All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 3
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NewsMandatory reuse targets on cards as government targets ‘throwaway’ model
The government has pledged to end what it calls the “take, make, throw” model
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NewsFury grows over EPR financial ‘black hole’ silence
Scheme administrator PackUK has admitted it may have to reissue the first year of bills because of a major shortfall in the money raised
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NewsConfusion over ‘incorrectly classified’ soft plastic adds to UK’s waste mountain fears
Concern has been growing that new rules to try to push companies away from using the materials have been widely misinterpreted
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NewsWales facing ‘mass withdrawal’ over DRS glass go-ahead
A raft of trade bodies predicted that up to 97% of some product lines would be withdrawn from the Welsh market because the burden of compliance
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Comment & OpinionTrusted Advertising: treatise explores marketing’s future
Matt Bourn and James Best explore how brands should adapt to the age of the influencer and, even more topically, how they should be using artificial intelligence
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NewsWales gets DRS go-ahead for glass: the industry reacts
Reaction has been flooding in after the long-awaited decision from Westminster announced yesterday
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NewsWales given Internal Market go-ahead to include glass in deposit return scheme
The UK government today announced it had approved the Welsh government’s application under the Internal Market Act for devolved powers to push ahead with a breakaway DRS
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Analysis & FeaturesIs there a future for Healthy Start supermarket top-ups?
Retailers are ready and willing to top up Healthy Start vouchers for families. But low awareness and digital issues could derail it
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NewsTreasury demanded Defra budget for ‘impossible’ full EPR recovery
Senior sources told The Grocer that Treasury bosses had been warned it was an ‘impossible task’ for EPR to balance the books in the first year
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NewsEPR: government ‘backtracks’ on plans for industry-run scheme
Sources told The Grocer the language from PackUK was a “major change in tone” compared with its message in the autumn
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Comment & OpinionDisasters don’t come much bigger than PackUK’s £1.4bn surprise
Anger has reached new levels since PackUK’s shock admission that a major shortfall in money raised for year-end invoices may force it to reissue bills
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NewsPackUK bosses face anger as they try to explain EPR shortfall ‘catastrophe’
PackUK strategy director Esther Carter faced the awkward task of taking to the stage at the Birmingham Packaging Innovations conference, attended by hundreds of food companies and packaging bosses, to explain the situation
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Comment & OpinionThe PM’s potato protest: inside the UK’s food waste scandal
A symbolic spud in the PM’s fridge highlights the urgent need for action as industry and charities warn time is running out on food waste reform
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NewsEPR shock as PackUK warns bills may be reissued to cover shortfall
Pack UK told suppliers it had been inundated with a larger-than-anticipated volume of appeals against EPR invoices that landed in October.
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NewsTesco snaps up former Amazon Fresh stores in convenience expansion
The former Amazon Fresh stores in Kensington High Street, Hounslow, Moorgate, Aldgate East and Wembley will reopen as Tesco Express
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NewsNo 10 stages talks on ‘ambitious’ new food waste strategy
Wrap gave prime minister Keir Starmer a physical representation of the problem in the form of a pack of potatoes left in the Downing Street fridge
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Grocer 33Tesco Lewisham’s Mike Francis on inner city trading and supporting BPS shoppers
’Our motto is nobody tries harder for customers and every little helps. And we have a lot of colleagues who enjoy helping people and who will take their time’
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NewsLidl latest supermarket exploring top-up payments for poorest customers
Aldi, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco have already said they would be open to topping up Healthy Start vouchers
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NewsAsda claims health nudge trials are 10 times more effective than HFSS promos ban
The supermarket announced a partnership with Nesta in September 2023 to trial a series of ‘high-potential health interventions’ that could encourage shoppers towards more healthy baskets, based on the government’s own health score
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Comment & OpinionHealthy Start 2.0: Retailers are ready, but is the government?
Supermarkets, understandably, want assurances that they will not be left to deal with families humiliated at the till because their vouchers don’t work