All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 139
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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
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NewsRetail 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 33Asda 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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NewsCMA 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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NewsFood 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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NewsRFID 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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NewsWaitrose 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 & OpinionAsda’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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NewsAsda 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 & OpinionTaking 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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NewsGCA 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