Richard Walker news, comment and analysis – Page 14
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InterviewsDave Lewis: the Exit Interview
Tesco’s CEO reflects on his time at the helm of the UK’s largest retailer, and on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the UK and for his successor Ken Murphy
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NewsLidl makes new pledge to cut own-label plastic by 40% by 2025
The discounter claims to be close to hitting an earlier target two years ahead of schedule
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NewsIceland challenges other retailers to reveal their total plastic use
The frozen food specialist has published its own figures, including primary product packaging as well as packaging used in deliveries to stores
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NewsIceland links with Uber Eats for 20-minute delivery amid major online expansion
Iceland is also looking to launch same-day delivery more widely, MD Richard Walker said as the supermarket revealed its online expansion had created 3,000 new jobs
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NewsIceland steps up support for Marcus Rashford’s food poverty campaign with free frozen veg bags
Shoppers using Healthy Start vouchers at Iceland will be offered a £1 bag of frozen veg for free from 11 September
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Comment & OpinionTo successfully cut plastic, encourage shoppers to learn, not boycott
Shoppers say plastic waste is important – but they don’t always put their money where their mouths are
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NewsIceland’s losses grow despite boost to sales
Pre-tax losses for the year ending 27 March 2020 were £71.8m, up from £53.8m the previous year, according to new accounts
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NewsIceland claims 74% carbon footprint reduction since 2011
The retailer claims its footprint has fallen from almost 250,000 tonnes of CO2 in 2011 to 46,000 tonnes in 2020
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NewsIceland joint MD Nigel Broadhurst resigns
It comes a month after Iceland founder and executive chairman Malcolm Walker and CEO Tarsem Dhaliwal took full ownership of the frozen food chain
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NewsBirds Eye swaps out the Captain for competition winner on packs
’Frozen food hero’ Charlotte Carter-Dunn will adorn fish finger packs for a limited time
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NewsGen Z to drive a long-term boom for frozen food
Over a quarter of 18 to 24-year-olds now bought more equivalents of their fresh purchases, found research by Birds Eye and Iceland
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NewsIceland founder Malcolm Walker and CEO Tarsem Dhaliwal take full ownership of chain
The pair have bought investment firm Brait’s shareholding in the business through a newly established company that they wholly own
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Analysis & FeaturesHow Iceland has fought to reduce food waste in the coronavirus crisis
MD Richard Walker on cutting waste – and plastic – in the crisis
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NewsIceland slashes food waste by almost a quarter
The retailer has begun giving surplus food to staff at closing time, to take home or donate to charity
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NewsMedia Bites 14 April: Supermarkets/coronavirus, Government loans, Amazon
Supermarket chains suffer a sharp fall in sales over the past fortnight, government emergency aid to be retooled, Amazon on hiring spree.
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NewsCoronavirus: Supermarkets to receive most vulnerable list for priority delivery
Once received, the grocers will be putting systems in place so those listed get easier access to delivery
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NewsFSA and Defra issue new coronavirus guidance for food businesses
The advice covers a range of areas, such as hygiene practice, managing employee sickness and social distancing
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NewsIceland delivery vans set alight in act of ‘mindless vandalism’
The vans were set alight outside Iceland’s Southmead stores following clashes between youths and police
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NewsIceland to issue store staff with face masks
It’s one of a range of measures from the frozen food specialist to help slow the spread of coronavirus
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NewsIceland own label products back in branding and palm oil-free, says MD Richard Walker
Walker made the announcement at The Grocer Conference this week