Frozen-food specialist Iceland was founded by entrepreneur Sir Malcolm Walker in 1970. Iceland also runs the Food Warehouse chain of larger food stores. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Iceland and the grocery sector.
Ocado was the fastest-growing retailer once again as consumers showed growing appetite for festive shopping online
Iceland chief executive Richard Walker is to be nominated for a seat in the House of Lords.
Frozen food specialist Iceland has doubled its presence in the Republic of Ireland, expanding its store-in-store presence with Dunnes Stores.
Leading grocers have written to chancellor Rachel Reeves, setting out the case for excluding shops from the planned business rates surtax.
Iceland boss Richard Walker has said private equity ownership in the UK has caused more damage to retail than any other entity.
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