All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 206
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News
WTSA says no change to law on sale of liqueur chocolates needed
The government is trying to get rid of a law banning the sale of liqueur chocolates to under-16s…
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Comment & Opinion
Every Little Elfs
Tesco boss Dave Lewis must have wished a few times in the last few months that he could call on some help from above…
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News
New year fightback plan as war on sugar hits fruit juice sales
Fruit juice companies are set to launch a major fightback against attacks from the health lobby…
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CASH survey finds half of pizzas contain 6g of salt
Some supermarket pizzas have overtaken their restaurant equivalents in the amount of salt they contain, according to a survey by health campaigners.
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Analysis & Features
Laundry: Comfort flies as sector goes soft on scents
Brits bought 12 million fewer kilos of detergent from the supermarkets in 2014, a fall of 3.6%…
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Analysis & Features
OTC: flu remedies catch a cold in mild winter
It’s not just the kids who will be praying for a white Christmas this year…
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Analysis & Features
Household: posh brands clean up in household category
The household aisles in the supermarkets are under fire, with discounters and pound shops rounding on the sector…
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News
Ninth Tesco employee suspended
A ninth person has been suspended as the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation continues into the £263m black hole in Tesco’s accounts…
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News
Tesco adds teams of little helpers to pack bags in the run-up to Christmas
Tesco is today created teams of dedicated bag packers at 400 of its stores to help ramp up service in the run up to Christmas.
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Comment & Opinion
Let’s get ready to rumble
With nearly three weeks of endurance eating and drinking yet to come before we all go cold turkey…
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News
Portas and MPs attack local authority action on high streets
The efforts of both national and local government to tackle the problems of town centres has come under strong attack from MPs and the former high street tsar today. The Communities and Local Government Select Committee claimed the National Planning Policy Framework was being mishandled by councils, with local planning ...
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News
Support grows for tax on sugary drinks
Health advisers for Mayor of London Boris Johnson have swung their weight behind calls for a tax on sugary drinks, after new figures claimed the introduction could save London boroughs alone nearly £40m in costs to the NHS.
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Campaign calls for 2% duty cut on wine and spirits
Chancellor George Osborne is being urged to cut duty on wine and spirits by 2%, with a campaign claiming it would remove an unfair tax burden of British drinkers and give a £1.5bn boost to the public finances in 2015.
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News
Community Shop opens social supermarket in south London
A group of leading supermarkets this week began selling their food at 70% discounts to feed the poor, in an initiative which could become a new model for tackling hunger across the UK
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Tesco trials food-to-go Pickbox lunches at Canary Wharf store
Tesco has launched a new food-to-go concept to make lunchtime meal deals simpler and quicker…
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Suppliers 'failing to take lead on obesity', survey finds
Food and drink companies are being sidelined in the debate over obesity, with a new study showing…
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Nick Canney becomes UK & Ireland MD at Innocent
Smoothie maker Innocent has ramped up its executive team as it seeks to reverse falling UK sales…
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Comment & Opinion
Plugging the black hole(s)
The £263m accounting scandal might, in the long run, not prove to be the most important black hole CEO Dave Lewis has to fix if he…
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News
Tesco profits warning: what the analysts say
After Tesco revealed its annual profits would be no higher than £1.4bn, we round-up who is saying what
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News
Tesco in new profits warning as Dave Lewis promises not to cut corners in January
Tesco issued a profit warning today as CEO Dave Lewis “reset” the business to focus on service, availability and more competitive prices…