All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 32
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NewsFood bosses threaten to abandon support for extended producer responsibility scheme
Until now the FDF has supported EPR, despite other bodies such as the BRC and the WSTA calling for it to be delayed
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NewsNational Food Strategy recruiting ‘industry experts’ as sector council faces axe
It is understood the birth of the new expert panel could also spell the end for the Food & Drink Sector Council
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NewsAldi lawyers clash with GCA in £3.7m delisting court battle
A judge at yesterday’s hearing deferred a decision on whether the GCA evidence would be allowed, with a final decision expected in the next few weeks
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NewsJunk food ad ban facing legal challenge from food companies
The Advertising Association and other bodies have warned the plans to ban junk food ads would inhibit the ability for companies to advertise healthy products
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NewsAsda hits out at £7m apprenticeship funding waste
Retailers including Tesco, M&S and Asda have called for an overhaul of the apprenticeship levy, calling the scheme “broken” and “restrictive”
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NewsAsda adds ex Co-op boss Jo Whitfield to board of directors
Former Co-op boss Jo Whitfield is joining Asda’s turnaround efforts, returning to work as a non-exec director at the retailer
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NewsTesco calls for transparency on food waste amid fears for mandatory reporting legislation
New figures released by Tesco this week revealed that 117 of its suppliers are now reporting their food waste figures
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NewsTesco launches new hyper-personalised Your Clubcard Prices trial
Last year Tesco started launching the personalised Clubcard promotion for millions of customers, driven by a tie-up with AI technology company Eagle Eye
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NewsSupermarkets and drinks companies submit bid to run deposit return scheme
Retailers have also urged ministers to take a step back because of the risk of the costs of DRS pushing up prices as the UK faces renewed pressure on food inflation
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NewsTesco slow cooker donations help kids in fruit & veg scheme
The donations are the latest phase of the £4m Tesco Fruit & Veg for Schools programme
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NewsYuka health app launches petition for aspartame ban amid cancer links
Yuka said it planned to use consumer power to force the hand of governments across Europe and the UK
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Comment & OpinionWhy Asda’s £1.2bn equal pay ruling could hit UK retail hard
The latest twist on the equal pay legal action brought against Asda found there was a ‘mixed picture’ over the comparability of store and warehouse roles
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NewsTesco replaces Love Stories with ‘it’s everything’ campaign
The Food Love Stories campaign has run for the past seven years, having been launched in 2017 to re-establish Tesco’s food quality credentials
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NewsAsda pay discrimination case: union claims ‘historic’ breakthrough but thousands of cases are struck out
The tribunal ruled over the cases of 14 “lead claimants” who are representing workers across the different Asda roles
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Allan Leighton’s price push roll back the years for Asda?
Asda has unveiled 4,000 price cuts and a heavyweight marketing push – but its discounter price match scheme has been dropped
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NewsLabour accused of ‘ducking’ action to tackle obesity crisis
Yesterday health secretary Wes Streeting rejected a series of calls for intervention in a report by the House of Lords
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NewsStreeting rejects Lords measures to ‘hold industry to account’ on obesity
Campaign groups had hoped that the new Labour government would cave in to calls from the Lords for the targets to be made mandatory
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NewsAsda vows to be ‘cheapest’ as it brings back Rollback prices
The retailer is set to launch a new heavyweight advertising campaign fronted by Joe Wicks
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Comment & OpinionWhy Tesco’s ‘biggest ever Christmas’ didn’t prevent it from cutting jobs
Just 21 days have passed since Tesco said sales were up 4% over Christmas – but today’s job cuts meant that success was short-lived
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NewsMorrisons boss refuses to rule out more job cuts
Baitiéh said Morrisons had already saved £600m in cost savings and productivity in the past two years, but said that process was now being expanded