All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 7
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NewsAsda kicks off price war, slashing 1,500 ‘family favourites’
Asda has kickstarted supermarket price wars, announcing cuts of up to 45% on 1,500 ‘family favourite’ products, as it looks to regain its crown as the cheapest full-range grocer
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NewsNational Food Strategy panel of expert members revealed
The group is being billed as instrumental in building a ‘coalition’ between the food industry and ministers aimed at tackling the obesity crisis, increasing the nation’s food security and putting growth at the heart of government food policies
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Analysis & FeaturesExclusive: Allan Leighton’s plans to turn ‘maverick’ Asda around
Allan Leighton has ‘loved every minute’ since returning to Asda. And his comeback is already having an impact internally – and externally. In an exclusive interview with The Grocer, he reflects on the progress to date and the plans that are taking shape
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NewsJunk food ad ban facing ‘multiple’ legal challenges as ministers refuse law rewrite
Karen Betts told The Grocer this week that the industry was still in the dark about key details of what ads faced being outlawed
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Comment & OpinionRed tape and bureaucracy: do we need PackUK to run the EPR?
Questions are being raised over the future of PackUK, the new quango set up to run EPR. With a £150k year CEO and separate bureaucracy, could this be run by the industry instead?
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NewsMorrisons plans Market Street shake-up under ‘Magic’ trading team restructure
The Grocer can reveal that group trading director Andrew Staniland has kicked off a major shake-up of its trading team
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NewsTesco awards 5.2% pay rise but scraps Sunday premium
Under the terms of a deal with Usdaw, pay for hourly paid staff will initially increase from £12.02 to £12.45 from 30 March
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NewsShoppers back ban on supermarket fruit & veg packaging
Plans to ban supermarkets from using plastic packaging across a large swathe of fruit & veg products have overwhelming support from the public
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NewsAsda’s Allan Leighton axes 6,000 SKUs and warns of major profit drop
Executive chairman Allan Leighton said Asda planned to slash thousands of SKUs
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NewsPackaging: hotline set up to report EPR ‘freeriders’
The Environment Agency told The Grocer it had already taken action against more than 1,000 companies in the last five months to bring them into compliance
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NewsAsda cuts 200 jobs in latest management shake-up
Asda has announced another major round of redundancies, as part of the supermarket’s latest management restructure
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NewsFood and drink companies face massive fines under new greenwashing probe
The sector is on a state of high alert after the CMA this week announced it would put consumer rights and prosecution of unfair activities ‘front and centre’ in the new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act
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NewsFast food comes under fire from ShareAction health demands
In a scathing report, ShareAction accused restaurants, cafés and fast food outlets of being increasingly responsible fo the obesity crisis
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NewsTesco accused of treating shoppers like ‘criminals’ in trolley weighing trial
The supermarket giant said it had installed the new technology in selected stores across the UK, including at three checkouts at its store in Gateshead
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NewsFood safety bosses reveal eight companies to ‘fast track’ lab-grown meat
The FSA said teams of scientists and regulatory experts would begin work on the two-year programme to collaborate with the cell-cultivated products industry, academic bodies and trade organisations
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NewsFormer supply chain boss Gavin Chappell returns to Asda
Gavin Chappell will rejoin Asda in April having most recently served as chief operations officer at Bensons For Beds
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NewsAsda debuts revamped cafés under new ‘Asda Kitchen’ brand
The nationwide programme to ‘reinvigorate’ its cafés will aim to offer a more modern dining experience with a coffee shop atmosphere
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NewsFormer M&S packaging boss Karen Graley takes charge of EPR producer body
Graley will head the organisation which will act on behalf of all obligated producers under EPR
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NewsSupermarket Christmas ads face axe under HFSS rules change
Hundreds of millions of pounds of Golden Quarter ad spend are in limbo amid confusion over the proposed changes
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NewsAllan Leighton ‘right not to award Asda managers bonus’
Asda’s market share has slumped from 13.7% to 12.6%, while it was also the worst-performing of the major food retailers over Christmas