All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 249
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Analysis & FeaturesMore pie in the sky than pie and mash for Portas pilots
The government is offering cash to help town centres get Portas pilots under way but criticism of its approach is growing.
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NewsLansley's axe to fall on one billion booze units
First it announced plans to cut five billion calories from the UK’s daily food intake. Now the government wants to slash one billion units of alcohol from sale.
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Web watchers declare war on online junk food ads
Health campaigners have launched a co-ordinated bid to force companies to take down online advertising they believe is promoting junk food to youngsters.
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NewsRobbins replaced as chief operating officer in Tesco restructure
Tesco has restructured its senior management team - and replaced its under-fire UK COO Bob Robbins.
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Carbon Trust: too slow-footed to save the planet?
Tesco has pulled out of the Trust’s CO2 scheme, but the industry had already been seeking more effective routes to sustainability.
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NewsAsda launches green push with suppliers
Asda has launched a major environmental drive involving more than 70 of its leading suppliers.
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News'Frustrated' Tesco ditches eco-labels
Tesco will no longer feature the Carbon Trust’s carbon reduction label on its products, claiming it is too time-consuming and expensive to justify.
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NewsCompromise reached on low-calorie pledge
The government has reached a compromise with the food industry over its aim to slash the nation’s daily calorie intake by five billion, The Grocer can reveal.
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NewsAsda to spend £500m on new stores in 2012
Asda has vowed to invest £500m this year on new stores and depots, in a growth push it said would create up to 5,000 jobs.
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NewsAsda's senior reshuffle focuses on progression
Asda chief operating officer Judith McKenna has overhauled the retailer’s management team to get its senior executives to work “better together”.
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NewsTesco targets Saudi Arabia as F&F goes global
Tesco has signed a deal to open 19 F&F clothing stores in Saudi Arabia in a franchise deal with Fawaz Abdulaziz Al Hokair & Co.
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Analysis & FeaturesThe signs aren't good for Tesco. What's to be done?
Philip Clarke this week admitted Tesco’s dire Christmas results reflected longstanding problems that need sorting - fast.
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NewsVictimless? Shoplifting costs retailers £840m
The cost of retail crime soared by a third last year and, most worryingly for retailers, only a fraction was related to last summer’s riots.
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NewsFSA proposes a lighter touch for inspections
Lighter touch regulation has been promised if retailers and suppliers sign up to new rules on transparency over food safety.
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NewsWaitrose rolls out hybrid delivery truck
Waitrose is rolling out its most eco-friendly delivery vehicle yet.
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News'Limited evidence' of Change4Life price cuts
Government claims about the cost of healthy foods have been called into question by an investigation by The Grocer.
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Analysis & FeaturesMary, Mary, quite contrary, how can high streets grow?
Mary Queen of Shops is riding to the rescue of the high street but do her plans stack up beyond the celebrity hype? And who will pay for them?
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NewsWrap: promotions do not add to waste pile
Though widely condemned as a major factor in the nation’s £17bn food waste mountain, a new report shows bogofs have been given a raw deal.
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Food engineering degree gets support from industry heads
Universities are being invited to bid to run the UK’s first degree course in food engineering.
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NewsCoke puts Innocent in the Olympic spotlight
Innocent has pole-vaulted its way onto the podium of Olympic sponsors after leveraging the fi nancial muscle of its majority stakeholder Coca-Cola, The Grocer can reveal.