as its new chief executive. He
replaces Trevor Bish-Jones,...
Merrill lowers Woolies guidance
Global investment house Merrill Lynch reduces its annual earnings forecasts for Woolworths but says the nation's largest retailer is still in great shape.
Woolworths angers shareholders by rejecting Iceland founder's approach
Woolworths faces a showdown with its biggest shareholders after the ailing retailer rejected a takeover approach for its 815 stores yesterday from Malcolm Walker, the founder of the Iceland frozen-food chain.
Woolworths on track for FY sales growth
Higher food prices and growing market share have helped Australia's biggest retailer, Woolworths, to deliver better-than-expected third quarter sales.
Tolls boost Transurban revenue
Transurban reports an increase in annual revenue from tolls and fees on its roads in Australia and the US.
Woolies pressured to cut ties with APP
An activist group wants Woolworths shareholders to pressure the supermarket giant to stop sourcing paper products from one of Asia's largest pulp companies.
Steve Johnson takes £9m challenge to...
The executive who sold Focus DIY for £1 last year is on his way to becoming a
£9 million man after landing the top job at Woolworths.
Telstra jumps Optus in mobile revenue
Telstra Corp Ltd's mobile phone revenue has surged, extending Australia's biggest telecommunications company's lead over rival Optus in the segment.
Iceland 'in bid for Woolworths'
The boss of the Iceland frozen food chain offers to buy troubled retailer Woolworths' network of 815 stores, reports say.
Woolies sales up 10.2%
Woolworths says third-quarter sales rise 10.2% on demand at its supermarkets and Big W discount department stores.