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Iceland Iceland is to close its frozen foods distribution centre in Flintshire in September, with the transfer of up to 350 jobs to its site in Warrington. 13-Jul-2006 Iceland, the frozen food retailer, is to shed 84 jobs at its Expert Appliance Care Centre in Deeside, as well as 20 jobs in London and 131 engineering jobs around the country. 03-Mar-2006 Iceland is planning to have 12 fulfilment warehouses for its home shopping service by 2006. 18-Nov-2002 Iceland has launched a nationwide search to find suitable sites for 80 new supermarkets over the next three years, to add to the existing 760. 23-Jan-2002 Iceland is to change its name to The Big Food Group and is looking to devise new trading formats for its 760 frozen food stores. 30-Nov-2001 Iceland is planning to add about 80 frozen food stores to the existing 760 over the next five years. 03-Sep-2001 Iceland is to spend £8m a year providing organic produce in its stores at no extra cost to the consumer, and will stock only organic vegetables by October. 15-Jun-2000 Iceland is to acquire Booker, the cash and carry group, in a £326m all-share deal, and the combined group will aim to achieve cost savings of £50m within two years. 26-May-2000 Iceland is to become the first food retailer to launch a nationwide home shopping service, and it will be free for customers with a minimum order of £40. 08-Sep-1999 Iceland is planning to launch internet and TV shopping services later this year, and is also positioning itself as the UK's ethical food retailer by removing genetically modified ingredients and artificial colours and flavours. 24-Mar-1999 Iceland's Woodford Foodservice subsidiary has acquired Caterfish, the Midlands-based supplier of frozen foods and fresh fish. 14-Nov-1998 Iceland is set to become the first food retailer to sell its products on a digital TV shopping channel, and British Interactive Broadcasting has also agreed similar deals with Great Universal Stores, Woolworth and Midland Bank. 11-Nov-1998 Iceland Frozen Foods has awarded Wincanton Logistics a five-year £70m contract to operate a new distribution centre for the south-east. 26-Sep-1998 Iceland, the frozen food retailer, has announced plans to extend its home delivery service throughout the UK, and will use the call centre that was set up for its domestic appliance business. 09-Sep-1998 Iceland, the frozen food retailer, is to launch a nationwide home delivery service, which will enable customers to order by telephone. 10-Aug-1998 Iceland, the food retailer, is in discussions with BSkyB about setting up a home shopping service via television later this year, and it is also planning a telephone ordering service. 25-Mar-1998 Iceland is claiming to be the first UK retailer to have removed genetically modified ingredients from its own label products, as it aims to exploit a new environmental niche in the market. 18-Mar-1998 Iceland is extending its home shopping service to Edinburgh and the north east, enabling people to order via phone or fax. 22-Sep-1997 Iceland Group, the frozen food retailer, is launching a nationwide home delivery service, creating 1,000 jobs. 02-Sep-1997 The Co-op and Iceland supermarket chains are to ban alco-pops from their stores in support of government moves to crack down on under-age drinking. 14-Jun-1997 Iceland Group, the frozen food retailer, is supporting the campaign against the use of genetically modified soya beans, and plans to exclude them from its products in 1997. 11-Nov-1996 Iceland, the frozen food retailer, is planning to open 31 new stores this year and 25 next year, and is investing in a sales-based ordering system. 04-Sep-1996 Iceland, the frozen food retailer, plans to add another 40 stores this year and is experimenting with smaller outlets of about 3,200 sq ft. 27-Mar-1996 Stewart's Crazy Prices is selling seven of its 42 Northern Ireland stores, with Iceland rumoured to be the buyer. 03-Feb-1996 Iceland is planning to open a further 31 new stores this year, with 7 in N Ireland. 15-Sep-1995 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007