All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 68
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NewsTesco snaps up Paperchase from administration
The deal involves he Paperchase brand and related intellectual property, rather than the 106 Paperchase stores across the UK, which employ about 820 staff
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NewsTesco takes axe to in-store management
Tesco is rolling out a new management structure across all its bigger stores, which will see the removal of 1,750 lead and team manager roles
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NewsRetailer fees for UK’s first deposit return scheme boosted by nearly 20%
Circularity Scotland, the management body made up of manufacturers and retailers, said it had taken advice of independent analysis commissioned by PwC
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News‘First proof’ sugar tax has helped tackle obesity, claim researchers
The introduction of the tax in 2018 was associated with an 8% reduction in obesity among 10 and 11-year-old girls
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NewsDemand for food from social supermarket doubles amid cost of living crisis
Community Shop works with the fmcg industry to redistribute surplus stock that might have otherwise gone to waste
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Analysis & FeaturesDefra’s DRS plans: how will it work? And is it all sorted?
Glass is out, 2025 is the deadline and industry will run the scheme
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NewsPotts says vertical model made it harder for Morrisons to keep prices down
A lack of competitiveness on price was a key reason for a 4.2% fall in like-for-like sales in the 52 weeks ending 30 October 2022
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NewsMorrisons sales fall 4.2% but CEO Potts claims fightback is working
Group revenue for the year was up 2.2% from £18bn last year to £18.4bn, and Potts said sales had been on a “steadily improving trend”
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NewsAsda to give loyalty card holders more time to spend vouchers
Asda revealed almost £20m worth of Rewards vouchers were spent in store during December
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NewsAsda slashes night shifts in cost-cutting move affecting thousands
A consultation with staff began this week and Asda stressed the overall level of store hours would be unaffected, though it could not rule out redundancies
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NewsFareShare breaks food surplus record but still can’t meet demand
FareShare told The Grocer it had received almost 3,300 tonnes of surplus food during the month from retailers and suppliers
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NewsTesco challenges tech experts to take Clubcard loyalty to next level
Global Hackathon will see companies from the UK, Central Europe and India compete to see how coding can find solutions to retail issues
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Comment & OpinionIs there any truth to Tesco chairman John Allan’s inflammatory inflation claims?
Are suppliers really profiteering from inflation?
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NewsTesco chairman faces backlash after accusing suppliers of cost of living ‘profiteering’
NFU president Minette Batters led the backlash against Allan’s remarks, saying she was “baffled”
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NewsThousands of firms to go bust without energy bailout rethink
Earlier this month the government announced a £5.5bn package of support, due to come in from April, as part of a drastic scaling back of help for companies
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NewsMorrisons launches second wave of January price cuts
The supermarket has already cut the price of 130 of its Savers products this year
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NewsDeposit return scheme delayed until October 2025 at earliest
As exclusively revealed by The Grocer earlier this week, the plans will cover cans and PET drinks containers but exclude glass
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NewsTesco launches Spotify-style Unpacked tool for Clubcard holders
Clubcard Unpacked 2022 comes with Tesco recording a massive 20% increase in loyalty members in the past year
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NewsCO2 shortages: Food minister calls for fresh government intervention
Spencer urged new talks with CF Fertilisers, the US-owned company that owns the Billingham plant in Teeside
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Comment & OpinionWill Susan Jebb’s cake-demonising comments sway opinion on public health policy?
Jebb’s comments don’t stop at cake. She also blasts the government u-turn on junk food advertising, accusing the food and advertising industry of overseeing a “complete market failure” that marginalised healthy products