Iceland Foods news and analysis – Page 20
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NewsIceland launches plastic-free packaging for Pink Lady apples
The usual plastic packaging has been replaced with a cardboard tray and paper band, in a trial rolling out to all Iceland’s nearly 1,000 stores
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Comment & OpinionThe Green Grocer: what we thought of Richard Walker’s new book
Iceland’s MD sets out his vision for making business and the world greener and fairer
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NewsOver 200 Iceland stores ideal for Swift conversion, says study
Shopper and location data specialist CACI analysed Iceland’s estate and identified stores most suitable for the new convenience format
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NewsIceland celebrates raising £5m over 10 years for Alzheimer’s Research UK
The Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation has helped the charity with fundraising events involving staff, customers and suppliers
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Comment & OpinionBusiness rates relief controversy shows the moral quagmire when tax becomes voluntary
Nothing can be certain, said Benjamin Franklin, except death and taxes
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Analysis & FeaturesSwift: what is it like inside Iceland’s new convenience store?
The first ‘Swift’ store opened in a high-footfall area in Newcastle yesterday, with Iceland MD Richard Walker indicating more are likely to follow
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NewsIceland to turn down business rates holiday extension
It follows criticism of Iceland for holding on to the relief for 2020-21 while a string of its rivals handed it back
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NewsIceland slated for voucher push after pocketing rates relief
A major rival has slammed Iceland for giving away ’20%’ discounts while arguing it cannot afford to repay business rates relief
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NewsIceland MD Richard Walker named as Surfers Against Sewage chair
It follows three years of collaboration on campaign work between Surfers Against Sewage and the Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation
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NewsIceland launching new convenience format ‘Swift’
The new concept is ‘designed to provide a simple, easy-to-shop food store’
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Analysis & FeaturesHow equal is grocery? The gender pay gap at the supermarkets
When UK businesses published their first mandatory reports on the gender pay gap in 2018, exclusive analysis by The Grocer revealed women were earning considerably less than men at the UK’s top supermarkets. So three years (and a global pandemic) later, what’s changed?
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NewsIceland pushing online growth with web-only ‘flash sales’
The ’online flash sales’ are being pushed on social media with links to a recently created dedicated page on Iceland’s website
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NewsIceland joins alliance to tackle ‘ghost’ fishing gear abandoned at sea
The supermarket has become a member of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative, a cross-sector alliance whose work includes training fishers to safely recover equipment from waters
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NewsIceland MD admits to ‘big mistake’ over palm oil deadline
The acknowledgement comes in Walker’s forthcoming book The Green Grocer
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Comment & OpinionIceland needs to fully embrace its Welshness
It’s the only Welsh supermarket chain, and should be proud of it
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NewsIceland sacks director after tweets insulting the Welsh
Keith Hann’s comment this week also brought into the spotlight earlier tweets and blog posts in which he said Welsh sounds like ‘gibberish’
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NewsMash Direct sees Irish listings boom amid Brexit border chaos
Eight of the Northern Irish grower’s prepared veg lines went on sale across M&S’s 18 stores in the Republic of Ireland last week
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NewsThe Range begins rollout of ‘many more’ in-store Iceland supermarkets
Nine are planned to open within the next five weeks
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Comment & OpinionIceland and Greenpeace’s spat ignores the impact of Covid on plastic
Surely the time has come for the government and stakeholders to insist on a more transparent system
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NewsIceland at war with Greenpeace after it comes bottom of plastic reduction league table
Waitrose topped the table for a second successive year