All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 146
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NewsMPs back calls for major clampdown on 'junk food' promotions
Regulation was needed to tackle the ‘appalling’ obesity crisis, the health and social care committee said today
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NewsFareShare reports 25% rise in surplus food donations
The amount sent to FareShare has more than doubled since The Grocer’s Waste Not Want Not campaign launched two years ago
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NewsKFC pledges to cut calories by introducing healthier menu
KFC also plans to provide price incentives as part of trials to try to get consumers to switch to healthier sides
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NewsSainsbury's-Asda supplier threat 'critical' to CMA probe
MP also reveals letter from Mike Coupe predicting senior management departures
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Comment & OpinionA long battle looms over food & drink health plans
The honeymoon between PHE and the food and drink industry may have to be put on hold
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Analysis & FeaturesAs sugar reduction targets are missed what's PHE's next move?
It seems counterintuitive for the industry to be pleased at this week’s “naming and shaming exercise”
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NewsSupermarket REIT raises £65m to purchase supermarket sites
Supermarket Income REIT says the share issue was oversubscribed
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Comment & OpinionChildhood Obesity Plan Mark 2: things are about to get seriously complicated
If Theresa May thought this was an easy policy to pluck off the shelf to win much needed domestic credibility, she may have to think again
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Grocer 33Eve Henrikson, Tesco, on winning the Online Grocer 33
‘It’s our intention to create a simpler online experience for customers’
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NewsIndustry leaders to challenge ban on 'junk food' promotions
Supplier organisations have engaged lawyers to begin preparing a case, The Grocer can reveal
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NewsFood & drink companies miss PHE sugar reduction targets
Figures released by PHE today showed there had been an overall 2% reduction in sugar from a 2015 baseline, well short of the 5% target for the first year of the programme set in March last year
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NewsLabour intervenes in proposed Asda-Sainsbury's merger
Rebecca Long-Bailey, shadow secretary of state for business, said the merger ‘could spell disaster’ for suppliers
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NewsTesco steps up war on plastic with packaging ban
Tesco said it wanted to work with the supply chain and the government to boost the national recycling infrastructure
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NewsInconsistent pricing 'costing retailers lost sales'
A study by Planet Retail claimed a reluctance among retailers to adopt dynamic pricing was losing them sales
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NewsClosure of Tesco Direct non-food website puts 500 jobs at risk
New CEO Charles Wilson said Tesco Direct will cease trading on 9 July. The Fenny Lock fulfilment centre will also close
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Comment & OpinionSugar shaming is off the mark – the out-of-home ‘black hole’ is the real scandal
As the report today sadly confirms, it is all going on unmeasured and unpoliced, while companies who have been responding find their names dragged through the mud, and it makes a mockery of the reformulation programme
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NewsBurnley shakes up Asda management with Nick Jones appointment
The move will allow CMO Jesús Lorente to focus on the food side of the business
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NewsTesco Asia boss Hoggett returns as UK COO in shakeup at top
Former chief people officer Alison Horner takes over as Asia CEO, and Natasha Adams is promoted to chief people officer
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NewsSupermarkets appeal against extra ATM rates demands
Case is being brought by retailers including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and the Co-op
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NewsIceland installs first machine in DRS trial
The Co-op is also launching a DRS trial with reverse vending machines across four major music festivals this summer