All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 194
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NewsTesco to close Nutricentre health food business
The retailer has started redundancy consultations with 137 staff
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Analysis & FeaturesSoft drinks left carrying the can with sugar levy
With 54% of soft drink SKUs set to be subject to the sugar levy how will suppliers respond?
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NewsHow the sugar tax will hit soft drinks pricing
Britvic would escape taxation on 63.5% of its range, compared with 49.7% for Coca-Cola
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NewsFSA Food Hygiene Rating test reveals regional inconsistencies
Huge inconsistencies in the way local authorities score its Food Hygiene Rating ‘Scores on the Doors’ scheme
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NewsTesco takes flak over 'misleading' Farm brands
Move comes four years after a major relaunch of Tesco’s £1bn value range under Philip Clarke
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NewsSalt consumption down by nearly a gram a day since 2005
FDF members have cut salt in their products by 8% since 2011
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Comment & OpinionTesco’s new own label lines will give the discounters food for thought
Tesco has not just realised the importance of price, but of quality, and perceptions of freshness and provenance too
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NewsTesco launches 'Farms' brands to replace Everyday Value lines
Move comes four years after a major relaunch of Tesco’s £1bn value range under Philip Clarke
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NewsLindsey Pownall joins Tesco as non-executive director
Pownall stepped down as Samworth Brothers chief executive in December
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NewsSoft drinks industry reels over scale of Osborne's sugar tax
Under the two-tier system proposed by the treasury, the rate would work out at closer to 50% for some products
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Analysis & FeaturesCourtauld 2025 is signed - so can food & drink deliver?
The ink was barely dry on this week’s industry commitment to slash food waste by 20% in the next decade
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NewsSmoothies downgraded to just one of the recommended 5 a day
PHE’s new advice also says smoothies should only be drunk as part of a meal
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NewsDairy industry fury as new PHE Eatwell Guide recommends consumers slash dairy intake
Dairy now accounts for just 8% of daily calorie intake, down from 15%
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Comment & OpinionBombshell sugar tax does not bode well for joined-up obesity strategy
Number 11 has certainly taken the industry by surprise
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NewsPoll shows 71% of food & drink suppliers want to remain in EU
The single market, access to raw materials and free movement of labour were the key factors cited
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NewsCourtauld Commitment 2025 targets 20% reduction in food waste
Wrap said if it was successful Courtauld 2025 would slash the UK’s waste bill by £20bn within a decade
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NewsStuart Menzies to leave Asda for role at Iceland
Recruitment is underway for Menzies replacement
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NewsAdjudicator Tacon to probe suppliers on how they would feel safer
Tacon is considering new measures to protect suppliers who come forward to report breaches of the code by supermarkets
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NewsFDF members dismiss EU stay campaign
The UK’s biggest fmcg suppliers have refused to give a mandate for the Food & Drink Federation to campaign against Brexit
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NewsTesco could attract major third party investment for O2 buyout
Tesco is currently in talks with O2 in a bid to buy its share of Tesco Mobile