All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 235
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Tesco reveals Clubcard healthier eating plans
Tesco CEO Philip Clarke has unveiled plans to use its Clubcard loyalty programme to tackle the UK’s obesity crisis…
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Government researchers find 'little evidence' Responsibility Deal is working
Researchers brought in by the government to study the effectiveness of its Responsibility Deal with the food and drink industry have found there…
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Comment & Opinion
Be careful what you wish for
It’s almost a year since The Grocer reported the Department of Health was bringing in researchers to gather evidence to back up the effectiveness of its under-fire Responsibility Deal…
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As minimum pricing is ditched, authorities seek booze bans
There has been a massive surge in local authorities seeking voluntary bans on high-strength alcoholic drinks…
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Analysis & Features
Are Courtauld 3 targets to reduce waste too conservative?
Phase 3 targets for 2015 are too conservative given the progress achieved since 2005, say anti-waste campaigners. Is that …
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Comment & Opinion
The high-street circus continues
The Mary Portas road show continues: this week the Queen of the High Street’s Channel 4 show touched down in Margate, featuring yet more cockneys, market traders and claims of TV trickery.
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Mary Portas under fire for filming in a non-'Pilot' town
“I can’t just wave my magic wand. This is reality,” said Mary Portas as she introduced her new Channel 4 series…
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Soft drinks category shake-up in the works at Tesco and Asda
Tesco is preparing a radical shake-up of its soft drinks fixture – and called on drinks suppliers to slash sugar levels…
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Analysis & Features
Is Asda's community big box space scheme sound?
What to do with those big out-of-town sheds in an era of increasing online shopping and high fuel bills?…
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Tesco kicks off exclusive content on Clubcard TV
Tesco has rolled out its first exclusive reality TV series featuring the “emotional journey” of a group of wannabe models, as it ramps up its Clubcard TV offering.
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Tesco poised to launch Clubcard points bonanza
Tesco is hotly tipped to be about to launch a new Clubcard blitz, enabling customers to double their points on certain purchases.
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Online tool to put the cool into cutting CO2
Farmers supplying Tesco have become the first to use a new online tool to help producers slash carbon emissions…
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Tesco tells suppliers: 'we've been too tough'
Tesco has called for a new era of closer co-operation with suppliers after admitting it had been too confrontational…
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Asda to free up big box space for community groups
Asda has revealed radical plans to give space in its supermarkets to community projects…
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Analysis & Features
Spin the Bottle: Government choices for alcohol policy
It’s shelved minimum pricing, but the coalition is sure to pursue alternative strategies. What are the options?
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Tesco Extra Osterley
The investment in the store means we get over £4,000 a week extra to put more people on the shop floor…
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Booze industry to appeal minimum pricing decision in Scotland
The drinks industry is to launch an appeal after its legal challenge to try to block the Scottish government’s proposals for minimum pricing of alcohol was dismissed by a court in Edinburgh today.
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Comment & Opinion
Bust-up on the high street
Can high-street tsar Mary Portas see eye-to-eye with Tesco on the future of the British high street?
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News
Camra ale fans won't drink to minimum pricing any more
Just as government support for minimum pricing has ebbed, so has that of real ale champion Camra…
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Portas will 'humiliate' Pilots in new TV show
A new TV series starring Mary Portas will do little more than humiliate the businesses featured, claim retail leaders…