Archive of all Iceland articles – Page 17
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Iceland rejects making staff enforce mask wearing by shoppers
Iceland has said that in light of abuse of shopworkers, it does not expect staff to ’confront the small minority of customers who aggressively refuse to comply with the law’
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Iceland contacts 150,000 vulnerable customers offering priority delivery
The vulnerable shoppers were contacted within an hour of Boris Johnson’s lockdown announcement on Monday last week, according to Iceland MD Richard Walker
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Livekindly Collective snaps up Iceland’s No Meat frozen vegan brand
The deal will also see Iceland stock Livekindly’s other brands, including Oumph and Fry’s Family Food Co
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Uber Eats offers ‘emergency turkeys’ to Londoners facing tier 4 restrictions
The move is aimed at the millions of Londoners who have been forced to cancel Christmas plans due to tier 4
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Rationing ‘sure-fire way' to spark stockpiling, says Iceland’s Richard Walker
Richard Walker spoke to The Grocer after newspaper reports this week that supermarkets were preparing to introduce rationing
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Iceland MD ‘not concerned about shelf shortages’ in no-deal Brexit
Walker also said stockpiling would be be impossible with warehouses already full for Christmas
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Analysis & Features
Coronavirus business rates relief: which supermarkets are handing it back?
Here’s the list of supermarkets that have agreed to give it back – and the ones that are staying quiet on the issue
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M&S could be asked to share some of Ocado online sales profits under new lease terms
Shopping centre owner Benson Elliot is planning to adopt the new lease model, which factors in a store’s ‘online halo effect’
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Iceland promises ‘plastic-free Christmas’ for second year
The number of plastic-free Christmas lines is now 24, up from 18 last year, with the addition of more party food, desserts and a No Bull vegan Wellington
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Iceland boosts online capacity for Christmas with 250 new vans
The Mercedes Sprinter 314 refrigerated vans are being supplied to help Iceland meet the expected high Christmas demand for online shopping
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Iceland funds planting of one million trees in Indonesia
Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation has donated $165,000 to the Eden Reforestation Projects
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Iceland marks 50th anniversary with hour-long documentary on chain’s history
The 55-minute YouTube video sees Iceland ‘dip into the archive and piece together the history’ of the business
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Greggs’ frozen range flies as bakery chain’s stores suffer
“Throughout the pandemic, when Greggs was shut, we doubled our sales on that particular range,” said Iceland trading director Andrew Stanilan
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Iceland launches seven new lines with ‘plastic-free or heavily reduced’ packaging
The new lines include a standard loaf and potatoes, each of which has gained new paper packaging
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The Range launching online marketplace for third-party sellers
The discount chain, which sells everything from hot tubs to Iceland’s grocery range, is looking for third parties to register their interest now
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Comment & Opinion
Iceland’s plastic footprint call highlights worryingly inconsistent reporting in retail
Iceland was right to call on businesses to publish their plastic footprints. But the issue here is one of consistency, rather than transparency
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Analysis & Features
Has Iceland really taken the lead on plastic reporting?
Iceland challenged rivals to publish totals – but some already do
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Iceland offers university students priority delivery slots and discount
Iceland MD Richard Walker said the frozen food chain was helping those most affected by Covid-19 restrictions
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Bestway and Iceland link for Bargain Booze concessions at The Food Warehouse
A trial kicked off this month, with dedicated Bargain Booze sections introduced at stores in York, Poole and Cheltenham
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Iceland challenges other retailers to reveal their total plastic use
The frozen food specialist has published its own figures, including primary product packaging as well as packaging used in deliveries to stores