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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Jumbo and Heineken reach commercial agreement after price spat
Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo and Heineken have established a commercial agreement, resolving a pricing dispute in the Netherlands earlier this year. In May, Heineken took Jumbo to court over the retailer halting orders of some of the brewer's brands. 'Jumbo and Heineken Netherlands have reached commercial agreements for 2025," Heineken said in a statement. The group added: 'From Heineken, Amstel, and Texels to Affligem, Dutch consumers again have access to their favourite beers at Jumbo. Jumbo has been a valued partner of Heineken Netherlands for many years, and we look forward to continuing our long-standing collaboration.' In May, the Amstel maker said the Dutch retailer had paused orders of "a large part of our product range". 'Jumbo has disregarded multiple requests from Heineken Netherlands to resume orders as usual and honour our agreements,' Heineken then said. A spokesperson for Jumbo, which is part of global buying group Everest, told Just Drinks at the time: 'Everest and its partners decided to temporarily purchase fewer Heineken products because they find the procurement prices Heineken is asking [to be] too high. The retailer signed up to the Everest and Epic Partners buying alliances in 2023. Everest includes Germany's retail chain Edeka, Netherlands-based Picnic and French retail cooperative Système U. Heineken lost its legal case against Jumbo later in May. In the court's ruling, the judge concluded Heineken did not have 'sufficient grounds to grant its claims in these summary proceedings', as the brewer's long-term agreement with the retailer came to an end on 31 January last year, after Jumbo joined the buying alliance Everest. It is not the first time the Birra Moretti brand owner has been in a dispute with Jumbo over pricing. In 2016, the Dutch supermarket claimed Heineken was failing to deliver enough products because the retailer's prices were too low. "Jumbo and Heineken reach commercial agreement after price spat" was originally created and published by Just Drinks, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Sign in to access your portfolio
Irish Independent
23-07-2025
- Business
- Irish Independent
Kerry fast-food restaurant standing up for Palestinians with boycott of popular drinks company
The boycott originated from the owners of the restaurant's interest in respecting human rights Kerryman A Kerry fast-food restaurant is standing up for Palestinians by refusing to sell the popular products of a drinks company reported to have a franchise operating in illegal Israeli settlements. Jumbo's Family Restaurant on William Street in Listowel has been boycotting Coca-Cola products since last November.
CTV News
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
‘JUMBOMANIA': St. Thomas exhibit chronicles life, death and legacy of world's most famous elephant
Jumbomania is an exhibit in St. Thomas, Ont. chronicling the life of Jumbo the Elephant. (Brent Lale/CTV News London) The Jumbo statue in St. Thomas is the city's most famous tourist attraction. Now, just a few kilometres south, an exhibit is on display telling the whole story of the world's most famous elephant. 'I think a lot of people know the ending and they know what happened and the tragedy that occurred here,' said Madeleine Howard, curator of the Elgin Heritage Centre and co-creator of JUMBOMANIA. 'There's so much more that we wanted to be able to share with visitors.' In 2024, guest exhibition coordinator Dariusz Korbeil reached out to the museum and pitched the idea of an exhibition for the 140th anniversary of the death of Jumbo. Months later, visitors can take a free tour through the life of the African elephant who went from Paris, France to England where he became a beloved pet at the Zoological Gardens for 17 years. 'His stardom really exploded, and Jumbomania really took hold when P.T. Barnum came onto the scene and offered to buy Jumbo from the zoo,' said Howard. 'That sparked a national outcry. P.T. Barnum wanted to bring Jumbo to America to travel with his circus and the British public were not having that. They wrote letters and stories and a real craze swept all of England.' Jumbo became so famous that his name and likeness started appearing everywhere. 'His name started, really showing up on different objects, different pieces of memorabilia, from shoelaces to matches to cigar boxes to pop bottles,' said Howard. 'His name just started to appear on everything. He really became such an icon at that time period and really catapulted his image and likeness and name into the English language as we know him today.' There are many interesting pieces in the exhibit from toys, memorabilia, photographs and news articles. 'One of my favorite artifacts that we have is this letter from P.T. Barnum to Abraham Bartlett, who is the superintendent at the London Zoological Gardens actually discussing the sale of Jumbo,' said Howard. 071525 A handwritten letter from P.T. Barnum to Abraham Bartlett is on display at the Jumbomania exhibit in St. Thomas. (Brent Lale/CTV News London) They also have a bowl given to Bartlett from Barnum after Jumbo was sold. The journey takes you through his life which includes his three years with Barnum before his tragic death. 'September 15th, 1885, they were wrapping up the show in Saint Thomas, and Jumbo was being walked back to his train car along with another elephant, Tom Thumb, when an unscheduled freight train, unfortunately, was coming down the tracks at the same time, and Jumbo was struck and killed.' A news article from 1885 is on display at the Heritage Centre which previews Jumbo's scheduled appearance. 071525 A newspaper article previews Jumbo's appearance in St. Thomas on Sept. 15, 1885. That would be the day he was struck and killed by a train in the Railway City. (Brent Lale/CTV News London) Forty years ago, St. Thomas erected as statue overlooking the west entrance to the city. The most historical and important item is literally a piece of Jumbo. 'This is a slice of Jumbo's tusk,' said Howard. 'This piece is really important for us because it is such a unique piece. Only five of these slices were ever prepared.' 071525 Elgin Heritage Centre curator Madeleine Howard stands next to a slice of Jumbo's tusk. Only five of them are in existence. (Brent Lale/CTV News London) About 90 per cent of the memorabilia is either on loan or once belonged to St. Thomas historian and former mayor Steve Peters. Now with the help of Howard and Korbeil, it's available for the public to see. ''Jumbomania' is to be able to celebrate and share his life as well as his legacy,' said Howard. 'And to highlight the enduring influence that Jumbo has had 140 years later.' The exhibit is free to attend and runs until March 2026.
Indian Express
14-07-2025
- Business
- Indian Express
July 14, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Black boxes in India
The black boxes of the ill-fated 'Kanishka' Jumbo jet are likely to be taken to the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) or the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) for analysis. The box is in the safe custody of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Both the BARC and TIFR had sophisticated computers to decode the messages recorded in the cockpit voice and digital flight data recorder. Sri Lanka talks The dialogue between the Sri Lanka government and its minority Tamils battling for greater autonomy was kept alive as the first phase of their talks in the Bhutanese capital of Thimpu ended with an agreement to resume on August 12. The Sri Lankan government is expected to bring up fresh proposals on devolution of powers to meet the autonomy demand when the talks resume. No harsh measures Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi made it clear that there was no question of imposing emergency now and he was in favour of settlement of all issues through negotiations . The PM pointed out that at no stage either at his press conference in Delhi or in the past had he said that he would impose an emergency. Union Carbide sued A total of 21,477 Indians were named in a new personal injury lawsuit, filed in a Federal court against the Union Carbide Corporation concerning the 1984 leak of a toxic gas in Bhopal. Melvin Belli, the first US lawyer to file a suit after the accident in India on December 3 that killed about 2,500 people and injured 200,000 represents nearly 25,000 Indians in two separate lawsuits. The suit asks $15 billion in damages to compensate the victims and to punish the company for negligence.
Sydney Morning Herald
09-07-2025
- Sydney Morning Herald
The butcher, the fashion choice and the old job: The real red flags in Erin Patterson's claims
The judge's summary ran to 330 pages. The Australian constitution is 102 pages. The court transcript ran to 3600 pages. The Bible is about 1200 pages. There were expert witnesses aplenty, but perhaps they missed a trick by not calling a fashion guru. Patterson repeatedly testified that she suffered 'explosive diarrhoea,' yet she was filmed wearing white pants at the time. White pants for a misbehaving bottom are a red flag. Patterson was asked a million questions, but there were a couple I would have liked to have heard her answer. The beef Wellington recipe called for one large eye fillet. Patterson explained that she shopped at the Leongatha Woolworths, which only had pre-cut steaks, so she bought five double packs, making six individual Wellingtons and freezing the remaining two. Right across the road from Woolworths in McNamara Place is Leongatha Fresh Meat and Fish Supplies, where one of the friendly staff could have cut an eye fillet to size. A butcher there said she was not a regular customer, although she did visit once after the fatal lunch. 'She bought some loin chops.' Before marrying and moving to Leongatha, she was an air traffic controller. Applicants are told they need the following attributes: 'Good spatial awareness and strong mathematical skills, excellent communication skills, the ability to work well under pressure and make quick, accurate decisions, the capability to plan ahead, as well as adapt to changing situations, enjoying taking charge and being accountable for your actions and decisions.' Patterson said her decisions to lie and destroy evidence were based on panic and the belief she would wrongly be blamed for the deaths. So she could help land a Jumbo with a dead engine in the fog, but couldn't tell the truth to the cops. The jury was infected with colds – some wore masks – and at times struggled with the daily grind. Little wonder. The generally accepted psychological rule is that the average adult can concentrate for 10 to 15 minutes at a time, not 10 to 15 weeks. Professional speakers, comics, university lecturers and Bourke Street buskers know to deliver their best bits early. In December 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's war declaration of 'a date which will live in infamy' took four minutes. Winston Churchill's first address to the House of Commons as prime minister, 'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat', took five minutes. The Gettysburg Address lasted two minutes and was 10 sentences long. Julius Caesar was even more succinct when describing a Roman war victory. 'Veni, vidi, vici' – I came, I saw, I conquered. Clearly, he was not a lawyer, as many (who are paid by the hour) have a different view. Put a witness in the box and ask them the same question as many times as possible, until they falter. Fatigue them until they make a mistake. Prosecutors are pythons that slowly squeeze their prey into submission. Or the legal version of Muhammad Ali's rope-a-dope: letting your opponent punch themselves out before attacking. In every court case, there are mysteries; with this one, it begins with location. Why was the case shifted to Morwell, a town 150 kilometres from Melbourne, to a court that had only six media seats and required lawyers, police and witnesses to complete the 300-kilometre round trip multiple times, eating into the sitting times, with the trial regularly ending early on a Friday to allow staff to return to the city? Morwell is the sister city to Japan's Takasago, remains an important part of the power grid and has reared many favourite sons, including world champion boxer Rocky Mattioli and Hawthorn cult figure Changkuoth 'CJ' Jiath. (An interesting, if irrelevant fact: Former Hawthorn star Jarryd Roughhead was at the Leongatha tip the same day Patterson dumped her dehydrator there.) But the citizens of Morwell are not renowned for their knowledge of the production of beef Wellingtons nor the rules of jurisprudence. With such a small population, it would be easier to identify the jurors who have disappeared from their jobs for 10 weeks. Loading If we work on the fact that 12 legal staff, four police, 30 witnesses and 50 media attended the trial from Melbourne (one crew even built a stage), it works out that they have travelled 211,000 kilometres to and from the Gippsland town by road or rail, accruing about $6697.32 in toll fees. It is the equivalent of travelling from the North to South Pole more than 10 times. With about 70 interested parties staying in Morwell five nights a week, it would have been a mini winter boom for hospitality, flushing more than $10 million into the economy. If everyone chose the pub dinner option, it would add up to 3500 roasts of the day, fisherman's baskets, chicken schnitzels and mushroom risottos. If everyone had a local pale ale or two glasses of wine with their meal, that would total 1487 litres of beer and 2133 bottles of wine.
