Malcolm Walker news, comment and analysis – Page 4
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Comment & OpinionIt’s Groundhog Day for UK high streets with yet another review
If it were not that the problems facing the high street were so serious, the announcements from the latest high street minister, Jake Berry, would have been comedy gold
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NewsIceland is top supermarket for customer service
The supermarket scored 84/100 based on customer satisfaction
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Category ReportFrozen food category report 2018: the comeback kid
How has frozen achieved such a dramatic turnaround in just one year?
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NewsIceland pledges to be UK's 'top dementia-friendly retailer'
An Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador, Sir Malcolm Walker has vowed to champion the rights of people with dementia
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NewsIceland online store to supply ambient food to China
Iceland is working with China’s second-largest e-commerce business JD.com
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Analysis & FeaturesThe top 50 independents: How to be king of your own castle
It’s a brutal market out there in which to be an independent. So who would want to do it? What does it take?
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Analysis & FeaturesSeismic deals, almighty spats and triumphant change: review of the year 2017
Whether it’s the ongoing fallout over Brexit, or shock brand culls in the mults – it’s been a year packed with events of epic proportions…
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Analysis & FeaturesFrozen food: attitudes thaw as prices rise
At last, some good news! Much needed value is being driven into supermarket freezers
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NewsMedia Bites 11 December: Flora, Ocado, Iceland, Steinhoff
Flora margarine is on the verge of changing hands as bidders prepare to submit formal offers for Unilever’s £6bn spreads business, according to reports in the weekend’s papers.
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NewsIceland opens 900th UK store with Bristol Food Warehouse
The supermarket chain has expanded its UK estate by 100 stores in just over four years
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NewsIceland joint-MD Nick Canning leaves the business
CEO Malcolm Walker informed staff of Canning’s departure last week
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NewsSir Malcolm Walker crowned winner of The Grocer Cup 2017
Industry veteran Walker picked up the trophy before hundreds of attendees at the IGD Awards Dinner
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Analysis & FeaturesWho will lift The Grocer Cup 2017?
The most prestigious trophy in grocery is back! Who deserves this year’s coveted prize the most? You decide by casting your vote in our online form …
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NewsMedia Bites 24 July: Asda/B&M, Quorn, Graze
Asda is exploring a £4.4bn takeover of B&M, the fast-growing discount retailer run by billionaire brothers Simon and Bobby Arora, according to The Sunday Times.
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Analysis & FeaturesThe big supplier scam: how online fraudsters swindle suppliers
Fraudsters are getting more sophisticated in their attempts to swindle product out of suppliers, so what is the best way to catch the perpetrators?
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NewsMalcolm Walker receives knighthood for services to retailing
Other key recipients from the world of retailing and food include Grocer columnist Professor Chris Elliott, who has received an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List
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NewsTesco crowned Grocer of the Year at Gold Awards
Tesco’s award capped a dazzling evening at the magnificent Guildhall in London
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Analysis & FeaturesOnline supermarket of the year
Iceland demonstrated “fantastic effort, ambition and creativity in how to appeal to customers
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NewsIceland links with Bink for loyalty app technology
Other food and drink companies to sign up to Bink include Morrisons and Pizza Express…
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NewsIceland range and store improvements deliver 4.4% sales growth
Like-for-like sales were up 2% in the year to 24 March