All articles by Ronan Hegarty – Page 100
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Code ‘being used to squeeze suppliers’
The big supermarket chains are using the new code of practice to bully suppliers, a leading industry advisor has claimed.The Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) was a "snare and a delusion", David Sables, CEO of management...
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NewsThe Adjudicator
The ombudsman has a fearsome new name. But just how effective will it be at policing the industry and providing supplier anonymity, asks Ronan Hegarty
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NewsUnited may be divided as backers look for trade sale
The private equity owners of United Biscuits will struggle to find a trade bidder that can afford the £2bn asking price, believe experts and may have to break up the business to sell it.
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NewsReprieve for FSA as Department of Health takes on nutrition brief
The Department of Health has confirmed it will take over the nutrition policy remit of the Food Standards Agency, with Defra handed responsibility for country of origin labelling.
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Speculation rife over who would gain from FSA abolition reports
Conspiracy theories abounded this week over exactly who was behind the barrage of media coverage proclaiming the death of the Food Standards Agency.Newspaper headlines screamed on Monday that the FSA was to be abolished, with most...
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Lazy, ill-informed reports highlight flaws in the health debate
So the FSA is to be abolished, according to the Department of Health. Well, that's what the papers were saying on Monday morning.
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Retail Prices: What about EDLP? Asda ups number of promos by 17%
It has said it will be running fewer deals – but Asda has increased its number of promos by more than its rivals over the past month says Ronan Hegarty
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New approach to public health hailed by industry
The food and drink industry has welcomed health secretary Andrew Lansley's vision for a new Public Health Service.
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NewsUnit sales to be axed by mad new EU law
It tried to ban pounds and ounces. It introduced rules on bendy fruit and veg. Now, if controversial EU Food Labelling Regulations are approved, Europe will outlaw the sale of groceries using numbers the oldest, most basic measurement of all.
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Asda market share slumps as Sainsbury’s closes in
Asda’s market share has fallen to a 19-month low, the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel show.
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Sainsbury's kicks off back to school campaign
Sainsbury's has unveiled its biggest ever back to school campaign.
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Waitrose snaps up Channel Island stores
Waitrose has pushed into the Channel Islands after purchasing five supermarkets from SandpiperCI.
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Euro MPs call a halt to traffic-light labels
MEPs this week dealt a fatal blow to the controversial traffic-light front-of-pack nutritional labelling scheme.
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Tesco's Holmes quits a day after Leahy bows out
Tesco's commercial director for fresh foods Colin Holmes has become the first senior executive to quit the retailer in the wake of Sir Terry Leahy's decision to retire next March and the appointment of Philip Clarke as his successor.
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Waitrose’s Hodgson is lured to Morrisons job
The grocery merry-go-round was spinning faster than ever this week. Hot on the heels of Sir Terry Leahy announcing his retirement from Tesco, Morrisons announced it had poached Waitrose commercial director Richard Hodgson.At Waitrose,...
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NewsMorrisons poaches Waitrose commercial director Hodgson
Waitrose commercial director Richard Hodgson has defected to Morrisons to become the supermarket’s new group commercial director.
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UB fails to hit its first-quarter profits target
United Biscuits had a torrid start to 2010 missing its sales and profits targets and losing market share, a leaked company announcement has revealed.
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Sainsbury’s opens standalone bakery school
Sainsbury’s is bidding to improve the quality of its bakery offer with the opening of a dedicated bakery college.
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Competition expert says Guarantee will let Asda raise prices
Asda's Price Guarantee could push prices up rather than down, claims a leading competition expert.Professor Morten Hviid, from the University of East Anglia's Centre for Competition Policy, claims the price guarantee and the use of a...
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NewsCameron and Clegg: You’ve sorted yourselves out, now what about us?
Many retailers will be happy to see a Tory settling in at Number 10 but, as tax hikes loom, could it be a case of be careful what you wish for, asks Ronan Hegarty