All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 100
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NewsMorrisons latest to slash prices as supermarkets plan for Covid recession
The retailer has reduced the price of a range of products by an average of 23%
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NewsAsda trials use of recyclable plastic fruit & veg bags at nine stores
The alternative reusable Veggio bags will be priced at 30p each
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NewsSupplier confidence at rock bottom says FDF survey
Almost 60% of companies reported fewer product launches and 41% reported a fall in the number of SKUs in production in Q2
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NewsAsda ‘pocket tap’ ads return to promote thousands of new price reductions
The move is aimed at helping shoppers hit by the economic impact of the coronavirus
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NewsMarcus Rashford’s food poverty taskforce: supermarkets and suppliers sign up
Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Deliveroo, Iceland, Kellogg’s, Lidl, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose have all joined the taskforce
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NewsMorrisons to install 60 more florists in stores this autumn
The new shops will provide 180 additional roles for qualified professional florists.
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NewsPlastic bag charge to be extended across all retailers from April
The charge will also increase from 5p to 10p, in line with moves already brought in by the supermarkets
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NewsCalls for Nutri-Score to replace traffic light nutrition labels
The National Obesity Forum said it had decided the alternative system was superior
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NewsSandwich industry body assembles group to tackle packaging recycling
British Sandwich Association said more than 75% of authorities were now able to recycle lined board sandwich packaging
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Analysis & FeaturesHas traffic light health labelling reached the end of the road?
Could the traffic light labelling system face the chop? And what will replace it?
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Analysis & FeaturesCould more be done to stop food factory Covid outbreaks?
Industry sources differ on what is behind the outbreaks
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NewsSugar promo ban alone to cost £1.7bn new report shows
The impact of the HFSS promotions ban will be ‘bigger than anything seen before’
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NewsInstall DRS machines? We’re too busy fighting for survival, say retailers
Government plans for a DRS have suffered another delay as the consultation is pushed back
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NewsMorrisons guarantees apprentice course places amid exams unease
It has pledged to guarantee apprenticeship offers even to students who didn’t achieve the required grades
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NewsTesco announces 16,000 new jobs on back of online boom
The jobs are in addition to 4,000 permanent jobs already created since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak
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NewsMorrisons launches Market Kitchen food to go format in Manchester
Customers can either wait for food to be prepared by chefs, pick it up in pre-packed portions, or order food from home via Deliveroo
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Comment & OpinionIn the Covid-19 era, government must double down on food waste efforts
When ministers get it right – as they did following our food waste petition – people can get they help they need
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NewsThe Grocer’s food waste campaign sparks huge increase in donations
FareShare said as a a direct result of the funding, it had signed up over 300 more UK farmers, growers, and manufacturers
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NewsTesco extends food collections to tackle pandemic hunger boom
From today until Saturday, collections will be held to support The Trussell Trust and FareShare
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Analysis & FeaturesWhere does the scrapping of PHE leave the obesity strategy?
The government is scrapping PHE over its ‘failures’ to handle the pandemic. So what next for the PM’s new war on obesity?