All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 179
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BRC calls for government clarity over business rates
Group admits government does not have enough time to draw up new roadmap before 2017
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Diet confusion reigns as consumers trim the fat
“There continues to be confusion as to what being healthy really means and what foods you should and shouldn’t eat”
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ACS calls for big changes to current business rates system
Most retailers would prefer to stick with the property based system of business rates, rather than change to a fundamentally new basis of taxation
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Tesco takes new CTO from Expedia
Mesrobian is a replacement for Mike McNamara, who left Tesco after 16 years in February to join US retailer Target
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Boots to cut 700 backroom jobs
The high street chemist giant said it needed to transform to adapt to the “rapidly changing” needs of consumers
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Analysis and Features
Hoax is a lesson in the dark arts and bad science of junk food
Last week hoaxers came clean about a study - reported across the globe - that claimed eating a chocolate bar a day accelerated the weight loss of a low-carb diet
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Tritax Big Box REIT snaps up Tesco Goole regional DC for £50m
Real estate investor Tritax Big Box REIT has bought the Tesco regional distribution centre at Capitol Park, Goole…
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Tesco's Dave Lewis vows to eradicate all edible food waste
Tesco boss Dave Lewis this week threw down the gauntlet to rivals to join its commitment to banish food waste…
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FDF head Wright calls out NHS boss over sugar claims
New FDF director general Ian Wright has called for a face-to-face meeting with NHS boss Simon Stevens – and accused him of likening sugar…
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Tesco launches trial of 'ground-breaking' scheme to cut food waste
Tesco today (4 June) launched what it claimed was a ground-breaking step to ensure edible food waste from its stores was redistributed to charities…
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Obesity is 'new smoking' says NHS boss
NHS chief executive Simon Stevens says suppliers and retailers need to step up their efforts to make food healthier
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France supermarket food waste law piles pressure on UK
The crackdown comes in a country which already redistributes 20 times more food to charity than the UK
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Food waste: don't blame consumers, expert tells retailers
“There needs to be a shift away from passing the blame on to the consumer and to looking more at the retail and supply chain issues”
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Aldi and Lidl move to front in distribution space race
A report for The Grocer shows the two discounters have more than 80,000 sq ft of distribution floor space in planning
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Comment and Opinion
Tesco has taken a backward step in dropping food waste report
Tesco deservedly won plaudits from politicians and campaigners when, in October 2013, it became the first supermarket to c…
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Jonathan Taylor made north & NI retail director at Tesco
The fallout from Tesco’s management shake-up continued this week, with Jonathan Taylor replacing Gary Mills…
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Tesco sugar reduction move set to trigger 'revolution'
Tesco’s move to become the first UK retailer to commit to a major sugar reduction programme is set to spark a “chain react…
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Tesco food waste figures reveal slight drop, 55,400 tonnes wasted
Tesco said bakery goods made up the biggest area of waste, accounting for 36% of the total, with fresh produce 25% and convenience 9%
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Dave Lewis could make over £6.5m a year from pay deal
The total, which is dependent on performance, would be over five times his annual salary
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New Department of Health plans would require eight fruit and veg portions a day, claims research
The study by scientists at the British Nutrition Foundation also found that to hit the target all meals would need to be based on starchy foods