All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 76
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Analysis & FeaturesReady meals: Top Products 2020
The increase in scratch cooking during lockdown has pushed ready meals into decline
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Analysis & FeaturesSoup: Top Products 2020
Having been in the doldrums last year, the category is in value growth again
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Analysis & FeaturesSauces: cooking: Top Products 2020
The change in power dynamic comes after an extra £158.8m poured into cooking sauces
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NewsOcado says suppliers need to ‘mitigate’ Brexit costs
The online supermarket has written to suppliers refusing to enter negotiations over price rises
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NewsAsda extends Accessorize and Decathlon partnerships
Accessorize has launched an exclusive partnership at Asda Minworth, selling jewellery, bags and seasonal items in a ‘store within a store’
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Comment & OpinionBrexit deal or not, food prices are going up. But by how much?
Much will depend on whether supermarkets or suppliers end up shouldering the burden of Brexit-related costs such as tariffs
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NewsArsenal helps charity score 500,000 pandemic meals milestone
Charity His Church has been working with the club to deliver food and essentials to needy families
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NewsCo-op hits five million meal milestone in FareShare tie-up
Co-op first began working with FareShare to divert surplus food to frontline charities across the country in 2015
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NewsCo-op tells suppliers to absorb Brexit tariff increases on promoted stock
The warning has increased fears suppliers could end up carrying the can for Brexit price increases
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NewsShoppers eating more fruit and veg under lockdown, finds IGD
Over half of shoppers claimed to be eating more fruit and veg
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NewsCoca-Cola pours investment into new dispensing machine technology
The technology lets consumers make and pour their drink in seconds, using ‘on-demand’ portions at the tap of a button as well as customisation of flavour and carbonation
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Comment & OpinionGovernments warning supermarkets to stockpile? Pull the other one
Retailers have been building up supplies of longer-life products for weeks
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NewsFood and drink leaders welcome rejection of carbon tax
It follows a government consultation over the summer on what sort of system should replace the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme post-Brexit
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NewsAsda ramps up store Covid security ahead of Christmas peak
The supermarket said it would be deploying extra security on the doors of all its 421 large superstores between 19-24 December
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NewsMorrisons to deliver 30,000 ‘acts of kindness’ in local communities
The initiative will include delivering free mince pies to local care homes, donating carrots to local nurseries and giving ‘Covid-19 heroes’ festive hampers
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NewsHalf of food and drink SMEs have made no Brexit preparations
A number of surveys paint a gloomy picture of Brexit preparedness among British companies
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InterviewsChris Tyas big interview: the man heading up food’s ‘war room’
How has the Nestlé veteran kept things running smoothly, especially as Brexit also looms large?
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Analysis & FeaturesWith mixed results at best does Plastics Pact itself need repackaging?
The UK Plastics Pact was launched in 2018 to create a circular economy for plastics. Two years on, results are proving a mixed bag
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NewsUK food and drink exports slump over £600m in third quarter
In the first nine months of the year, exports have fallen by nearly 13% to £15.2bn
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NewsAsda gives staff Boxing Day off as union pressure grows
All Asda stores will close at 7pm on Christmas Eve and reopen on 27 December this year