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Potts, also a former Tesco veteran, was credited with a successful turnaround as boss of Morrisons from 2015 to 2023

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Online marketplaces to collect VAT on UK sellers

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  • Poundland politics: who should decide the retailer’s fate?

  • Your voice: budget, vape rules & online sales tax

  • Editor’s picks: budget repercussions, RTD growth and Poundland on the brink

  • Asda is cheapest supermarket in run-up to budget

  • Healey’s budget offers little cheer for wine and spirits

  • Online marketplaces to collect VAT on UK sellers

  • Duty discount for lower-strength alcohol products extended in budget

  • Budget 2026: What Healey’s announcements mean for fmcg

  • Pre-budget tariff cut move ‘won’t curb inflation’ says FDF and NFU

  • Asda tracker shows families’ spending power crashing ahead of budget

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2026-11-03T14:15:00+00:00

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Asda stuns grocery by hiring ex-Morrisons boss as new CEO

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  • British Meat Processors Association announces new president

  • First Milk appoints chief executive to replace Shelagh Hancock

  • SGF appoints Co-op operations director as its first female vice president

  • Asda stuns grocery by hiring ex-Morrisons boss as new CEO

  • Your voice: budget, vape rules & online sales tax

  • How D&I boosts UK brands’ bottom line

  • Greene King appoints first-ever female CEO as Mackenzie steps down

  • Roisin Conaty and Anna Maxwell Martin star in Tesco Christmas advert 2026

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  • Andrew Opie on food crises and why the government never learns

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  • Asda throws price-led festive rave for 2026 Christmas ad

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  • Roisin Conaty and Anna Maxwell Martin star in Tesco Christmas advert 2026

  • Fanta raids the AI slop shop for Halloween abomination

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  • What’s shaping the next wave of food innovation?

  • Oat Cult’s porridge orgy is amusing and disturbing

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