All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 88
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NewsFood bosses call for testing priority in talks with government Test & Trace chief
Suppliers and retailers warned the industry faced a potentially disastrous spike in absenteeism
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NewsTesco’s Clubcard price undercuts rivals as it takes fight to discounters
The supermarket is seeking to use its 19 million loyalty cards customers as a point of difference against rivals
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NewsShopworkers slam government over lack of action to stem abuse
Government rejected an Usdaw petition that called for a specific offence of abusing, threatening or assaulting a retail worker
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NewsMorrisons pledges Covid store deep clean to make shoppers feel safer
The retailer is ordering new equipment and employing thousands of additional cleaning staff for the task
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NewsMost kids ‘health bars’ more sugary than Haribo, finds new survey
Action on Sugar attacked retailers and suppliers for marketing processed dried fruit products as ‘healthy snacks’
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NewsGovernment appeals for businesses to sign up to new NHS test & trace app
Hospitality businesses are also being urged to ensure they have NHS QR code posters visible for customers
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NewsMorrisons snaps up Sainsbury’s brand mentor Rachel Eyre as new marketing chief
Eyre will join the retailer in early 2021
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NewsTesco launches Clubcard price blitz across branded lines
Tesco first trialled Clubcard Prices in May last year
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NewsMorrisons takes price fight to Asda with cuts
Morrisons is now cheaper on over 50% of comparable lines in Asda’s latest rollback, new research for The Grocer shows
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Comment & OpinionGimmick or not, Tesco’s drone trial shows supermarkets are looking to get delivery right
Tesco and Morrisons are both investing in innovative (and traditional) delivery solutions
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NewsFood companies provide online training for school leavers affected by Covid
More than 80 school leavers took part in the IGD scheme to deliver an interactive week of learning
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NewsTesco to trial drone deliveries next month
Tesco said it is working with Irish tech company Manna on the project
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NewsHaribo disappears from Tesco shelves in price war negotiations
Tesco’s price war with Aldi has been blamed for the disappearance
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NewsMorrisons to provide doorstep deliveries to retirement communities
It has joined forces with retirement community provider McCarthy & Stone on the scheme
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NewsObesity strategy risks being waste of time and money, warns NAO report
The NAO said successive governments had done too little to evaluate the success of their interventions in tackling childhood obesity
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Grocer 33Delivery driver of the week: Daryl Snyman, Tesco, Rugby
“We got so much recognition from the customers. Some of them would stand at the window after we had delivered and hold up signs saying thank you.”
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NewsTesco claims ‘major breakthrough’ in use of recycled soft plastics for packaging
Soft plastics are used to pack foods such as bread, pre-prepared salads, meat and cheese
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NewsPHE waters down ‘unrealistic’ calorie reduction targets
Public Health England today published a long-delayed list of voluntary targets for the sector
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets’ price cuts put them on collision course with suppliers
The big four are desperate not to lose ground to the discounters, as they did in 2008/9
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NewsCharles Wilson retires as Andrew Yaxley becomes Booker chief
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis said Wilson’s reputation in the food business was “unparalleled”