All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 240
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NewsInnocent capitalises on January detoxing
Innocent plans to double its marketing spend to £14m in 2013 and is kicking off…
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Analysis & FeaturesWill the salt reduction stalemate be resolved in 2013?
2013 could be the year the fragile alliance on health policy between government and industry stretches to breaking point…
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NewsTesco claims victory over price fixing scandal
Tesco has been cleared of a string of accusations of price fixing, despite a tribunal upholding OFT claims that it infringed competition…
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Comment & Opinion
Don't blame retailers for the Christmas crime wave
The police have been getting quite political of late and it’s not just former Tory chief whips who appear to be in the firing line…
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Category ReportPaper products: Nappy rash? Huggies exits on sales high
Surely a company wouldn’t scrap a product that has just posted a year-on-year increase in volume sales…
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NewsTesco defends dotcom “no go zone” policy
Tesco has defended its decision to refuse to deliver groceries to a crime hit estate, after what it claimed had been a wave of attacks…
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Comment & Opinion
Warcabinet
With hopes of the nation’s economic recovery on a knife edge, just how far the government will go come the New Year to try to force up alcohol prices…
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Responsibility deal not working fast enough according to Which?
Voluntary agreements between the food and drink industry and the government are failing to tackle the obesity crisis, according to a report published today by consumer group Which?
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Analysis & FeaturesAre we making progress on the UK high street front?
This week, the BRC published the sixth major study to appear since the launch of the Mary Portas Review …
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Grocer 33Tesco South Queensferry, Edinburgh
We’ve had a really big drive in the past month to improve the availability of key lines…
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NewsMultibuy alcohol ban to be 'tougher' than Scots restrictions
Government plans for a ban on multi-buy alcohol promotions in England and Wales are far more draconian than…
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Comment & Opinion
Fresh & not so Easy
It’s a long way from South Queensferry to Los Angeles and there’s not a lot in common if truth be told, apart from a suspension bridge.
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NewsTesco "likely" to quit the States as Mason departs
Tesco boss Philip Clarke today revealed it was ”likely” the retailer would quit the US, after announcing a strategic review of its struggling Fresh & Easy chain and the immediate departure of its CEO Tim Mason.
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NewsPro-minimum pricing group report admits it won't work
As the coalition pressed ahead this week with its plans for minimum pricing for alcohol…
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NewsTraffic light food labelling proposal could mean fewer reds
The government is considering ripping up FSA thresholds used as the basis for front-of-pack traffic light labels…
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NewsDH turns to local councils to support Responsibility Deal
C-stores, takeaways and other independents are to be targeted in an extension of the government’s Responsibility Deal…
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NewsMinimum pricing to hit the poor hardest
As expected the government today pressed ahead with its well-publicised plans for minimum pricing, admitting it will hit the poorest consumers in the pocket hardest, cost the Treasury £200m a year in lost revenue and that it has no idea what the financial impact will be on the drinks industry.
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NewsIndustry readies itself for minimum pricing proposals
Proposals to ban bogof deals on supermarket alcohol set a dangerous precedent for future intervention in the market, retail leaders warned today.