All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 121
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Comment and Opinion
Fat is bad after all, says SACN. So will we see a reformulation drive?
Suppliers may have found it impossible to make a stand against the tide of medical advice on sugar, but with saturated fats there is more division among experts
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News
Saturated fats review kicks off health expert row
SACN concluded there should be no change in the recommended limit on saturate fat intake, despite several high-profile studies in recent years claiming the advice is out of touch with new evidence on the causes of obesity
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News
MPs raise potential threat to JS-Asda suppliers with the CMA
The EFRA and BEIS committees have written a joint letter to the authority, raising concerns about the proposed merger
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Analysis and Features
Sainsbury’s & Asda mega merger: what we know and what it means
The market is still coming to terms with the Tesco-Booker deal and now this: a £51bn-sales combination play between Sainsbury’s and Asda has been confirmed. So what will it mean? And how on earth would it get competition clearance? Here’s an updated analysis from The Grocer following the announcement earlier this week
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News
JS-Asda deal could go ahead with only 23 stores sold off
A key part of the CMA probe will look at the overlap between the catchment areas of Asda and Sainsbury’s stores
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News
Tesco's Dagenham DC workers to strike over pay
Union Usdaw said it hoped the retailer would bring forward a “suitable offer” so industrial action can be averted
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Comment and Opinion
As suppliers face Sainsbury’s-Asda squeeze, who can help them?
Suppliers should not expect the Groceries Code Adjudicator to be able to ride to their rescue - she is powerless to intervene
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News
Adjudicator to cover Amazon and Ocado within a year
The Competition & Markets Authority has written to a raft of retailers in the past week, as GSCOP looks set to expand the existing list of 10 supermarkets
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News
Morrisons launches promotion to help children with cancer
Every Pack Gives Back, across 32 lines, will raise money for charity partner CLIC Sargent
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News
New Fairtrade chair Mark Price insists it can 'bounce back'
Lord Price will take over the position from business strategy consultant Michael Jary
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News
Asda-Sainsbury's suppliers 'face massive squeeze on prices'
Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe’s prediction of 10% price cuts would have suppliers “choking on their cornflakes”
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News
Sainsbury's and Asda call for 'fast track' CMA probe
Sainsbury’s CEO Mike Coupe said this morning the companies would call for a CMA probe to go straight to a Phase 2 stage
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Analysis and Features
Proposed Sainsbury's-Asda merger: analysts' reaction
Shockwaves were sent through the industry this weekend after it emerged a merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda was on the cards. Here’s how leading analysts have reacted to the news
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News
Asda drops Saatchi in favour of AMV BBDO for its advertising
Asda marketing boss Andy Murray has announced a new tie-up with the Publicis-owned agency
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Analysis and Features
Plastics Pact: what's involved and will it work?
The UK Plastics Pact launches this week but does it go far enough, and can industry set aside competitive rivalry to find solutions?
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News
Food & drink businesses sign up to Wrap's UK Plastics Pact
The ‘world-leading’ initiative will see the UK become the first country to set sweeping targets across the industry
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News
FSA defends Regulating our Future scheme against criticism
The FSA boss also refuted suggestions the move would cut local authorities out of the loop
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News
Scottish food bodies calls for common post-Brexit labelling plan
The Grocer revealed last year that FSS feared UK ministers would scrap their independent powers on labelling post-Brexit
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News
PHE lines up tougher measures on obesity
Industry sources said it was looking increasingly likely the government would be reviving proposals jettisoned from David Cameron’s original Childhood Obesity Strategy
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News
Bottle deposit scheme to become law by 2020
Gove told the environmental audit committee this week that legislation would be included in an Environment Act in the next