All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 59
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NewsJunk food ad ban facing possible year-long delay
Food industry and advertising bosses say more time is needed to prepare for changes coming into force in January 2023
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NewsGovernment in talks with industry leaders on major new approach to obesity strategy
Food leaders say new plan most closely resembles the Food Foundation’s successful ‘Peas Please’ initiative
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Comment & OpinionThe only surprise about Jack’s is that it didn’t close sooner
Aldi and Lidl are again growing strongly, and Tesco is keen to keep pace
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News‘No choice’ but to ballot on strike if Asda offer rejected, warns union
The GMB yesterday began a ballot of 8,000 staff on whether to accept a revised pay offer from Asda
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NewsTesco axes Jack’s and puts 1,600 jobs at risk with sweeping cuts
Jack’s branded products will continue to be available to independent convenience stores supplied by Booker
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NewsSainsbury's only supermarket to adopt new guidance on food waste
Charities warned they were unable to redistribute food from suppliers due to a failure by the supermarkets to adopt the new best practice
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NewsCMA launches probe into Morrisons takeover amid concern over rising petrol prices
In October the CMA passed an enforcement notice compelling Morrisons to stay operationally independent while it considered launching an investigation
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NewsCD&R denies headhunting for David Potts successor
A Morrisons source is adamant there is no truth in the report that Potts intends to step down in two years’ time
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NewsWrap launches new industry partnership to tackle household food waste
Wrap said that despite the world’s attention being on COP26 last year, there was too little focus on the impact of individual consumption
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Comment & OpinionIs Sir Terry Leahy about to make the same mistake at Morrisons as he made at Tesco?
Terry Leahy downplayed the danger of the discounters in a bullish interview with the FT
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NewsCalls for tax on salt as research shows some sliced meat saltier than the ocean
Action on Salt is calling for mandatory, comprehensive salt reduction targets to be enforced with penalties for food manufacturers
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NewsMorrisons insiders deny CEO David Potts is preparing to step down
It follows reports the supermarket’s new owners Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) have employed headhunters to begin a search for a successor
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NewsGroceries Code Adjudicator reads supermarkets the riot act over inflation
The Adjudicator today published a new set of ’golden rules’ for retailers
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NewsThousands of Asda workers to be balloted on pay offer
Asda put a higher offer to workers at the end of last week
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NewsNational Food Strategy: government has ‘no date’ for response
Sources have confirmed that the White Paper is not now expected until February at the earliest
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NewsTesco opens new UFCs as online expansion steps up a gear
The Grocer can reveal the latest site will be the Horwich Extra store, in Bolton
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NewsAldi spends £1.6bn with British suppliers over pandemic
The retailer also reaffirmed its promise to prioritise home-grown suppliers
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NewsGroceries Code Adjudicator to probe supermarket inflation delistings
GCA Mark White has asked suppliers to come forward with their experience of asking supermarkets to agree price increases
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NewsOmicron: thousands of supermarket temps kept on to tackle staffing crisis
The extension to temporary contracts is the latest move by the industry to head off a workforce crisis caused by Covid
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NewsTesco promises collaborative fight with suppliers against inflation
CEO Ken Murphy said Tesco’s suppliers had “stepped up magnificently” to the challenges of the pandemic