All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 119
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Iceland expands its Deposit Return Scheme trial to stores across the UK
A second machine opened in one of the Wolverhampton stores today, with a further two scheduled for Scotland and Wales
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Tesco contributes £37bn to wider UK economy, finds report
KPMG estimated that Tesco indirectly supported the equivalent of nearly 450,000 jobs in the UK
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Comment and Opinion
The ‘guilt lane’ ban idea is back: it won’t bother retailers
Is the renewed focus on guilt lanes a sign that ministers may yet back away from pressing the nuclear button on promotions across every part of the store?
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Tesco links with mental health charity for F&F t-shirts
F&F will donate £1 from the sale of each Calm t-shirt sold between 14 May and 1 August 2018 to the charity
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Comment and Opinion
Smaller Tesco suppliers can survive the upcoming 'tsunami'
It’s too soon to say whether this is going to be a ‘cull’ of suppliers, but it’s certainly a wake-up call
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Tesco to slash supplier numbers in next phase of Reset
The move will see Tesco conduct a sweeping review of its entire supplier base over the next two years
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First new Morrisons Daily store to open in Jersey
The Sandpiper franchise store will be the first of 16 to open across Jersey by the end of October
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MPs back calls for major clampdown on 'junk food' promotions
Regulation was needed to tackle the ‘appalling’ obesity crisis, the health and social care committee said today
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FareShare reports 25% rise in surplus food donations
The amount sent to FareShare has more than doubled since The Grocer’s Waste Not Want Not campaign launched two years ago
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KFC pledges to cut calories by introducing healthier menu
KFC also plans to provide price incentives as part of trials to try to get consumers to switch to healthier sides
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Sainsbury's-Asda supplier threat 'critical' to CMA probe
MP also reveals letter from Mike Coupe predicting senior management departures
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Comment and Opinion
A long battle looms over food & drink health plans
The honeymoon between PHE and the food and drink industry may have to be put on hold
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Analysis and Features
As sugar reduction targets are missed what's PHE's next move?
It seems counterintuitive for the industry to be pleased at this week’s “naming and shaming exercise”
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Supermarket REIT raises £65m to purchase supermarket sites
Supermarket Income REIT says the share issue was oversubscribed
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Comment and Opinion
Childhood Obesity Plan Mark 2: things are about to get seriously complicated
If Theresa May thought this was an easy policy to pluck off the shelf to win much needed domestic credibility, she may have to think again
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Eve Henrikson, Tesco, on winning the Online Grocer 33
‘It’s our intention to create a simpler online experience for customers’
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Industry leaders to challenge ban on 'junk food' promotions
Supplier organisations have engaged lawyers to begin preparing a case, The Grocer can reveal
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Food & drink companies miss PHE sugar reduction targets
Figures released by PHE today showed there had been an overall 2% reduction in sugar from a 2015 baseline, well short of the 5% target for the first year of the programme set in March last year
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Labour intervenes in proposed Asda-Sainsbury's merger
Rebecca Long-Bailey, shadow secretary of state for business, said the merger ‘could spell disaster’ for suppliers
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Tesco steps up war on plastic with packaging ban
Tesco said it wanted to work with the supply chain and the government to boost the national recycling infrastructure