All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 133
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NewsMars abandons front-of-pack labelling system campaign
Confectionery giant said the new plans “lacked credibility”..
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Comment & OpinionFood industry faces mammoth reformulation task – but calorie focus represents a win
Already thoughts will be turning to just how companies can react to such a sweeping call for calorie reduction, even though the specific sector targets won’t be set until the middle of next year
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NewsPHE issues wide-ranging calorie cut targets in new crackdown
Products hit by the proposals include pizzas, ready meals, sandwiches and crisps…
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Comment & OpinionFrom Blitz spirit to looting, the Beast from the East reveals the best and worst of UK retail
One supermarket with no bread, eggs and meat is the rarest of events, yet this was a scene being played out at hundreds stores, large and small, across the UK
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NewsSoft drink shoppers topping up on sugar elsewhere, says FSS
From 2010 to 2016 there was a continuous decrease in the purchase of regular soft drinks
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NewsTesco Oldham site sold for more than £50m
The 149,000 sq ft Extra store in Oldham has been bought and leased back by Rosette Merchant Bank
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NewsSerious Fraud Office to pursue retrial of Tesco executives
The original trial was dismissed last month after one defendant suffered a heart attack
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NewsSoft drinks sugar levels slashed by 15% as levy looms
Supermarkets and suppliers have slashed sugar levels in soft drinks by more than 15% to escape the looming sugar tax
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NewsBreakthrough on EU workers welcomed by food & drink industry
Businesses have warned Brexit could have a disastrous impact on companies that rely on a high level of workers from Europe
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NewsBusiness bosses give guarded welcome to Corbyn customs union plan
FDF and CBI give thumbs up to stance that puts clear water between Labour and Tories over post-Brexit trade
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Grocer 33Star order interview: Simon Gregg, VP of online grocery, Asda
‘Last year we undertook our biggest-ever training programme for online colleagues’
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NewsAsda pledges to appoint more women senior managers
Asda’s median pay difference between all men and women employed by the company was 8.9%, the Walmart-owned supermarket revealed in its Gender Pay Gap report
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Comment & OpinionTwo have become one. What now for newlyweds Tesco and Booker?
Despite all the noise that Tesco was paying to little (or too much) it was the silent majority of City investors that saw to a crushing victory for the merger
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NewsGovernment accused of dragging its feet on deposit return scheme
Whitehall said it would need to consider how DRS would fit in alongside the government’s wider plans for a war on plastic
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NewsTesco-Booker merger to go ahead as shareholders vote yes
Tesco and Booker now expect their merger to be completed on Monday 5 March
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NewsEU-negotiated trade deals worth £2bn in exports, says FDF
The latest export figures from the body show full-year exports of food and drink were worth over £22bn in 2017, up 9.7% on 2016
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NewsTesco '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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NewsCo-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 & OpinionExtending 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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NewsAdjudicator 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