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• How could I have bought Russian chickpeas in Tesco?

  15-01-2024 08:00
  I’m confused about the origin of some products as dried chickpeas from Sainsbury’s don’t say where they’re from, but some basmati rice doesSince September 2023 I have been checking food labels when we go to our local Tesco and Sainsbury’s for the country of origin and am concerned by what I found.I bought Tesco dried chickpeas very clearly labelled “produce of Russia” and “packed in the UK”. However, in Sainsbury’s the chickpeas just sa
  
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• US buyout firm CD&R hires former Tesco chief Dave Lewis

  15-01-2024 06:00
  ‘Stunning appointment’ underlines group’s aim to explore consumer sector investments
  
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• Who is Peter Ruis, the man tasked with reviving John Lewis?

  15-01-2024 01:13 via retailgazette.co.uk
  John Lewis Partnership made a big hire last week, hiring its former fashion boss Peter Ruis as executive director to lead the turnaround of its department store business.
  Ruis rejoins John Lewis after a 10-year absence this week and replaces Naomi Simcock, who has been leading the business on an interim basis over the past year and has now been promoted to operations director.
  But who is John Lewis’ new boss and can he succeed in reviving its fortunes.
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