All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 216
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NewsClick & collect used by just 3% of grocery shoppers
Click & collect still has a long way to go before it is more than a niche, according to a study by IGD…
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NewsFSA seeks retailer support in battle against campylobacter bug
The FSA today launched a new strategy it hopes will slash the number of food poisoning incidents from supermarket chickens infected with campylobacter
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News8% of booze brands stumble on responsible packaging in audit
Nearly 8% of alcoholic drinks brands could be in breach of responsible packaging guidelines, a review of random products has suggested.
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News‘Crass’ Pot Noodle ad banned for degrading women
An advert for spicy Pot Noodle has been banned by ASA watchdogs for being ‘crass and degrading’ to women, after comparing the product to a scantily clad model.
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NewsWalkers Crisps rapped by ASA over competition failings
Snack giant Walkers has been rapped by the UK’s advertising watchdog the ASA after it found it had not made enough effort to track down competition prize winners.
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Comment & OpinionPot gets canned
The ASA has been stirring the pot with a number of food and drink advertisers of late. Pot Noodle is the latest product in the firing line…
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NewsMondelez to sponsor British Paralympic Association
Cadbury owner Mondelez International has signed a three-and-a-half-year deal to become a commercial partner of the British Paralympic Association.
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco’s vision of big-scale retailing takes shape in Watford
As test runs go, it doesn’t get much higher-profile than Tesco’s unveiling of its new Tesco Extra format in Watford…
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NewsNorthern Ireland bags for life tax plans are ‘anti-green’
A tax on supermarket bags for life would fly in the face of efforts to cut waste, claim retailers in Northern Ireland.
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NewsTesco in talks to merge China operation with local retailer
Tesco today announced a major re-think of its international strategy, after revealing it was going into partnership in China with the country’s leading multi-format retailer.
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Comment & OpinionDestination Watford
A passerby was overheard this morning giving directions to one of the small army of journalists and retail experts heading to the revamped Tesco Extra in Watford…
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NewsTesco brings F&F clothing chain to Kensington store
Tesco is set to turn the first floor of its Kensington superstore into a new flagship branch of its F&F clothing chain.
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InterviewsBRC chief Helen Dickinson's reasons to be cheerful
BRC director general Helen Dickinson is more optimistic about the economy than when she took the helm six months ago…
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NewsGet ready for catfish and chips, says KPMG
British consumers could be forced to make major changes to diet – including swapping cod and chips for catfish and chips…
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NewsDefra green talks left retailers confused
The coalition’s ambition to be the greenest-ever government suffered an embarrassing blow this week…
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NewsResponsibility Deal suffers new blow over alcohol plan
Plans for groundbreaking alcohol education programmes for schoolchildren are hanging in the balance…
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NewsResponsibility Deal hit by public health directors’ walk-out
The future of the government’s Responsibility Deal has been plunged into even further doubt after the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) announced it was pulling out
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Comment & OpinionResponsibility adrift
The storm clouds gathering over the government’s Responsibility Deal grew ever more menacing today as the Association of Directors of Public Health became the latest body to walk out…
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NewsTesco gives click & collect boost to third party sellers
Tesco is looking to expand its click & collect services across a raft of third party online sellers…
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NewsMore NGOs planning to turn backs on Responsibility Deal
More NGO members are threatening to walk out on the government’s Responsibility Deal, claiming they are disillusioned…