All articles by Ronan Hegarty – Page 76
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News
FDF welcomes new Responsibility Deal pledge to reduce salt
FDF welcomes new Responsibility Deal pledge to reduce salt…
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Analysis and Features
Morrisons sales slump is ‘rippling down to the staff’
The news emanating from the Morrisons bunker is likely to come as a further blow to many employees, amid growing evidence that morale at store level has taken a turn for the worse.
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Comment and Opinion
Morrisons wakes up to the discounters
For the best part of two years before Morrisons tied up its deal with Ocado ahead of its online launch CEO Dalton Philips faced endless questions about when it was going online, and how it was going to do it. At the same time Philips began using the mantra of ...
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News
Morrisons to slash margins as it takes on the discounters
Morrisons made a loss before tax of £176m for the year ending 2 February, as it announced plans to cut prices to take on the discounters.
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News
E-cigarette players vow to fight 'unworkable' EU clampdown
The UK’s electronic cigarette industry has moved to allay fears that the nascent market for e-cigs will be stymied within …
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Analysis and Features
Nascent e-cigs market dashed as EU's ruling 'misses point'
E-cigs: so near to the tipping point, has the EU’s 11th hour change to tobacco directive scuppered all the good work?…
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Analysis and Features
Tesco seeks promo stability - and deepens its price cuts
The big news story in grocery this week was Tesco’s new turnaround strategy…
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News
Coles' Ian McLeod tipped for return to UK retail
Coles MD Ian McLeod moved to a senior role within the Wesfarmers Group this week…
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George Dymond - who quit Morrisons - to take role at Tesco
George Dymond, the Morrisons executive who resigned weeks after moving from Australia, is set to join Tesco…
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Morrisons Tŷ Glas, Cardiff
This is Morrisons’ fourth win of 2014. Is there a sense of things getting better?
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Category Report
Tobacco market report 2014
What does the next year hold for the tobacco market? Our market report looks at how the industry is bracing for an array of new legislation on the sale of cigarettes, ciagrs and rolling tobacco.
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Category Report
Tobacco market report: Finally out of puff?
Draconian EU legislation, the threat of plain packs, and the c-store display ban. Life is getting tougher for tobacco…
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News
Morrisons past 100 mark in c-stores with nine new M Locals
Morrisons opened nine new c-stores last week, taking it past 100 and hitting its target for the latest financial year…
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News
Indie fury as Coke 1.75l bottle format goes into supermarkets
Coca-Cola Enterprises’ decision to make 1.75-litre its standard large-format bottle across all channels has been blasted…
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Analysis and Features
Shoppers spread the wealth as discounters and M&S gain
It was the most promiscuous Christmas ever, with many shoppers visiting every supermarket, discounter and c-store…
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News
Morrisons exec George Dymond 'had been offered trading role'
George Dymond, the Morrisons executive who resigned after moving from Australia, was offered a different role on arrival…
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News
Tougher rules on e-cigarettes 'could put off quitters'
A group of leading scientists has warned the EU that tougher controls on e-cigs could deter smokers trying to quit…
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News
JTI’s Da Motta heads to Europe as Torras returns to UK
Daniel Torras is returning to his former role of managing director for JTI in the UK.
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Morrisons Coalville
I think availability is key and we have really seen that improve over the past few months…
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Comment and Opinion
E-cigs: Agreement breaks out
The unthinkable has happened – the government has announced not one but two new policies around smoking that everyone in the industry and anti-smoking groups are all in favour of…