All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 205
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High-street minister Brandon Lewis sparks Bill Grimsey spat
New high-streets minister Brandon Lewis has landed himself in a major row after reportedly branding a report on the shops crisis by Bill Grimsey “a load of crap”.
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Tesco unveils plans to push healthier options
Tesco is to pilot checkout areas that offer a greater range of healthy products…
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Portas panic: ministers were in the dark on pilot spending
The government panicked over the lack of progress made by the Portas Pilots…
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UK councils warned over minimum alcohol pricing moves
The OFT is in talks with local councils pursuing go-it-alone policies on minimum pricing…
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DH admits defeat on 'confusing' salt reduction targets
The government has dropped one of the key promises made as part of its 2013 salt reduction strategy…
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Tesco car park/school trials for click & collect
Tesco is set to take its groceries click & collect service beyond its store network for the first time…
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Tesco’s F&F franchise lands in Switzerland and Gibraltar
Tesco has announced the first franchise stores in Europe for its F&F clothing brand, with openings in Switzerland and Gibraltar.
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Comment and Opinion
The holy grail
The Grocer this week caught a glimpse of food history - Cadbury’s heat-resistant chocolate…
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Tesco Blinkbox aims to make a splash with latest campaign
Tesco will launch the latest phase in its multimillion-pound backing for TV and movie streaming service Blinkbox today.
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German food-rating app Barcoo to launch in UK
The German company behind a controversial and hugely popular mobile phone app that rates products on…
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Illicit wine trade costing government up to £700m a year
A new government report has revealed for the first time the scale of the illicit wine market in the UK.
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Tesco to launch new strategic supplier agreement schemes
Tesco says it is close to forging a series of long-term strategic agreements with suppliers that will help tackle…
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Plans for clampdown on 'guilt lanes' and HFSS foods back on government agenda
Controversial plans to get retailers to sign up to sweeping reductions in the promotion of foods high in fat, salt or sugar – including the voluntary removal of so-called ‘guilt lanes’ – seem once again back on the government agenda.
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Comment and Opinion
Positive thinking
The strapline of this week’s IGD conference was “energy innovation and positive thinking”. But positivity wasn’t always display…
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Tesco's Finest hour?
Tesco has relaunched its Finest range with a view to growing sales by double digits. Can it succeed?
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Tesco Finest relaunches with 400 new products and a makeover
Tesco’s Finest line has undergone a major overhaul, with the retailer introducing 400 new products and ditching a further 200 from the range.
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Suppliers and retailers walk out of Scottish HFSS talks
Supermarket bosses and suppliers have walked out of HFSS talks with the Scottish government…
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Tesco rolls the dice
2013, as fans of the Chinese Zodiac will know, is the year of the snake, and Tesco has gone down a few of those in recent months, as it battles to get its empire back at the top of its game…
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Tesco results: Progress in UK, but international picture worries
Progress on the home front, though slow, only partially offsets analysts’ concerns over Tesco’s international ventures.
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Tesco hits the accelerator on store revamps as sales drop
Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke has declared 2014 will be “the year of the hypermarket” as he revealed the retailer was planning a massive rollout of the pilots trialled in areas such as Watford.