All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 115
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Grocer 33
Morrisons Widnes: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘I’ve been encouraging our staff to talk to customers as often as possible – it really makes a big difference’
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Retailers urge more knife crime protection as incidents rise
The BRC survey showed 115 retail employees were attacked on average every day
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DH proposes pre-watershed ban on HFSS food and drink
The DH also said it plans to target products currently under the scope of the soft drinks tax
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Tesco and Carrefour call in suppliers for Geneva crunch talks
The two supermarket chains set up a strategic alliance last summer to achieve cost savings
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Comment & Opinion
Will Tesco & Carrefour suppliers get the deal they're after?
Much talk in the industry this week focused on the seismic events taking place in Europe
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Plastic campaigners call for higher 'bag for life' charges
Last week Lidl announced a trial under which it will stop selling the 9p bags in 54 stores in Wales from 1 May
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Asda 'war on plastic' cuts out 6,500 tonnes in first year
Asda said it had reduced plastic in almost 1,000 individual product lines
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Supermarket REIT targets £25m raise to buy new property
The move would take the fund’s assets to well over £340m
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Morrisons to double Scottish coverage for online deliveries
Online deliveries were initially launched in the Edinburgh and Glasgow areas in August
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Government plans for HFSS ad watershed go 'against evidence'
The Advertising Association said the average child spent less than one hundredth of one per cent of the day viewing HFSS advertising
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Asda bans sale of single knives to counter knife crime
The retailer said it would remove all single kitchen knives by the end of April
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Sustainability of apprenticeship programme questioned by NAO
The number of people starting apprenticeships had “fallen substantially” since the introduction of reforms in 2017
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Recycling overhaul will put huge costs on business, says BRC
The BRC this week held talks with supplier trade bodies and packaging compliance bosses
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Supermarkets deny claims of Brexit-related delistings
A report by Kantar suggested retailers had been “quietly delisting” products amid fears of chaos in the supply chain
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Hubbub plans to double number of Community Fridges
Hubbub today announced plans to double the number of fridges to 100 by the end of 2020
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Tesco completes move to 100% sustainable chocolate
The move to Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa applies to all own-label chocolate products, including biscuits, cakes, desserts and cereals
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Salt levels in OOH children's meals getting worse, says study
The study by Action on Salt found 37% of 351 meals surveyed had at least 2g of salt per portion
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Bidfood survey suggests 'shocking' food waste by millennials
The survey revealed 44% of millennials admitted to throwing out food from their kitchen once a month
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Analysis & Features
How supermarket space is still a safe investment
Despite increased investment in e-commerce, grocery property is proving a safe haven for investors. Why?
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News
Supermarkets 'lowering standards' for no-deal Brexit: report
Kantar said supermarkets were testing new, longer lasting varieties of fruit and veg