All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 148
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Aldi readies €5bn European store revamp programme
The speculation comes amid fierce competition in the UK driven by the German discounter and rival Lidl, and the reported investment across Denmark, France and Benelux countries would mark its largest ever to date
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Taskforce set up for Tesco Cardiff call centre closure
Welsh government took action after MPs slammed Tesco’s “completely unacceptable” handling of the announcement
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Benny Higgins to step down as head of Tesco Bank
Higgins steered the bank through last year’s £2.5m cyber attack…
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Community Shop passes £1m turnover mark and plans expansion
North west is the next target region for the social supermarket chain
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Unhealthy food ads banned from children's online content
From tomorrow, non-broadcast media will face the same restrictions as TV in advertising HFSS products to children
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Analysis & Features
The five main takeaways from the GCA conference
From Christine Tacon’s last-minute reappointment as Groceries Code Adjudicator to a revealing survey of suppliers
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CCEP saves road miles with upgrade at Sidcup site
It said the warehouse would save more than 10,000 road miles and 3,867 tonnes of CO2 a year…
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Iceland hits back after coming bottom in GSCOP survey
Iceland result was a “surprise” to Adjudicator but the frozen food retailer also hit back over “bully boy” tactics from suppliers
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Comment & Opinion
The timing of this latest round of Tesco job cuts doesn’t look good
Can ’Drastic Dave’ justify these cuts and will Tesco’s promise that they are being done for good reason stand up to scrutiny?
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Tesco to axe 1,200 jobs at its head office
A quarter of staff at its Welwyn Garden City HQ are facing redundancy, a week after Tesco announced 1,100 jobs were to go at its Cardiff call centre
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Community centres luring shoppers from 'out of town' stores
New report finds 78% of shoppers visited a community shopping centre at least one a week
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Groceries Code quiz looks to address supplier knowledge gap
One in four UK suppliers were either unaware of GSCOP or had a poor understanding of the code…
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Tesco extends one-hour deliveries through Tesco Now app
Delivery is supplied by independent courier service Quiqup
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Suppliers report 'dramatic' improvements in GCA compliance
Christine Tacon agrees one year extension to her role as report shows huge progress across key areas prioritised by the Groceries Code Adjudicator
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Tesco announces 10% increase in hourly pay rate for staff
Hourly pay will reach £8.42 an hour by November 2018, but premiums will be cut further
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Tesco to merge grocery and GM for click & collect
The rollout comes amid a rationalisation of Tesco’s GM services
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Tesco Warrington: Grocer 33 store of the week
“We have a golden rule that our cashiers should not go at a speed that is detrimental to service”
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Heatwave-hit mults face criticism over chiller failures
Social media is awash with reports of fridges breaking down as the mercury topped 30 degrees
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FDF welcomes reassurances over EU nationals' residency in UK
Food and drink businesses have lived under “cloud of uncertainty” for 12 months, trade body says
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Tacon reads riot act to three mults over drop & drive
The unnamed trio have been accused by suppliers of unjustly deducting tens of millions for drop & drive discrepancies