All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 125
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News
Tesco 'to trial discounter brand in mothballed stores'
The plans are said to be being spearheaded by Tesco retail director Lawrence Harvey, a former Aldi exec who has been given a large team to take on his former company and Lidl
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Co-op makes Fairtrade commitment across bananas, tea & coffee
The Co-op said it would now be 100% aligned across Fairtrade’s own key four food commodities
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Comment and Opinion
Extending the GCA to cover more retailers makes sense
It’s hard not to have sympathy for farmers whose hopes of the GCA’s remit being widened have been dashed
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Adjudicator sets her sights beyond the grocers
Boots, B&M, Compass, McColl’s among multiples in GCA’s sights now based on size and involvement in food and drink
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Retail bodies back Brexit transition flexibility
Retail leaders have welcomed the government’s intentions for the transition period to last “as long as it takes”
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Grocer 33
Asda Livingston: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘I’m pleased with the way the year’s started, especially in terms of growth in volumes of sale’
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CMA opens investigation into Co-op's £143m Nisa takeover
CMA has until 23 April to decide if a phase 2 probe should go ahead - move comes week before Tesco and Booker shareholders vote on the pair’s £3.7bn merger plans
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Food waste accounts for 10% to 16% of farmer crops says Feedback
A new Feedback report claims retailers are using buying power to transfer risk and cost of overproduction to producers
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News
RFID on shelf 'can boost sales by as much as 5.5%'
Research supported by supply chain body GS1 UK found 100% of retailers using the technology had seen a positive ROI…
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Waitrose the second major retailer to cut back its property team
A restructure will see the merger of the previously separate property functions of Waitrose and its parent company John Lewis
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Comment and Opinion
Asda’s re-emergent mojo will need supplier partnerships to thrive
Asda has its work cut out to recover some of the magic of its golden era, and must make good on its promises on renewed innovation and partnership with suppliers
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News
Asda reports fourth consecutive sales increase after a strong Christmas
Like-for-like sales rose just 0.5 per cent in the last three months of 2017, as the supermarket fights off competition from the discounters
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Comment and Opinion
Taking Tacon down the farm was never going to wash
It’s easy to see why the likes of the NFU and a variety of other farm campaign groups were attracted to the idea of the Adjudicator’s role being expanded. Sadly, they have been strung along by successive governments
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News
GCA role will not be extended to cover primary producers
More retailers with sales of more than £1bn could be added to the code remit, but announcement will be a huge blow for campaigners who have long called for an extension of the powers
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Analysis and Features
Can Tesco-Booker beat the discounters at their own game?
The Sunday Times has claimed Tesco is planning its own limited range discount operation, carrying about 3,000 products
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News
Asda in talks over pension cuts protest by 2,000 NI workers
Shopworkers union Usdaw is to urge Asda to think again after staff signed a petition against proposed pension cuts….
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News
Tesco apologises for three-month delay in taking payments
Tesco said the payment systems glitch hit around a fifth of its 1,700 Tesco Express convenience stores
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Co-op to spend over £28m on store investment programme in London
The retailer said it would open a record number of new stores in the capital this year including 30 new food stores
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News
Asda CEO promises more 'everyday low prices' in new strategy
Roger Burnley told suppliers the retailer was still “too expensive”, despite its recent Rollbacks
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Comment and Opinion
Could a Tesco discounter offer really frighten Aldi and Lidl?
Tesco needs to tread very carefully if it goes down such a path, remember Sainsbury’s decision to pull the plug on its Netto venture at a cost of tens of millions?