All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 74
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NewsSuppliers encouraged to report supermarkets via new ‘Tell the GCA’ hotline
GCA Mark White aims to tackle long-standing supplier fears around delistings
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NewsIceland at war with Greenpeace after it comes bottom of plastic reduction league table
Waitrose topped the table for a second successive year
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NewsCompanies urged to sign up to mass Covid testing to ‘keep food supplies running’
Defra is calling on companies to come forward to receive hundreds of thousands of free testing kits for staff
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Grocer 33Kevin Hunter, Morrisons, Fife: delivery driver of the week
‘It can be very busy, especially over weekends. But we are a well-oiled machine’
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Comment & OpinionMass testing is a positive step. Food companies should embrace it quickly
The prospect of the rollout does allow the industry at least to ‘take a small step ahead of the virus’
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NewsMass Covid testing for food workers begins after Tate & Lyle trial
The government has agreed to provide up to six weeks’ worth of free tests for food companies
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NewsAsda to donate 7,000 laptops to children to help isolation learning
The retailer said it wanted to help children lacking the technology to take part in online lessons during lockdown
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NewsMorrisons rolls out food waste plan with The Bread and Butter Thing
Morrisons revealed plans to redistribute surplus food to 30,000 families in need through TBBT in 2021
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NewsMorrisons ramps up production of free school meals boxes
The supermarket said it had upped capacity so it could produce “tens of thousands” of boxes each week
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NewsSupermarket bosses complain of ‘draconian’ Covid clampdown by health inspectors
Councils have been sending in inspectors across the UK after being urged by ministers to enforce safety measures
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NewsTesco mobile payment app Pay+ tops £1bn mark
Tesco said it now had 1.2 million registered users signed up
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NewsMorrisons launches major reset across 170 product categories
Its new strategy will include ‘fewer deals and further wide-ranging price cuts’
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NewsSupermarkets take urgent action to stop spread of Covid
Supermarkets insist stores are safe and defend themselves in new talks on coronavirus transmission
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Analysis & FeaturesCan new GCA tackle supplier fears over confidentiality?
New adjudicator Mark White wants written guarantees from CCOs
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NewsTesco to employ ‘tens of thousands’ part-time to cope with impact of Covid on workforce
CEO Ken Murphy said the UK’s biggest retailer currently had around 30,000 staff absent because of Covid
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NewsBRC and Company Shop launch new Covid food waste initiative
Company Shop has become the BRC’s Sustainability Partner for 2021
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NewsAsda to open in-store Covid vaccination centres
Qualified Asda pharmacy staff will administer jabs, starting with priority groups
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NewsMorrisons first supermarket to guarantee £10 an hour pay
The increase, which is due in April, works out at around 9% for the vast majority of Morrisons workers
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NewsMillions of pounds ‘unaccounted’ for from sugar tax, claims report
The report says £165m of SDIL revenues are unaccounted for in the current financial year alone
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NewsTesco and Asda to enforce ban on shoppers without masks, as Covid clampdown continues
All of the big four supermarkets have now adopted stronger positions on the need for face coverings